July 3, 2019 How a Future Bishop Tried to Finish a Soviet School When I was in my final year at school in the late sixties, they were reluctant to give me the certificate because they knew…
June 16, 2019 Man Rescued From Lightning By a Cross A Penza man remained alive after being struck by lightning thanks to the cross he wore on his neck and to a metal insert…
June 6, 2019 Elder Paisios the Athonite Prescribed This Remedy For All Kinds of Illnesses and Problems Bishop Job (Smakouz) on Elder Paisios and spiritual warfare. Volume 3 of Elder Paisios the Athonite’s works deals with spiritual warfare. We Are Here…
June 5, 2019 Elder Paisios Explains Why We Need Theology Theology is the word of God, which is apprehended by pure, humble and spiritually regenerated souls, and not the beautiful words of the mind,…
May 31, 2019 Stop Saying “Glory to God for All Things!”: a Personal Story of a Hardened Atheist A testimony offered by Hieromonk Synesios: “A few years ago, I was the parish priest of St. Vasileios church (Piraeus) and was called to…
May 29, 2019 Russian Orthodox Philosopher on Why All Believers Are Monks in Fact An excerpt from The Light Shineth in the Darkness by the Russian Orthodox Philosopher S. L. Frank: “A number of monastic orders have…
May 28, 2019 “I Used to Think that Russia Sucks and that It Is Too Backward”: American on His Life in Moscow, Baptism, and Russian Hospitality Matthew decided to leave the US when he was 18. He didn’t have any objective reasons for his decision, “I just couldn’t see my…
May 20, 2019 Need for Monasticism: What Makes People Think of Becoming a Monk? Over the past thirty-five years, I have lost count at the number of lay people who have voiced interest in monasticism. Many have told…
May 16, 2019 “When the Elder Told Me I’d Become a Monk, I Thought: What a Nightmare!” Archimandrite Ephraim, the Superior (Abbot) of Vatopedi Monastery on Mount Athos, speaks about the special quality of the spiritual life on the Holy…
May 8, 2019 Nun Irina (Helman): “Worshipping God Means Serving Your Neighbour” When someone asked an elder what the difference between lay people and monks is, the elder replied, “First: Monks don’t marry.” It doesn’t sound…
