September 27, 2020 Venerable Confessors Archimandrite John (Maisuradze) and Archimandrite George (Mkheidze) Commemorated on: September 21 LEGEND The life of these Venerable Archimandrites is connected with the Betania Monastery in Georgia, which has existed since the…
September 27, 2020 The Exaltation of the Lord’s Cross: The Mystery of Golgotha What are three centuries? With what can they be compared? That’s the amount of time that’s elapsed from Peter the Great up to our…
September 26, 2020 Saint Paisios of Mount Athos: The Enemy Will Not Go Near a Creature of God When They Are Pure at Heart The enemy will not go near a creature of God when they are pure at heart – Elder, how does one become a slave…
September 26, 2020 It is not a Monastery or Scholarship that Saves a Person Some Christians think that for a person to be saved, one must either join a monastery or study the Divine law top to bottom….
September 25, 2020 A Short Conversation Worth Becoming a Priest I have had a lot of conversations with the inhabitants of various educational institutions. As the priests know very well, such conversations are often…
September 25, 2020 Why Pope Gregory the Great Opposed Using the Title “Ecumenical Patriarch” In the 6th century, the bishop of Constantinople for the first time officially became known as the “Ecumenical Patriarch”. What was the meaning of…
September 24, 2020 The Heart Is Like the Center of the Cross Mark 7: 14-24 Gal. 6: 2-10 The Lord said, “… there is nothing outside the man which can defile him if it goes into…
September 24, 2020 Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh about Elder Silouan In 1938 a man died on Mount Athos. He was a very simple man, a peasant from Russia who came to Mount Athos when…
September 23, 2020 Kazanskaya-Kaplunovskaya Icon of the Mother of God Feast Days: September 24 July 21 HISTORY OF THE ICON At the end of the 17th century lived a pious priest, Fr. Ioann Ilyich…
September 23, 2020 Is There Such Thing in the Church as the Eighth Ecumenical Council Has the Eighth Ecumenical Council already taken place? If you ask virtually any Orthodox Christian how many Ecumenical Councils there were in the church,…
September 22, 2020 Holy Fathers about the Inner Struggle “… There are two watchful guards that a warrior of Christ should constantly resort to sobriety and discretion. The former is turned inside a…
September 22, 2020 Can a Christian Be Tolerant? Q: To what extent can a Christian be tolerant and can a Christian be tolerant in general? A: It should be noted that the…
