January 18, 2022 The Humble Priest Vasily Who Drove Out Demons and Communed a Woman Taken for Dead Father Vasily Borin (1917 – 1994) was a priest of great calibre, a model of unshakeable faith and exceptional humility. Only great ascetics receive…
January 4, 2022 She Answered the Calling of the Theotokos in Becoming a Nun and Received a Visit from Saint Anastasia Deliverer from Potions while in Prison We dedicate this story to the life of Schema-nun Irina, a righteous servant of God and ascetic of our time. The Most Holy Theotokos…
December 27, 2021 Life Motto In memory of the Schema-Archimandrite Ephraim (Moraitis) At the very beginning of his monastic path, the future Schema-Archimandrite Ephraim (Moraitis) heard from his spiritual…
December 12, 2021 “Praying Means Learning to Love” About Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh Prayer and Carrots Metropolitan Anthony: «I remember once praying in my room (as a child. – Ed. Note) in the most exalted spiritual mood,…
December 7, 2021 The Elder Who Practised Hesychastic Prayer Even in a Coma Since 2010, the Russian Orthodox Church has commemorated the Holy Martyr Philoumenos (Hasapis) of Jacob’s Well, who accepted a martyr’s death for Jesus at…
November 18, 2021 The Mysteries of Pontius Pilate and His Wife Claudia Few may be aware that the Greek Orthodox Church glorified the wife of Pontius Pilate Claudia Proscura as a saint. She is commemorated on…
November 16, 2021 The Departure of Two Famous Russians — a Writer and an Archpriest For most Orthodox believers, Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Saint John of Kronstadt are familiar names. The former is known for his incisive novels exploring every…
November 2, 2021 Popstar to Schema Monk — the Transformation of Songwriter Onegin Gajikasimov To the popular singer and songwriter Onegin Gajikasimov, hearing the word of God separated his life into before and after. The Holy Scripture enlightened…
October 20, 2021 Father Thomas Hopko and His Fifty Five Maxims of Christian Living Someone said “Everybody listens to advice. Nobody ever takes it”. But, oh, I hope you take this advice from the Protopresbyter Thomas Hopko. So my advice…
October 7, 2021 Three Icons of Famous Astronaut Alexey Leonov: First One Was Taken Away, Second Went on a Space Mission, Third He Painted Himself To people with even a limited knowledge of space history, Alexey Leonov does not need an introduction. He went on the first spacewalk in…
September 21, 2021 Caveot Costas: a Fool-for-Christ Expelled from Mount Athos The hermit monks of Mount Athos – called Caveots in Greek – do not reside in any of its monasteries, sketes, or freestanding cells….
August 1, 2021 “Did Not Our Hearts Burn within Us?” Elder Aimilianos Through the Eyes of His Spiritual Children Schema-Archimandrite Aimilianos (Vafidis), a great elder of our time, was born on October 5 in 1934. In his memory, we are publishing a talk…
