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….
August 25, 2021 “Do Not Fear Those Who Kill the Body”. Hieromartyr Peter Grudinsky The scale of the persecution that the Russian Orthodox Church faced in the twentieth century can best be compared with the first centuries of…
August 17, 2021 Dobri Dobrev, the Saint of Bailovo When we see people asking for alms, we often overlook their personalities, viewing these individuals as a faceless mass of unfortunates unable to earn…
August 10, 2021 About St Lavrentiy of Chernigov Bringing New People to His Choir and Recording New Chants Venerable Lavrentiy was an unusual choir director, but when God called him to this service he multiplied this gift, becoming known for it during…
August 7, 2021 Ascetic and Astronomer: Two Different Paths Converging in One Point A reclusive bishop and an Orthodox caliph, a Syrian and an Arab, an ascetic, a writer and an astronomer – we have a lot…
July 29, 2021 Did You Know that There Were Two Blessed Matronas? At the turn of the 20th century there were two saints in Russia with the name Matrona and surprisingly similar fates. Both of them…
