October 19, 2021 Blessed Olga of Alaska, Patron Saint of Midwives and Healer of the Abused and Broken Recently, our catalogue received an order or two hand-painted icons of Olga of Alaska. When we accepted the order, we did not know much…
October 12, 2021 Father Tikhon, the Last Russian Elder on Mount Athos Elder Tikhon (Timofei Golenkov) was born in 1884 in Novaya Mikhailovka, a remote Siberian village. His parents were devout believers and raised their son…
October 9, 2021 And unto the Angel of the Church of Russia Write… When the apostle Peter had already established the Church of God in Rome by his testimony, and St. Paul had planted Churches all throughout…
October 1, 2021 “I Am Waiting for You at Samtavro”: On a Miracle of Elder Gabriel (Urgebadze) I met Elena Getsadze at the Tbilisi airport purely by accident. The woman attracted my attention by crossing herself and venerating an icon of…
September 28, 2021 Tatyana Grimblit, Saint Anastasia of Sirmum of Our Time The great feats of martyrdom exemplified by the early Christian saints may seem to us a matter of the distant parts no longer relevant…
September 10, 2021 The Beheading of John the Baptist Mark 6:14–30 Acts 13:25–31 Today, the Church commemorates in prayer the end of the glorious life journey of John the Baptist. His death was…
September 7, 2021 Catholic Priest, Opponent of the Nazis and Orthodox Martyr. Saint Gorazd of Prague On 4 September the Church commemorates one of the most prominent saints of the previous century. His birth name is Matvej Pavlik. He was…
September 2, 2021 Another Saint from the Romanov Family. St Anastasia of Kiev “Sorrows are the hidden mercy of God” – wrote St Tikhon of Zadonsk. Reading the life of St Anastasia we can see this quite…
August 31, 2021 Venerable Eanswythe of Folkestone St. Eanswythe (also Eanswith, Eanswide and pronounced Inswith) has from time immemorial been venerated as “the spiritual mother of Kent” and “the wonderworker of…
August 26, 2021 Venerable Manefa of Gomel. God’s Power is Made Perfect in Weakness Venerable Manefa of Gomel is a late 20th century saint who, as we have already written , healed others, while herself enduring terrible pain….
