May 20, 2020 One of the Thirteen: St. David of Garejeli It happened in the sixth century. A group of Syrian monks came to Georgia for missionary purposes. Georgia had been an Orthodox country for…
May 12, 2020 Saint Amphilohius of Pochaev: A Saint Hated by Demons ,, Life isn’t just a walk through the park’’ people often say this proverb. One person has everything from one’s childhood another person has…
May 6, 2020 Who Is the Real Saint George? Regularly, the secular media report stories about England’s current patron-saint. There are those who complain that St George is ‘a Turkish saint’; others project…
May 4, 2020 Saint Joseph of Arimathea, Nicodemos, and the Holy Myrrhbearing Women Christ is risen! Truly he is risen! The Church Fathers did nothing haphazardly. During Pascha, as our lectionary takes us through the Gospel of…
May 2, 2020 A Miracle Of Blessed Matrona of Moscow How wonderful wax candles smell. Their scent comforts your mind, and this makes prayer easier. “Lord, I thank Thee, for Thou art the good…
April 25, 2020 The Arian Prince Becomes Orthodox and Perishes on Pascha The Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church established the Feast of the Synaxis of Spanish and Portuguese Saints on December 28, 2018. The memory…
April 8, 2020 Saint Ambrose of Optina’s Advice about the Fear of God According to St. Ambrose, a Christian seeking salvation should put the fear of God at the heart of his life. The fear of God…
April 7, 2020 Imitating St Mary of Egypt in the Loneliness of Our Homes What is a desert as understood by the Holy Fathers? How to preserve peace in the family during isolation? Why is any end a…
April 3, 2020 Advice of St. Nicodemus the Hagiorite on Temptations The time of Lent is a time of temptations and spiritual perfection at the same time. If we are to resist temptation and thus…
March 31, 2020 6 Curious Facts about Saint Seraphim of Vyritsa Fact 1. Several patron saints The future Saint Seraphim of Vyritsa was baptized with the name Vasily in honor of Saint Vasily the New,…
March 31, 2020 The Remains of the Great-Great-Great-Grandmother of the British Queen Have Been Discovered. What Does Orthodoxy Have to Do with It? The oldest of the identified ancestors of Queen Elizabeth II was a saint, who is also revered in the Orthodox Church. British scholars have…
March 24, 2020 St. Gregory I the Great, Pope of Rome: The Great Interlocutor On March 12/25, we recall St. Gregory I the Great, Pope of Rome (590-604), who was one of the most prominent representatives of Western…
