July 13, 2021 “Whatever Happens in Your Life, Stay Close to the Chalice!” Anamnesis of an Afghan Veteran As recalled by nurse Olga Gordeychik-Minkina, a religious sister at the parish in honor of the “Joy of All Who Sorrow” icon of the…
July 6, 2021 Elder Paisios about God Letting a Father of Six Win a Lottery Saint Paisios of the Holy Mountain once told the following story: People with many children may face difficulties in the beginning, but God never…
July 1, 2021 A Sermon at the Fireplace and Other Parables One parishioner who used to always attend the Liturgy on Sundays suddenly stopped going to church. After some time the parish priest decided to…
June 21, 2021 Three Life-and-death Stories from a Hospital Chaplain No-Coincidence Meeting Once we came into a men’s ward and saw an old man sitting there. He was from some remote village with…
June 16, 2021 “You Cannot Enter Hell for Free” and Other Parables The Greek Elder Porphyrios often said that prayer means a direct conversation with God, Who is always ready to listen to us with attention…
May 28, 2021 Three Parables about Marriage God has given us the gift of carnal love. It is complete as a filled jar and perfect as a ripe apple. When we…
May 28, 2021 Miracles Happen at the Right Time Priest Oleg Vrona, the rector of St. Nicholas Church in Tallinn, speaks about the Christian attitude towards patience and its goodness, the virtue, which…
May 22, 2021 Modern Miracles of St Nicholas Saint Nicholas Rescues a Geologist In late autumn the sea surrounding the Solovetsky Islands is already covered with ice. E was a young geologist…
May 17, 2021 Memories of St Paisios of the Holy Mountain A Missionary Nightingale St Paisios once shared: “One guy told me that he did not believe in God’s existence. I told him to come…
May 11, 2021 Visions and Intercessions of the Holy Theotokos during Wartime Listen to the article Most soldiers who have survived the furious and bloody battles of the war will say, “among soldiers on the front…
May 4, 2021 A Paschal Miracle: Saint Nectarios of Aegina Descends From Heaven to Serve Liturgy The peasants in a mountainous village of Aegina had been without a priest for years. Times was going by, but nothing was changing. Lent…
April 30, 2021 The Price of Servitude A man of advanced age is sitting in the KGB interrogation chamber. He is a believer in God. The KGB officers have been trying…
