September 28, 2020 Instructions of the Elder Silouan “O peoples of the earth, I kneel before you and beseech you with tears: come to Christ. I know His love for you. I…
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 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 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 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 20, 2020 One Reason Why God Allows Evil Spirits to Rage in Human Bodies The miracle of St. Simeon and the presbyter It is known that evil spirits try to destroy human souls not only by arousing, promoting…
September 16, 2020 St Procopius of Sazava* On September 29 by old calendar Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the memory of the Venerable Procopius, hegumen of Sazava, a saint of the ancient…
September 14, 2020 Saint Ciaran, Abbot of Clonmacnoise in Ireland St. Ciaran (Kieran) of Clonmacnoise is known as “Ciaran the Younger”. He was born in about 512 (about 516 is also found) to the family of…
September 12, 2020 Beheading of Saint John the Forerunner in Iconography In the Orthodox calendar, few saints have as many feast days as Saint John the Forerunner. Several events in the annual liturgical circle are…
September 6, 2020 Prophesies by St. Kosmas Aitolos Father Kosmas Aitolos was born in 1714 in the Greek village Megalo Dendro (Big Tree) in the region of Aitolia. He studied in Mount…
August 31, 2020 Holy Hierarch Aidan of Lindisfarne, Apostle of Northumbria and Wonderworker In the year 633, the pagan King Penda of Mercia invaded the kingdom of Northumbria in northern England, which had become Christian a short…
August 24, 2020 ‘Have an Abortion, otherwise Either She or the Baby Will Die.’ – The Greatest Miracle that Happened to Me by the Prayers of Saint Paisios Part 1 The path to Athos is open to men only. But in Greece there is a women’s monastery where they live according to strict Athonite…
