February 15, 2021 The Gates of Death Today’s feast has many meanings, many aspects, and even many names. It is sometimes called the Meeting of the Lord, sometimes the Purification of the…
February 14, 2021 “Adapt Your Life to Your Faith, Not the Other Way Around.” St Seraphim (Sobolev) The life of St Seraphim (Sobolev), Archbishop of Bogucharsk, was closely associated with two great saints – St Nicholas the Wonderworker and the Venerable…
February 14, 2021 Seeking to See Jesus Today, as we stand at the threshold of Great Lent, the Holy Church gives to us in the Gospel story of Zaccheus an icon…
February 13, 2021 “You Willingly Call Yourselves Slaves!” Of Freedom and Slavery “You willingly call yourselves slaves!” I often get to hear this from the critics of Christianity. It reflects a common…
February 13, 2021 The Winning Rule. Thoughts on the Feast of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia Many saints have shone forth in our land. Each city keeps the memory of the glorious deeds of its ascetics. Berdyansk, associated with several…
February 12, 2021 Remembering the Angels at the Prothesis The proskomedia, performed before each Eucharist, is perhaps one of the most symbolic and complex elements of worship from a ritual point of view….
February 12, 2021 Can We Find Healing in the Occult? Some who turn to sorcerers or occult practitioners will delude themselves into thinking that their healing is from God because they put icons everywhere….
February 11, 2021 “Come Visit Me as if I Am Alive, and I Will Help You.” New Miracles of the Blessed Valentina of Minsk Travellers from different parts of the world have been coming to the grave of the blessed saint Valentina of Minsk near Krysovo Village in…
February 11, 2021 The Lost Cross. A “Rare Find” Story from the Diveyevo Monastery Some people call Diveyevo the spiritual center of the world, making Paris look merely like a big village. Without doubt, such an exceptional significance…
February 10, 2021 Autonomous Church In the previous article on church structure, we briefly talked about the exarchate, as the lowest level of church self-government, not including, of course,…
February 10, 2021 “What Can the Righteous Do?” I sometimes find that it is very depressing not to live under a rock. If I lived under a rock, I would not know…
February 9, 2021 The Wonderworking Vine from Hilandar Monastery Brings Healing from Barrenness The Holy Venerable Simeon the Myrrflowing is the father of the sainted bishop Savva, founder of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Childless couples invoke his…
