April 19, 2021 Alms Always Return to the Benefactors. A Story of Mononia, Rescued by an Unsparing Act of St Macarius The Lord says, “make friends for yourselves by means of the wealth of unrighteousness, so that when it fails, they will receive you into…
April 15, 2021 Three Stories from Saint Paisios of Mount Athos Haircuts A young man came to Elder Paisios of the Holy Mount. He was wearing his hair in a long ponytail. The elder asked…
April 5, 2021 “Take off Your Cross, Masha” Maria worked as a journalist for one of the less popular magazines. Her boss was a real beast, or, more precisely an arrogant, unprincipled,…
March 28, 2021 God Hears The Widows’ Tears the Soonest We often say that the Lord protects widows and orphans. This is the absolute truth, for the Lord truly is their protector and sometimes…
March 27, 2021 A Modern Story of Miraculous Healing from Cancer in the Kiev Caves Lavra Time flows differently when you leave the hospital having been diagnosed with cervical cancer, knowing that there is no money for the treatment, and that…
March 23, 2021 “A Life-sentenced Prisoner Told Patriarch Kirill that He Had a Small Request for Him” An Extraordinary Occurrence in Butyrka Prison 250 years ago, Empress Catherine the Great issued a decree on the construction of the Butyrskaya Prison Fortress in the North of Moscow. Today…
March 19, 2021 “And then I suddenly Had an Amazing Dream” – A Story of an Atheist Returning to Faith and Eventually Becoming a Priest I am a priest now. However, there once was a day when I tore my baptismal cross off my neck. My father was a…
March 17, 2021 The Devil’s Wedge Many years ago, the devil decided to sell off the tools of his trade. He arranged them with great taste and meticulousness in the…
March 12, 2021 In Loving Memory of Our Kolya At some stage in their lives, people will encounter disability face to face. They will react differently – some with pity, others with compassion,…
March 10, 2021 A Miracle in the Lavra It’s not as hard as you would think with children during self-isolation. My sons are ten and five years old. We read, do woodcarving,…
