January 19, 2021 Monks’ Inventions From the archives Science and education the way we know them did not appear until the 17th and 18th century. Until then, the centres…
January 19, 2021 Sermon before Consecration of the Waters on the Epiphany Day of St John Maximovitch “The heavens were opened, and the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form, like a dove” on Christ, as He was standing in the Jordan…
January 18, 2021 About Filling in Valleys and Mountains Made Low Mark 1: 1-8 2 Tim. 4: 5-8 St John the Baptist called people for repentance. He fulfilled Isaiah’s prophecy: “Prepare the way for the…
January 17, 2021 “One Day, Petya Came to the Refectory, Sat Down on a Bench and Cried Avidly.” A Priest Recalls a Story from a Small Cemetery Parish “Wood chips! Firewood!” Everyone knew who it was the moment his slightly trembling voice was heard outside the church refectory doors. Because of his…
January 17, 2021 The Value of Gratitude: How Can We Repay the Lord for All His Good? The Utmost Price The one thing that each of us can repay the Lord with is our humility, for its value in the eyes…
January 16, 2021 Saint Paisios Was Penniless, but He Was Giving Money to the Poor It Did Not Matter to Him if They Were Greeks or Turks In July 1958, Elder Paisios moved temporarily from Mount Athos to a…
January 16, 2021 5 Amazing Nativity Icons Selected by Dmitry Trofimov, Head of the Tsargrad Creative Workshops Mosaic composition in Sant’Apollinare Nuovo The mosaic composition in Sant’Apollinare Nuovo is…
January 15, 2021 Filioque in Brief We were recently asked the following question: “Why is it so wrong to say that the Spirit also proceeds from the Son, if He…
January 15, 2021 St. Seraphim and the Storms: “Struggle Continues Weather We Like It or Not” At the highpoint of the storm this week, I went into the house and divested myself of raingear. From where I sat in the…
January 14, 2021 A Smile that Warms Hearts. Bethlehem Icon of the Mother of God The icons of the Most Holy Theotokos have always been revered by the Orthodox Christians with particular ardency. There are many different images of…
January 14, 2021 The Meaning of Circumcision in the Old Testament and the Circumcision of Christ Luke 2: 20-21 Colossians 2: 8-12 The full life of a Christian begins with the baptism. In the church of the Old Testament, circumcision…
January 13, 2021 The Martyrs of Lyon In 2017, the Russian Orthodox calendar was replenished with a group of saints who struggled in the cause of God in Gaul and other…
