March 9, 2021 “He Was Alive and Fit When He Entered the Elevator but Arrived Dead.” Stories of Two Encounters with God Eugenia met her soulmate after she prayed to St Matrona of Moscow. The happy couple were expecting a child when the head of the…
February 25, 2021 The Heart of a Harlot “Verka the whore” — a frightened whisper spread through the church among the elderly. Someone ran after the watchman, to get the girl out as quickly as…
February 20, 2021 A Story Told by Elder Paisios about a Young Monk Setting His Cell on Fire to “Disinfect” It after It Was “Defiled” by a Woman Reflecting on how a person’s thoughts are indicative of his spiritual state, Venerable Elder Paisios once said, “People interpret the reality in accordance with…
February 19, 2021 A Story about Martyrius, a Monk who Carried Christ You all know, brethren, the immutable truth that the Lord Himself has always been, is now and always will be merciful to those who…
February 18, 2021 Visions and How the Devil Uses Them, Enticing Even the Greatest of Ascetics into His Net We often read the lives of saints or life stories where the Mother of God, Angels or saints appear to people in visions. These…
February 15, 2021 Two Parables and One Piece of Advice from Saint Silouan the Athonite Why Hasn’t God Given Wings to Man? One hunter liked to go out hunting for prey. Once he got tired and sat down on…
February 11, 2021 The Lost Cross. A “Rare Find” Story from the Diveyevo Monastery Some people call Diveyevo the spiritual center of the world, making Paris look merely like a big village. Without doubt, such an exceptional significance…
February 2, 2021 ‘I Desire Mercy, not Sacrifice.’ “Ah, Father Paisios, what a providential encounter! A few words about myself: my husband is a minister, while I am constantly engaged in charity…
February 1, 2021 Prayer for the Lonely Archimandrite Pavel (Gruzdev) always prayed for those who had no one to pray for them. In his prayers, he remembered the unfortunate and the…
January 29, 2021 Elder Theodosius the Athonite: “99% of What Mediums and Spiritualists Say Is the Truth…” True or False? Father Theodosius (worldly name Theodore Antonátos) was born on March 1, 1901 in the village of Atalandi in Lokris. After graduating from the Higher…
January 27, 2021 The Rescued Candlestick Attending services and taking children to Sunday school gives most church-goers the feeling of quite pulling their weight of shared responsibility. There must be…
January 26, 2021 About a Certain Monk, who Desired a Pagan Priest’s Daughter, Deserted Christ, Rejected His holy Baptism and Was Still Saved by God The Word of God says that “the intention of man’s heart is evil from his youth” (Gen. 8, 21), which means that we are…
