November 18, 2021 The Mysteries of Pontius Pilate and His Wife Claudia Few may be aware that the Greek Orthodox Church glorified the wife of Pontius Pilate Claudia Proscura as a saint. She is commemorated on…
November 16, 2021 The Departure of Two Famous Russians — a Writer and an Archpriest For most Orthodox believers, Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Saint John of Kronstadt are familiar names. The former is known for his incisive novels exploring every…
November 2, 2021 Popstar to Schema Monk — the Transformation of Songwriter Onegin Gajikasimov To the popular singer and songwriter Onegin Gajikasimov, hearing the word of God separated his life into before and after. The Holy Scripture enlightened…
October 20, 2021 Father Thomas Hopko and His Fifty Five Maxims of Christian Living Someone said “Everybody listens to advice. Nobody ever takes it”. But, oh, I hope you take this advice from the Protopresbyter Thomas Hopko. So my advice…
October 7, 2021 Three Icons of Famous Astronaut Alexey Leonov: First One Was Taken Away, Second Went on a Space Mission, Third He Painted Himself To people with even a limited knowledge of space history, Alexey Leonov does not need an introduction. He went on the first spacewalk in…
September 21, 2021 Caveot Costas: a Fool-for-Christ Expelled from Mount Athos The hermit monks of Mount Athos – called Caveots in Greek – do not reside in any of its monasteries, sketes, or freestanding cells….
August 1, 2021 “Did Not Our Hearts Burn within Us?” Elder Aimilianos Through the Eyes of His Spiritual Children Schema-Archimandrite Aimilianos (Vafidis), a great elder of our time, was born on October 5 in 1934. In his memory, we are publishing a talk…
July 28, 2021 “I Have Lost Everything Except for What I Have Given Away”. Blessing of Elder Gabriel from the Koutloumousiou Monastery in Mt Athos I pray to God that He may grant us His grace, so that we can love Him with all our hearts and souls, and…
July 27, 2021 Father Vasily Yermakov — the Grace of the Spirit that Illuminates the World “Where people are still shedding tears at the thought of their homeland, hope remains alive, as they keep the ability to perform heroic exploits…
July 23, 2021 «Prayer Is the Most Awesome Thing in the World» — Selected Quotes from the Actor Piotr Mamonov On 15 July, the Russian actor Piotr Mamonov departed to God at seventy years of age. As a tribute to this outstanding actor, we…
