March 25, 2025 Eldress Anastasia, guardian of Corfu’s sacred Monastery of the Virgin Mary of the Angels (Kyra ton Angelon) One day, while passing by a ruined monastery, a ten-year-old girl heard the call of the Most Holy Theotokos. From that moment, her entire…
March 11, 2025 We Have Entirely Forgotten What It Means to Seek Salvation Reflecting on the lives of great ascetics, I am continually amazed by their unwavering resolve to embrace hardship, deliberately making their lives arduous and…
February 24, 2025 The Great Fast Through the Ages: What Has Changed? With the approach of Great Lent, Christians prepare their hearts—some with eager anticipation, others with reverence or even trepidation—as they once again embark on…
February 11, 2025 Prayer From the Abyss: How Brokenness Became the Path to Grace On February 9, 2025, the Orthodox Church marks the Sunday of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector—the first of four special Sundays preparing our…
January 27, 2025 “Only Begotten Son” – Who Wrote the Hymn Sung at Every Liturgy? Justinian I was a ruler of contrasts: a great legislator, builder of cities and churches, and a defender of Orthodox doctrine on one hand,…
January 14, 2025 Guided by the Star: The Magi’s Journey to Christ We often hear about the Star of Bethlehem in the hymns and carols of the Nativity, but how often do we pause to reflect…
December 31, 2024 How Many Years Have Passed Since the Nativity of Christ? The modern calendar, used almost universally, begins with the Nativity of Christ. But was Christ truly born two thousand years ago, as this system…
December 17, 2024 There Are Three Women Mentioned in the Saviour’s Genealogy. What Does This Mean? On the penultimate Sunday before Christmas, the Church remembers all the Old Testament righteous saints and relatives of the Saviour. These were people who…
December 3, 2024 Father Nathanael of Pskov-Pechersk Monastery: A Portrait Beyond the Pages of “Everyday Saints” Father Nathanael (Pospelov) became widely known through Metropolitan Tikhon’s (Shevkunov) book Everyday Saints, published in 2011 and translated into many languages. The book portrays…
November 19, 2024 8 Miracles of Archangel Michael Throughout history, Archangel Michael has been a source of divine protection and miraculous intervention. Some of his miracles have been preserved through ancient tradition,…
November 6, 2024 Cosmas of Maiuma and John of Damascus: Brothers, Friends, and Hymnographers of the Orthodox Church In 7th-century Damascus, a Christian named Sergius Mansur and his wife raised an orphan boy named Cosmas alongside their own son, John, born a…
October 22, 2024 Battle for Love Imagine you come home from work exhausted, hungry, after almost being fired and narrowly avoiding a car accident—overall, a tough day. You walk through…
