October 5, 2019 198 0 Blessed Paraskeva of Diveevo, Canonization of St. Seraphim and the Fate of the Last Tsar Despite the many miracles that people had seen in the seventy years since the repose of Saint Seraphim, the discovery of his relics and…
October 3, 2019 374 0 10 Facts of Saint Kuksha of Odessa’s Life 1. The saint’s mother, Kharitina, dreamed of becoming a nun since childhood, but her parents blessed her for marriage; four children were born in…
September 27, 2019 448 0 Saint Genevieve of Paris The Orthodox must have heard of the famous Syrian ascetic Symeon the Stylite. Numerous people came to him for advice, including Emperor Marcian (396-457)…
September 26, 2019 172 0 Let Us Try to Become “Wise Thieves”: Saints on the Christ’s Cross and the Cross of Everyone of Us The veneration of the Lord’s cross is inseparably connected with the Atonement Sacrifice of the Godman Jesus Christ. By venerating the cross, the Orthodox…
September 11, 2019 2792 9 Animals Smell Paradise Animals were created before humans: aquatic (reptiles) and airborne (birds) creatures were created on the fifth day of creation, whereas terrestrial creatures were created…
September 11, 2019 458 1 Fornication Leads To Murder Fornication leads to murder. The first time I read this statement was, I think, in the life of a certain saint who after early…
September 6, 2019 316 0 Metropolitan Peter: The Rock on Which Moscow Stands The secret of Moscow rising above other glorious and ancient Russian cities does not lie in its advantageous location at the crossroads of trade…
September 5, 2019 224 0 St. Paisios’s Rockets A talk with the Finnish Doctor of Theology Hannu Pöyhönen Hannu Pöyhönen, Ph.D in Theology, who spoke with St. Paisios the Hagiorite and has been organizing an…
September 4, 2019 1487 0 The Story of Saint Constantine the Great Let’s take another break from our travels and hear the story of events and people of the fourth century, mostly in Greek-speaking lands, which…
August 24, 2019 364 0 Saint John Climacus on Prayer ‘On Prayer’ is the 28th chapter of St John Climacus’ ‘Ladder of Divine Ascent’, a treatise comprised of 30 chapters (steps) concerning the spiritual…