August 18, 2022 Transfiguration: a Prototype of Universal Glory The Transfiguration of the Lord is one of the most important holidays in the Orthodox Church. Three semantic meanings are intertwined in it so…
August 17, 2022 When Did Christianity First Become a State Religion? Edict of Milan — what is it and what is its role in the history of Christianity? Let us talk about one of the…
August 17, 2022 Which New Testament Books Could Have Been Left Out of the Canon and Why? The ancient Church used apostolic writings and the Apocrypha, which have also co-existed with bogus texts claiming to be authentic. The Church had to…
August 11, 2022 “She Stopped at Every Grave in the Entire Cemetery, Praying for Her Fallen Lieges.” Memories of the Royal Family Daughter of the physician in ordinary E. Botkin, Tatiana Melnik (born Botkina) recalls: “Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna was weakened physically and mentally. Although she…
August 11, 2022 St. Paisios of the Holy Mountain: “The Love of Christ Was Ignited in Me so Strongly that My Bones Melted” Unspeakable Fragrance Two students visited the Elder in his cell of the Holy Cross and spoke with him for many hours on various spiritual…
August 11, 2022 A Visit to Saint Elisabeth’s Hometown Darmstadt (PART 2) A Visit to Saint Elisabeth’s Hometown Darmstadt (PART 1) Ernest Louis, like his sister Elisabeth, was very interested in painting and architecture. He participated…
August 10, 2022 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…
August 5, 2022 A Visit to Saint Elisabeth’s Hometown Darmstadt For the sisters of Saint Elisabeth Convent, missionary visits to Western Europe are an opportunity to explore the sites connected with the life of…
August 3, 2022 Saint Paisios on How Two Words Once Saved his Troop from Death and Why a Monk’s Way to Help People Is Prayer A nun once asked the Venerable Paisios of the Holy Mountain, “Geronda, what does prayer mean for you personally?” The holy elder gave an…
August 3, 2022 The Return of Mosaics to Russia: a Grand Undertaking of the Russian Scientist Lomonosov Mikhail Lomonosov was an outstanding scientist whose discoveries contributed to the progress of his homeland Russia and the world. Many of his achievements were…
August 2, 2022 Ivan the Terrible: How Could Faith and Violence Coexist in One Person? The contradictory personality of Ivan the Terrible seems to combine the inner portraits of two antipodes. His pathological cruelty and mass atrocities are a…
August 1, 2022 Church Candle. How to Correctly Light Candles for the Living and the Reposed? Church Candle The history of the candle can be traced since the very inception of the Church. This can be seen from the Holy…
