May 5, 2021 406 0 Paschal Martyrdom in a Monastery that Never Sleeps On 23 April the Orthodox Church honours the memory of 179 newly revealed martyrs of Ntaou Penteli. An Orthodox Christian will recall that the…
April 28, 2021 599 0 A Satanist at Church — a True Story with an Unexpected End I know this story from my friend Father Oleg. He is an archpriest and parson of a church in Omsk, Russia He had hired…
April 5, 2021 332 1 “Take off Your Cross, Masha” Maria worked as a journalist for one of the less popular magazines. Her boss was a real beast, or, more precisely an arrogant, unprincipled,…
March 28, 2021 134 0 God Hears The Widows’ Tears the Soonest We often say that the Lord protects widows and orphans. This is the absolute truth, for the Lord truly is their protector and sometimes…
March 23, 2021 215 1 “A Life-sentenced Prisoner Told Patriarch Kirill that He Had a Small Request for Him” An Extraordinary Occurrence in Butyrka Prison 250 years ago, Empress Catherine the Great issued a decree on the construction of the Butyrskaya Prison Fortress in the North of Moscow. Today…
March 19, 2021 226 0 “And then I suddenly Had an Amazing Dream” – A Story of an Atheist Returning to Faith and Eventually Becoming a Priest I am a priest now. However, there once was a day when I tore my baptismal cross off my neck. My father was a…
March 12, 2021 64 0 In Loving Memory of Our Kolya At some stage in their lives, people will encounter disability face to face. They will react differently – some with pity, others with compassion,…
March 10, 2021 69 0 A Miracle in the Lavra It’s not as hard as you would think with children during self-isolation. My sons are ten and five years old. We read, do woodcarving,…
March 9, 2021 155 0 “He Was Alive and Fit When He Entered the Elevator but Arrived Dead.” Stories of Two Encounters with God Eugenia met her soulmate after she prayed to St Matrona of Moscow. The happy couple were expecting a child when the head of the…
March 9, 2021 1125 2 Music Stars Who Left the Stage to Seek the Glory of God These two rock musicians were rising stars in the eyes of their fans, and prodigal sons in the eyes of our Lord. Through His…
