November 17, 2022 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 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 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 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 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 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…
January 13, 2022 A Silent Confession on the Feast of the Circumcision of Christ: a True Story It was the feast of the Circumcision of Christ and Saint Basil the Great. Father Sergius had just served the festive liturgy at church…
November 29, 2021 Abound in Love: A Story by Saint Porphyrios And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all, just as we do to you, so…
October 29, 2021 Did God Create Evil? How an Unbelieving Professor Was Humbled This conversation refutes the views of those who believe that God created evil and who deny His goodness and righteousness on this premise. A…
October 15, 2021 Three Stories about Elder Cleopa (Ilie) Fir-tree on a mountain top One day, Father Cleopa was on a visit to a monastery. Its brethren were facing numerous temptations and criticising…
