August 26, 2024 120 4 A Christian Is a Person Who Remembers the Purpose of His Existence: 10 Powerful Quotes of Fr. Dimitry Smirnov October 21, 2024 will mark 4 years since the transition into eternity of Father Dimitry Smirnov. Each sermon and talk of Fr. Dimitri was…
July 26, 2024 333 0 Why Is There No Joy after Communion? For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again…
August 10, 2022 869 0 Saint Panteleimon, Saint Luke and 8 Other Sainted Doctors On 9 August, we commemorate the Great Martyr Panteleimon. He was a prominent physician – but not the only one among the Orthodox Christian…
July 17, 2021 142 0 In Memory of the Royal Martyrs, through Personal Testimony The holy Royal Martyrs are a bulwark, a firm wall of protection for the Russian people and land. Their icons adorn temples everywhere throughout…
July 9, 2021 121 0 Rats and the Will to Live Rats that have been rescued once are able to fight for their lives longer. In the middle of the twentieth century, the famous American…
February 8, 2018 27 0 A Look at Temptation through Modern Fiction The greatest trial surrounding the One Ring of Power in Tolkien’s novels, was the temptation to use it. No one (except for Sauron himself)…
February 6, 2018 42 0 Workshop of St. Elisabeth Convent Creates Stained-Glass Windows for other Churches The churches of St. Nicholas Convent will be decorated by the stained-glass windows created by the workshops of our convent. The craftspeople are working…
November 14, 2017 43 0 Original Sin as the Act of Killing God’s Presence Much has been written about original sin. The Scripture is quite laconic about what happened. Adam and Eve–they!–stole a piece of fruit. Surely, the…
November 9, 2017 29 0 The Miracle of St. Marina in Surgery A few years ago, a family from Lemessos, Cyprus, named Vassiliou received the following miracle. In Greece they are well known from the…
August 14, 2017 489 0 History of the Dormition Fast The Dormition fast was established as preceding the great feasts of the Transfiguration of the Lord and of the Dormition of the Mother…
