July 8, 2022 Saint John of Shanghai, as Remembered by His Spiritual Children. Part 2 Part 1 The first letter arrived in 1949, on the Feat Day day of St James. Archbishop John wrote: “Dear Zhora and Sima! I…
July 6, 2022 Saint John of Shanghai, as Remembered by His Spiritual Children. Part 1 With his God-pleasing life, St. John of Shanghai served as a universal model of patristic Orthodoxy. From China to Western Europe and the United…
July 5, 2022 Our Friend Aaron Barwell’s Visit to the Convent Recently we had a guest in our Convent – Aaron Barwell from England. It was so nice to meet this meek and pious man….
March 6, 2020 A Sensational Interview of Monk Sophronios: “I Agree with Everything Except Euthanasia!” A monk from the monastery in Chania, Crete: “Agree with everything except euthanasia. My strength is weakened by sicknes.”: Sophronios, who suffers from Terminal…
May 28, 2019 “I Used to Think that Russia Sucks and that It Is Too Backward”: American on His Life in Moscow, Baptism, and Russian Hospitality Matthew decided to leave the US when he was 18. He didn’t have any objective reasons for his decision, “I just couldn’t see my…
March 29, 2019 The Most Suitable Time for Changing Ourselves Father Alexander Volokhov is the rector of the Nikitskaya church of the Domodedovsky deanery. We’ve asked Fr Alexander to share his thoughts on how…
March 29, 2019 The Unction: Whom Is It For, How to Prepare for It, and What to Do with the Oil, the Candles, and the Grain? Archimandrite Spyridon (Khodanich) on the rules of the Unction. The Sacrament of Unction is performed in all Orthodox churches during the Great Lent. However,…
March 20, 2019 Human Fates in St. Elisabeth Convent: Nun Vera (Gordienko), Part II Another Planet “It was extremely difficult for me to adapt to life in the Convent in all its aspects at first,” Nun Vera continues….
March 5, 2019 The Visitor of St. Elisabeth Convent Tells About Orthodoxy in China Most of us think of China as the land of the Great Wall, Confucius, Communism, gunpowder, sky lanterns, dragons, hieroglyphs, cheap goods, rice, and…
March 1, 2019 “If I Were President Putin…”: How to Reduce the Amount of Divorces The Rev. Dmitry Smirnov is a handsome and appealing man who hails from Moscow bohemian circles. He is the chairman of the Patriarchal Commission…
