June 12, 2019 108 0 What Is Our Key to Searching for the Truth? O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. (Ps. 104:24)…
May 31, 2019 3261 0 Stop Saying “Glory to God for All Things!”: a Personal Story of a Hardened Atheist A testimony offered by Hieromonk Synesios: “A few years ago, I was the parish priest of St. Vasileios church (Piraeus) and was called to…
May 28, 2019 608 0 “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…
May 23, 2019 546 0 A Personal Story about the Miraculous Help of St. Ephraim of Nea Makri Story of the saint’s help recorded by the sisters of the Nea Makri Convent: My name is T. M. I live in Sweden, although…
May 20, 2019 408 0 Need for Monasticism: What Makes People Think of Becoming a Monk? Over the past thirty-five years, I have lost count at the number of lay people who have voiced interest in monasticism. Many have told…
May 16, 2019 842 0 “When the Elder Told Me I’d Become a Monk, I Thought: What a Nightmare!” Archimandrite Ephraim, the Superior (Abbot) of Vatopedi Monastery on Mount Athos, speaks about the special quality of the spiritual life on the Holy…
May 5, 2019 327 1 Living through the Feast of Feasts: the Paschal Reflections of the Catalog of Good Deeds Team Christ is Risen! With the coming of Great and Holy Pascha, the time of Great Lent is over comes to its end, too. We…
April 21, 2019 283 0 Involuntary Faster: a Personal Story about God’s Providence This story happened to a son of a good friend of mine. She is still shocked by the clear evidence of God’s Providence in…
April 18, 2019 410 0 “St. Patrick’s Day Begins with Prayer, Not a Can of Guinness”: A Russian Priest on His Ministry in Ireland Archpriest George Zavershinsky has spent almost two decades as a priest in Western Europe, namely in Ireland and Scotland. His spiritual father had suggested that…
April 12, 2019 370 0 Gagarin and the Lavra Valentin Vassilyevich Petrov, a retired colonel, a professor at the Center of Cosmonaut Training, and a friend of Yury Gagarin, recalls their trip to…