June 3, 2021 A Wondrous Purity of Mind. Blessed Gerondissa Macrina On June 4 we honor the repose day of blessed Gerondissa Macrina (in the world, Maria Vassopoulou), abbess of the Panagia Hodigitria Monastery near Volos, Greece,…
March 16, 2021 “Who Am I?”—The Main Question of Great Lent Who am I? This is the main question of Great Lent. We try to answer it at the Great Canon, pondering the words of…
March 9, 2021 Music Stars Who Left the Stage to Seek the Glory of God These two rock musicians were rising stars in the eyes of their fans, and prodigal sons in the eyes of our Lord. Through His…
February 20, 2021 God, Almighty and All-powerful In the early modern and modern ages, there is one common view of God that has taken precedence in philosophy and in culture in…
February 13, 2021 “You Willingly Call Yourselves Slaves!” Of Freedom and Slavery “You willingly call yourselves slaves!” I often get to hear this from the critics of Christianity. It reflects a common…
January 28, 2021 David, God’s beloved David comes from India, and he lives there. He used to be a Hindu, like most people in his country. After many sorrows, he…
January 24, 2021 “Those who Lack Faith Hope for a Miracle” – Memorable Quotes by the Honorary Patriarchal Exarch of Belarus, Metropolitan Philaret On January 12, 2021, at the age of 85, Metropolitan Filaret (Vakhromeev) reposed in the Lord. Many people call him a mountain of a…
January 12, 2021 Grigory Zhuravlev — the Unknown Russian Nick Vujicic Think of a man without arms and legs, living a full-fledged creative life. For most people this is our contemporary Nick Vujicic, an Australian…
January 10, 2021 Dimitri Kuntsevich Shares Memories of His Acquaintance with Archimandrite Gregory (Zumis) — The abbot of the Dochiariou monastery, Archimandrite Gregory (Zumis), was a hard-working man who loved simple monastic work. For many Athonite monasteries, a…
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…
