February 1, 2020 “Moses of Mesopotamia” Teaches Girls, Rebukes a Judge, Raises a Deceiver from the Dead, and Sends Mosquitoes to Attack the Enemy Troops The Orthodox Church has recently celebrated the memory of the great saint who combined three types of holiness – priesthood, monkhood and suffering for…
January 30, 2020 Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh about Saint Anthony the Great We do not serve every day, and therefore we take no notice of the names of saints and their teachings, from which we could…
January 29, 2020 A New Documentary about Elder Joseph the Hesychast A documentary on one of the greatest saints of the 20th century will soon be released. In the video interview below, five-time Emmy award…
January 28, 2020 Crusade of the Iberian Enlightener Today we talk a lot about the necessity of the Orthodox mission, and often complain about the lack of appropriate traditions and experience. We…
January 25, 2020 St. Honoratus of Arles The Church celebrates the memory of St. Honoratus of Arles (†429) on January 16/29. This saint made a huge contribution to the development of…
January 25, 2020 St. Nikolai Velimirovich on the World Economic Crisis You are asking me, man of God, about the reason and meaning of the present crisis. Who am I that you ask me about…
January 23, 2020 15 Quotes of Guidance from Saint Silouan the Athonite 1. A meek and humble soul is better than these flowers, both the smell and aroma are better and more beautiful. 2. God created…
January 14, 2020 Saint Cornelius Krypetsky Born half-blind, Luke, the fifth child in the family of Mikhei and Vassa Polyakov, was endowed with a special gift of foresight and a…
January 9, 2020 What Can We Learn from St. Stephen? As with almost all Feasts of particular Saints, St. Stephen is only celebrated on a Sunday about once every seven years just like our…
December 26, 2019 The Point of Fast: Byzantine Historians about Saint Spyridon There are valuable testimonies of Socrates Scholasticus, Sozomen and Rufinus, Byzantine historians of the second half of the 4th – 5th centuries, of Saint…
December 21, 2019 Saint Paisios of Mount Athos: They Sideline God Today People of our era have not survived either war nor famine. “And we do not need God”, – they say. They have everything and…
December 19, 2019 There Is a St. Nicholas! The question, “Is there a Santa Claus?” has led by association to the question, “Was there a St. Nicholas?” among secular historians. The issue…