July 19, 2020 15 Quotations of St. Ambrose of Optina 1. Why does a person become bad? Because he forgets that God is above him. 2. You have to pay attention to your inner…
July 19, 2020 The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost: The Healing of a Paralytic In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. When we read the Gospel passages about how Christ raised the…
July 18, 2020 The Rite of a Reader’s Chirotesy Part 1 described the emergence of the rank of readers and the special respect that Christians had for them. The ministry of the readers…
July 18, 2020 White Angel Sand Art Film The film “White Angel” is devoted to life and death of the Grand Duchess Elizaveta Fedorovna Romanova. The idea of creation and the final…
July 18, 2020 Life Principles of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Deeds and letters are those things that in the best possible way show what kind of person someone is. The letters of Grand Duchess Elizabeth reveal…
July 17, 2020 History of the Readers’ Rank The Orthodox divine service is performed by the priest and deacon in the altar, as well as singers and readers in the choir. Arguably…
July 17, 2020 The Royal Martyrs in Their Own Words and through the Words of Those Who Knew Them In 1905, twelve years before Emperor Nicholas II’s abdication and three years from his own repose, St. John of Kronstadt, who had served as confessor…
July 16, 2020 Get Up Early to Speak to God I myself will awake early. Psalm 57:8 This is said by a person who is constrained by worries and griefs. He will rise early…
July 16, 2020 Is It True That It Is Not a Sin to Deceive People Whose Faith Is Different from Ours? (The story of a Christian who took gold from a Jew and swore to him that he hadn’t). Whatever faith a person may be,…
July 15, 2020 Icon of the Mother of God of Akhtyr This shrine with an incredible history of finding, unfortunately, was lost in 1903. It was stolen when sent to St. Petersburg for restoration. Today,…
July 15, 2020 The Bible and the Ugaritic Literature French archaeologists discovered thousands of clay tablets in 1929 in the newly discovered city of Ugarit, one of the oldest trade city-states of the…
July 14, 2020 What and How the First Christians Ate The Last Supper, at which Jesus Christ established the main sacrament – the Eucharist, was also a special solemn feast, followed by the main…
