March 18, 2021 The Crucified Monk: Icon of the Monastic Life Around the entrance of refectories in Orthodox monasteries, there can sometimes be seen a shocking image of a monk being crucified. The unnamed monk…
March 6, 2021 Athos Monasticism: the Coexistence of Life and Death Every athonite monk, following in the footsteps of the holy fathers and living according to their tradition, combines the two states that appear antithetical…
January 29, 2021 Elder Theodosius the Athonite: “99% of What Mediums and Spiritualists Say Is the Truth…” True or False? Father Theodosius (worldly name Theodore Antonátos) was born on March 1, 1901 in the village of Atalandi in Lokris. After graduating from the Higher…
January 26, 2021 About a Certain Monk, who Desired a Pagan Priest’s Daughter, Deserted Christ, Rejected His holy Baptism and Was Still Saved by God The Word of God says that “the intention of man’s heart is evil from his youth” (Gen. 8, 21), which means that we are…
January 19, 2021 Monks’ Inventions From the archives Science and education the way we know them did not appear until the 17th and 18th century. Until then, the centres…
December 11, 2020 Nun Taisiya (Yakovleva): Five Miracles that Changed My Life Nun Taisiya (Yakovleva) recalls the miracles of God’s intercession and how they changed the course of her life. Nun Taisiya was born on 27 March…
November 3, 2020 On His Final Journey… It was on the feast day of the Iberian Icon of the Mother of God that we received the sad news that in the…
October 26, 2020 How Monastics Acquire Their New Names What are the criteria for choosing names given to monks and priests? Can they influence the choice of their future names in one way…
June 3, 2020 Schemamonk George from the Old Russikon, a Disciple of Elder Joseph the Hesychast Schemamonk George was a little-known ascetic, laboring in asceticism on Mt. Athos for twenty years. He was a disciple of the great Elder Joseph…
May 30, 2020 Why Do Only Monks Become Bishops? The tradition of ordaining representatives of monastic clergy as bishops is not inherent in the Church at all. The evidence of this is provided…
