August 25, 2020 Saint Joseph the Hesychast: Only Prayer, Fervent Faith and Tears My child, I pray for your health. Only now I myself feel a little better. And my whole life passed in this way –…
August 25, 2020 Why Did Only Three Disciples See the Transfiguration of Christ? The Holy Scripture of the New Testament states that only three disciples participated in the event of the Transfiguration. They were the most prominent…
August 24, 2020 ‘Have an Abortion, otherwise Either She or the Baby Will Die.’ – The Greatest Miracle that Happened to Me by the Prayers of Saint Paisios Part 1 The path to Athos is open to men only. But in Greece there is a women’s monastery where they live according to strict Athonite…
August 24, 2020 Is It a Sin to Remove the Signs of Aging? Q: Are modern medical methods of body and face correction considered a sin? I would like to fix the signs of aging on my…
August 23, 2020 How to Be the First Among Christians? This is not about a church career or competition. If you want to be a leader among believers, become a servant to them. The…
August 23, 2020 Closer than My Own Father: Saint Paisios and His Spiritual Children The path to Athos is open to men only. But in Greece there is a women’s monastery where they live according to strict Athonite rules and…
August 22, 2020 We Distance the Guardian Angel from Ourselves because of Our Sins (Homily of Holy Hegumen Anastasius) The Lord is so merciful to us, brethren, that He gives to each of us, at the time of…
August 22, 2020 Convent’s Stories: About Holy Communion Archpriest Andrew Lemeshonok narrates: – Many years ago, in the 2nd city hospital, I gave Communion to the sick. And I was very tormented…
August 21, 2020 Saint Paisios of Mount Athos: God’s Wisdom and the Environment Ah, what beauty has God created by His single word! What harmony, what diversity! Wherever you look, you can see God’s wisdom and majesty…
August 21, 2020 Why Are There So Many Curses and Cruelties In The Psalms? The Old Testament is not the “good” part of the Holy Scriptures: the Fall, the Flood, captivity, executions, idolatry, and lots and lots of…
August 20, 2020 History of the Feast of Transfiguration On August 19, the Church celebrates the Transfiguration of the Lord. The event described in all the Gospel stories, except for the Gospel of…
August 20, 2020 Tenderness Icon of The Mother of God The Seraphim-Diveyevo “Tenderness” Icon of The Mother of God belonged to Saint Seraphim of Sarov and was his cell icon, he called it “Joy…
