October 14, 2018 Feast Day Sermon: “Under the Protection of Our Heavenly Mother” This is one of the most beloved feasts of the Russian people, one of the most pleasing. When I have occasion to speak about…
September 14, 2018 Reflections on the Feast of the Elevation of the Cross The Feast of the Elevation of the Cross does not primarily commemorate the crucifixion of Christ. That saving event is commemorated every year on…
August 28, 2018 The Dormition of the Mother of God: the End of the Path to the Holy of Holies The Mother of God reached the end of her earthly life. For quite a long time (and even today), the life of the Mother…
August 27, 2018 The Mother of Crucified God: The Sorrows of Virgin Mary near the Cross So, the day of Easter was coming – and so did the Passion of Christ. What did those days mean to the Mother of…
August 24, 2018 A Sword Will Pierce through Your Soul: Meeting of the Lord and a New Prophecy for Virgin Mary On the 40th day after the nativity of Christ, Mary the Mother of God and Joseph brought the Divine Infant to the Temple in…
August 22, 2018 Becoming the Mother of God: Unto Us a Child is Born, unto Us a Son Is Given None of us, the people living on earth today, remembers – and cannot remember – from which glory our forefather Adam fell off once….
August 20, 2018 Rejoice, O Full of Grace: The Annunciation and the Role of Virgin Mary in Our Salvation Many people, especially those who are only in the beginning of their spiritual life, often like to think about the “last times”, the coming…
August 17, 2018 The Stairs to Holiness: The Entry of Virgin Mary into the Temple According to the Church tradition, Joachim and Anna, the pious spouses and the parents of Virgin Mary, fulfilled their pledge and devoted their child…
August 15, 2018 The Path Begins: The Conception and the Nativity of Virgin Mary The History of our salvation as well as God’s plan about the humankind is rooted in a long and private tragedy of one ancient…
May 25, 2018 Why Do We Decorate Churches with Grass, Flowers and Tree Branches on Pentecost? Since ancient times, there is a pious tradition to decorate churches on the day of Pentecost with greenery – leaves, flowers, birch branches and…
May 25, 2018 St. Anthony of Optina on Commemoration of All Departed on the Saturday before Pentecost The Ancestor’s Saturday for the commemoration of the departed on the eve of the celebration of the Holy Trinity at Pentecost is called Trinity…
May 2, 2018 St. Theophan the Recluse on Mid-Pentecost On Mid-Pentecost we can hear the Lord appealing to us: “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink” (John 7:37). If…
