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…
March 5, 2020 “The Woman Said She Was Going to Commit Suicide” – a Real Story from a Priest’s Life This happened in the early years of my priestly ministry and I shall never forget it. One time, in our church shop, they gave…
February 27, 2020 “There Was Such a Choice: Either the Death of a Mother, Or the Death of a Child” – the Story of a Priest About Hopelessness and About a Miracle It happened a few years ago. In the evening after the service, about seven o’clock, I was walking from the altar to the exit…
January 27, 2020 Our Ministry Is Both Dangerous and Difficult I was the rector of the Epiphany Church in the village of Khatanga in 1999. It is the northernmost part of the Krasnoyarsk Territory,…
January 10, 2020 Stephen Said: “Vladyka, All Is Well With Me”, Turned and Became Invisible Death is a mystery. It is our third birthday. I will be honest—a day does not go by when I don’t think about death. But…
August 2, 2016 The Originator of Faith: St. Olga and Her Path to Orthodoxy “The Originator of Faith” and “the Root of Orthodoxy” – that is how people called Saint Princess Olga many years ago. Her baptism was…
