May 28, 2018 201 0 Parable of the Day: Elder Paisios on Marriage A young man who couldn’t bring himself to marrying came to seek advice from Elder Paisios. The elder told him that one needs to…
May 23, 2018 162 0 Parable of the Day: Christ Often Comes and Knocks at Your Door Elder Amphilochius (Makris) was the rector of St John the Theologian Monastery at the Island of Patmos. He founded several monasteries, children’s shelters, and…
May 21, 2018 126 0 “Christ Won the Battle and Made My Heart Orthodox!” Father John Musther, an Orthodox Englishman, serves in the Orthodox missionary parish of Sts. Bega, Mungo and Herbert in Keswick, Cumbria, North West England….
May 16, 2018 85 0 Seven Parables and Stories for the Week: Issue 32 There was a man who had a habit of getting up before dawn, going to the seashore, and praying to God. That man…
April 4, 2018 159 0 Seven Parables and Stories for the Week: Issue 27 Poison of Rage A gloomy neighbor visited an elder. – I suffer from insomnia, – he complained. – That’s because the small birds…
March 7, 2018 109 2 Seven Parables and Stories for the Week: Issue 24 The Dispassion of a Stone Abba Ammon went to Abba Anthony one day. They had a conversation aboutsoul-nurturing things. Abba Anthony predicted to…
January 23, 2018 364 1 He Died, Saw Christ and Came Back to Life We continue publishing the Spas (Savior) TV program, “My Path To God”, on which Priest George Maximov interviews people who converted to Orthodoxy. The…
November 9, 2017 316 0 A Miracle That Happened During the French Invasion in Russia in 1812 Prince Eugène de Beauharnais, Napoleon’s stepson and the Viceroy of Italy, was a general in the French troops during the French invasion of Russia…
October 27, 2017 355 1 Metropolitan Laurus and the Bells of San Francisco On Saturday night (March 15, 2008) I got home from choir practice rather late, and stayed up much later than normal as I had…
October 20, 2017 264 0 How a Single Parable Helped a Man Convert to Christianity Shortly before World War I, a Turk visited Fr. Ieronymos’ humble hermitage. The Turk told the elder that his master, a judge, had sent…