March 9, 2020 The Truth About the Lent. How to Fast Without Fooling Yourself? No matter how many exalted words we say about fasting in general and the Great Lent in particular, the truth remains closed to many….
March 9, 2020 Little Alla And the Big Padlock: On the Modern Life of the St. Thecla-Holy Dormition Convent in Russia Having visited the Convent of St. Thecla and the Dormition, situated in the village of Senino not far from Optina Monastery in Russia’s Kaluga region, I was…
March 8, 2020 Archimandrite Andrew Konanos on Small Efforts for the Lord Do you know what I like to watch? When I go to church on Sunday morning, I see people on the street (at such…
March 8, 2020 Troparion and Prayer to the Holy Confessor Nicholas (Mogilevsky) We have translated troparion and prayer to the Holy Confessor Nicholas (Mogilevsky), Metropolitan of Alma-Ata at the request of one of our readers. Troparion…
March 7, 2020 The Key to the Treasure Mark 2:23-3:5 Hebrews 1:1-12 Today is the first Saturday of Lent. The first week has already passed, and the Church does not stop caring…
March 7, 2020 Awards for Priests in the Russian Orthodox Church There are quite a few church awards for clergy in the Russian Orthodox Church. These awards are intended to acknowledge the skill and hard…
March 6, 2020 A Sensational Interview of Monk Sophronios: “I Agree with Everything Except Euthanasia!” A monk from the monastery in Chania, Crete: “Agree with everything except euthanasia. My strength is weakened by sicknes.”: Sophronios, who suffers from Terminal…
March 6, 2020 What Are Agrapha? The Greek word Ἄγραφα (lit. “unwritten”) are utterances attributed to the Lord but not recorded by the evangelists in any of the Gospels. The…
March 5, 2020 “The Woman Said She Was Going to Commit Suicide” – a Real Story from a Priest’s Life This happened in the early years of my priestly ministry and I shall never forget it. One time, in our church shop, they gave…
March 5, 2020 The Reverse Perspective in Iconography One of the difficulties in understanding the iconographic image, particularly ancient Russian icons, is the special way of depicting space and objects on it….
March 4, 2020 Metropolitan Pavel of Minsk and Zaslavl, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus Reads the Great Penitential Canon at our Convent On Tuesday of the Great Lent’s first week Metropolitan Pavel of Minsk and Zaslavl, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus headed Great Apodeipnon with reading…
March 4, 2020 Silence Is the Mystery of the Age to Come Silence helps us to immerse ourselves in the tranquility that can be a place for us to face God and ourselves. Saint Theophan the…
