April 5, 2020 Sunday Themes for Great Lent While there is a popular notion about the unchanging nature of Orthodox liturgical practices, any study of history shows that Orthodox liturgical practice has…
April 4, 2020 “That’s What Happens to a Man Who Lives Among People” or How to Stop Being a Loser Three Monks There were three hardworking monks. One of them chose to mediate conflicts between people. The other one would visit the sick. The…
April 4, 2020 The Legends of the Lord’s Chiton Divine Providence has preserved for us numerous sacred items scattered throughout the earth. Perhaps the greatest historical treasure is the Lord’s Chiton. There are…
April 3, 2020 Akathist to Saint Seraphim of Vyritsa Kontak 1 Venerable father Seraphim, chosen and well-pleasing to Christ, blessed protector and radiant beacon of the Orthodox Faith and the Russian land, the…
April 3, 2020 Advice of St. Nicodemus the Hagiorite on Temptations The time of Lent is a time of temptations and spiritual perfection at the same time. If we are to resist temptation and thus…
April 2, 2020 Alive Thanks to Prayers to the Saints. A Miracle for Neonatology Everyone stops at the Crucifixion near the convent’s church in honour of the Reigning icon of the Mother of God. This artistic composition was…
April 2, 2020 Orthodoxy in Poland. Supraśl Monastery The only surviving medieval Belarusian frescoes are those of the Supraśl Monastery, now Poland. The monastery on the Supraślanka River was founded in the…
April 1, 2020 How to Please Your Neighbor in a Right Way? Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification (Romans 15:2). The obligation to please our neighbors directly stems from…
April 1, 2020 Saints on the Right Attitude to Illness After the Fall, disease and death haunt mankind. The world has known many epidemics that have claimed the lives of many people. Some of…
March 31, 2020 6 Curious Facts about Saint Seraphim of Vyritsa Fact 1. Several patron saints The future Saint Seraphim of Vyritsa was baptized with the name Vasily in honor of Saint Vasily the New,…
March 31, 2020 The Remains of the Great-Great-Great-Grandmother of the British Queen Have Been Discovered. What Does Orthodoxy Have to Do with It? The oldest of the identified ancestors of Queen Elizabeth II was a saint, who is also revered in the Orthodox Church. British scholars have…
March 31, 2020 St. Andrew’s Great Canon: a Rival Voice Every year during Lent we invite into our churches a great pastor, St. Andrew of Crete, and listen while he leads us in a…
