January 13, 2022 155 0 A Silent Confession on the Feast of the Circumcision of Christ: a True Story It was the feast of the Circumcision of Christ and Saint Basil the Great. Father Sergius had just served the festive liturgy at church…
December 12, 2021 224 0 “Praying Means Learning to Love” About Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh Prayer and Carrots Metropolitan Anthony: «I remember once praying in my room (as a child. – Ed. Note) in the most exalted spiritual mood,…
October 14, 2021 76 0 A Miraculous Change of Heart on the Feast Day of Protection My god-daughter Veronica presents the image of a grown-up, independent and successful person. She is a fourth-grader just past her tenth birthday and a…
August 23, 2021 189 0 A Lesson on Avarice from the Life of St Niphont People showing greed for money and no mercy for the poor usually try to justify their stinginess and stifle the voice of their conscience,…
August 5, 2021 1593 3 How Saint Seraphim of Sarov Led a Protestant Family to See the Light of the Orthodox Faith Here is a beautiful story about Saint Seraphim upholding the truth of the Orthodox faith in eternity, as told by Metropolitan Veniamin (Fedchenkov). He…
August 3, 2021 205 0 Wordless Sermon Two elderly officers once met after years of not seeing each other. One of them was walking out of a church, and the other…
August 1, 2021 1256 0 “Did Not Our Hearts Burn within Us?” Elder Aimilianos Through the Eyes of His Spiritual Children Schema-Archimandrite Aimilianos (Vafidis), a great elder of our time, was born on October 5 in 1934. In his memory, we are publishing a talk…
July 24, 2021 191 0 Big Basil’s Story In his talks with parishioners Fr Oleg Stenyaev often tells short and very vivid and uplifting stories that immediately make you want to write…
July 6, 2021 326 0 Elder Paisios about God Letting a Father of Six Win a Lottery Saint Paisios of the Holy Mountain once told the following story: People with many children may face difficulties in the beginning, but God never…
June 13, 2021 244 0 Salt of the Earth. Patriarch Pavle His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Pavle always avoided idle talk, but sometimes he compromised this principle for edifying others. One fun seeker often spent time…
