December 19, 2020 Puzzling Points in the Life of St. Nicholas Any Christian can tell you about St. Nicholas. Almost everyone knows that he helps travellers, helps poor maidens get married, and brings us Christmas presents…
December 18, 2020 Did Abraham Live by the Hammurabi Code? There are places in the Bible that can easily be misunderstood without the historical, political and cultural context of the events described. Thanks to…
December 18, 2020 Fifteen Quotes from Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk 1. We are blessed, for our Lord has come. He has come for our sake. He likened himself to His people and came to…
December 13, 2020 Back in the 80s, St Paisios Said about the USSR: “It’s About to Burst.” Back in the 80s, St Paisios said that the USSR reminded him of a seiner ship, which has captured plenty of fish in rotten…
December 11, 2020 St Vincent of Lérins and His Teachings Venerable Vincent of Lérins is a famous saint, who is Western by birth, but rather Eastern by spirit. In 2017, the Holy Synod of…
December 9, 2020 Do Not Disfigure the Divine Image or How a Saint Healed Other Saint’s Mother Venerable Peter the Hermit of Galatia lived during the IV-V century. He was able to perform miracles, just as Christ did, so that even…
December 2, 2020 Elder Porphyrios of Kafsokalivia: Three Examples of His Exceptional Perceptiveness Spiritual writer Pavle Rak shares his memories of the elder whom he and his family knew in person. Let me start with a story…
November 28, 2020 15 Quotes by Venerable Justin (Popović) 1. Sins are earthquakes that overturn minds, souls and hearts, forming in them stony gorges, crevasses and rocks. They leave us wandering through these…
November 26, 2020 “Love is Above Fasting!” Simple Stories with St Tikhon of Zadonsk During his long life, Saint Tikhon wrote many spiritual works. The present generation of believers continue to turn to them for consolation, admonition, and…
November 24, 2020 Why Did Saint John Chrysostom Call to Strike the Blasphemers? Would a Christian be justified in confronting a blasphemer with physical force, if all other means of calling him to reason fail? This question…
November 22, 2020 “Do You Want to See an Angel?” St. Nektarios and His Instructions November 9/22 we remember St. Nektarios of Aegina, a modern ascetic and wonderworker. His life is amazing: the Lord manifested in a visible and…
November 22, 2020 Mickey Rourke Plays in the Film about Orthodox Saint The life and struggles of St. Nektarios of Aegina, the “saint of our century,” will soon come to life on the big screen, in…
