July 24, 2021 Big Basil’s Story In his talks with parishioners Fr Oleg Stenyaev often tells short and very vivid and uplifting stories that immediately make you want to write…
July 20, 2021 Being Content with Little: Wonderful Story by Archimandrite Gregory (Zumis) St Paul the Apostle writes simply and succinctly about being satisfied with little, “…if we have food and clothing, we will be content with…
July 13, 2021 “Whatever Happens in Your Life, Stay Close to the Chalice!” Anamnesis of an Afghan Veteran As recalled by nurse Olga Gordeychik-Minkina, a religious sister at the parish in honor of the “Joy of All Who Sorrow” icon of the…
July 6, 2021 Elder Paisios about God Letting a Father of Six Win a Lottery Saint Paisios of the Holy Mountain once told the following story: People with many children may face difficulties in the beginning, but God never…
July 1, 2021 A Sermon at the Fireplace and Other Parables One parishioner who used to always attend the Liturgy on Sundays suddenly stopped going to church. After some time the parish priest decided to…
June 21, 2021 Three Life-and-death Stories from a Hospital Chaplain No-Coincidence Meeting Once we came into a men’s ward and saw an old man sitting there. He was from some remote village with no…
June 16, 2021 “You Cannot Enter Hell for Free” and Other Parables The Greek Elder Porphyrios often said that prayer means a direct conversation with God, Who is always ready to listen to us with attention…
May 28, 2021 Three Parables about Marriage God has given us the gift of carnal love. It is complete as a filled jar and perfect as a ripe apple. When we…
May 28, 2021 Miracles Happen at the Right Time Priest Oleg Vrona, the rector of St. Nicholas Church in Tallinn, speaks about the Christian attitude towards patience and its goodness, the virtue, which…
May 22, 2021 Modern Miracles of St Nicholas Saint Nicholas Rescues a Geologist In late autumn the sea surrounding the Solovetsky Islands is already covered with ice. E was a young geologist…
