February 11, 2025 272 1 Prayer From the Abyss: How Brokenness Became the Path to Grace On February 9, 2025, the Orthodox Church marks the Sunday of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector—the first of four special Sundays preparing our…
June 8, 2023 90 0 Miracles of St. John the Russian: The Prevented Shipwreck A merchant ship was sailing on the high seas to its destination, carrying goods. It was in one of the northern seas that the…
March 9, 2023 193 2 Do What You Must… Every person lives by the work of his hands. Every person fulfils his own duty. How can one avoid grumbling when things are hard?…
February 24, 2023 131 0 “The Doctor Said that I Had Fibroids… and that I Was Pregnant.” Story of a Woman Facing a Terrifying Choice Sometimes occasional conversations prove to be full of meaning. One day, looking for a home for a stray dog, I messaged a group for…
November 17, 2022 393 1 How I Stopped Reading the Gospel and What I Got Out of It – A Priest’s Story In the early days of my monastic career at the Donskoy Monastery in Moscow, there was a period when I stopped reading the Gospel….
November 7, 2022 227 0 Unexpected Effect of Prayers for the Dead: a Funny Incident in a Student Dormitory Sometimes, life tells us amazing stories, showing an excellent sense of humor. I have been reminded of this more than once or twice. When…
October 14, 2022 160 0 3 Parables: Sons, Fathers and the Kingdom of God I heard from someone this story about an old widow from Uzic who died thirty years ago. She was rich but insatiably greedy. She…
April 28, 2022 340 0 Christ is Risen! God’s Miracles on the Great and Holy Pascha Dear brothers and sisters, our beloved readers and givers! From our hearts, we bring you our warmest greetings to you on the Bright and…
February 21, 2022 560 0 The Power of the Jesus Prayer Elder Ephraim Katounakiotis once told the following story, “An elder says to his novice: – Read the Jesus Prayer. – I read it, but…
January 29, 2022 157 0 It’s Not Only in a Monastery That You May be Saved In the Synaxarium, on the 3rd day of September, St Basil, among other things, says, “Make no mistake thinking that everyone is saved in…
