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…
December 28, 2020 Masha the Fool: A Touching Story about Selfless Love Masha has died in a fire. It would be more appropriate to call her Maria, since she was already in her sixties, when she…
November 30, 2020 Officer’s Conversion I once knew a family with a very pious mother and a young son who was an officer. While in service, the young man…
November 25, 2020 “Tell Me, Sister… Who Is Better – God or the Devil?” A Striking Episode with a Drunken Man at a Bus Stop It happened in the mid-1990s, during my visit to Kiev from Jerusalem, where I live permanently. With a friend we visited the Kitaevsky monastery…
November 23, 2020 How Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh Had to Be Devious with the BBC In the mid-1950s, when the future Metropolitan Anthony began speaking on the BBC, broadcasting was done strictly according to a previously approved text simply…
November 9, 2020 “Read the Gospel!” To illustrate the power of the word of God and its action, I will now provide some life examples known to me. E.F., rector…
October 29, 2020 A High-Tech Amulet or “Why Do We Wear a Cross around Our Neck?” Hotel staff and residents of resort areas often distinguish our tourists at first sight, notably, not by our behavior, cultural standards, language knowledge or…
October 1, 2020 Repentance of the Bishop: For Those Who Hide Their Sins during Confession There are, unfortunately, people who hide their sins during confession. Thus, some hide because of false fear, others because of false shame, others because…
June 4, 2020 Lost in the Forest. A Real Story That Took Place in Georgia Sergei Chitanava tells a story of his grandfather: My grandfather Nikoloz died four years ago at age 102. He was of sound mind and…
April 28, 2020 He Was Supposed to Play Christ in a Tailcoat On Easter – but Instead of Blasphemy, the Incredible Happened This wonderful story with the participation of the once famous actor Alexander Rostovtsev happened about a century ago. Soviet Union. A campaign of religion…
