January 30, 2024 Miraculous Encounters: The Power of Saintly Relics Throughout history, the Church has venerated and celebrated individuals who have lived lives pleasing to God, becoming vessels of the Holy Spirit. These saints,…
November 24, 2023 Navigating Life’s Storms: Father Fyodor Konyukhov’s Five Spiritual Signposts Archpriest Fyodor Konyukhov stands as an exceptional figure, a unique individual in our time. His relentless pursuit of extreme travels, placing his life in…
November 8, 2023 The Birth of New Iconography: A Tale of One Icon For over two decades, the icon-painting studio of St. Elisabeth Convent has been a crucible of creativity, forging original icons and pioneering new dimensions…
September 26, 2023 Orthodoxy in Space and “Icon-bearing Processions” around the Earth On December 24, 1968, the world watched in awe as American astronauts aboard the Apollo 8 spacecraft read aloud the opening verses of the…
July 18, 2023 Father Methodius: a Macedonian Turned Most Hospitable Hieromonk on Valaam Island This charismatic man with a southern temperament chose the way of monasticism with the blessing of his honourable grandfather. The wondrous ways of Divine…
June 23, 2023 The Secret Angel and Easter Basket Charitable Campaigns in 2023: an Update on Results It has been a long-standing practice at our catalogue to hold these two charitable events in advance of the major feasts of Christ’s Nativity…
June 9, 2023 Dwelling and Prayer Place of St. John the Russian St John of Russia is revered in Orthodox Greece no less widely than St Nicholas the Wonderworker and the Venerable Seraphim of Sarov are…
May 30, 2023 Orthodox Antarctica A wooden Orthodox church was consecrated in 2004 in the harsh ice of Antarctica. Since then, the Divine Liturgy has been celebrated year-round in…
May 9, 2023 A Testament to Faith: The Life of Archpriest Nikolai Golubtsov Archpriest Nikolai Golubtsov is an influential and beloved figure in the spiritual landscape of Moscow. Father Nikolai was at the very core of religious…
March 17, 2023 The Concept of the Heavenly Liturgy in Scripture, the Apocrypha and Ancient Frescoes After years of regularly attending Divine Liturgy and having experienced the Communion of the Blessed Sacrament many times, many of us are well familiar…