July 29, 2018 101 0 A Family Story of Coming back to the Source I am 51 years old and my wife is 48. We have been married 29 years and have two grown daughters and two grandsons….
July 24, 2018 457 1 The Experience of a Miracle: A Story about Confession and Repentance One of my favorite books comes from the last years of the Soviet Union. It is the story of Tatiana Goricheva, a member of…
July 22, 2018 600 0 St. Xenia of Petersburg Helped a Muslim Woman to Become an Icon-painter Everything came together in Alla Mescherova’s life seemingly as it should: auditing classes in the Repin Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg, then learning…
July 20, 2018 66 0 How to Entertain Our Children at Summer Time and Prevent Them from Getting Bored School’s out. No more early mornings. No more homework or after school activities, no more rushing around. Everyone’s finally able to relax, until suddenly,…
July 19, 2018 78 1 Who Was Grand Duchess Elisabeth and How She Appeared to Be a Saint? One of the brightest stars in the celestial array of Russia’s New Martyrs is holy Grand Duchess Elisabeth. A convert to Orthodoxy, she outshone…
July 19, 2018 114 0 Personal Story: The Confession of a Suicidal Man In my years of experience as a priest I had one very interesting story. Once my relative, who lives in a remote village, asked…
July 8, 2018 557 0 Fr. Moses Berry: From Hippie to Orthodox Christian You wouldn’t suspect that the jovial Orthodox priest who carries the gold chalise with such reverence from behind the iconostasis of “Mother of Unexpected…
May 21, 2018 51 0 The Incredible Life of St. Elisabeth Convent’s Residents: Novice Helena (Yudina). Part One What can make a pretty and successful girl at the peak of her career and health leave everything behind and take the veil? This…
April 27, 2018 563 0 Personal Story of a Paralyzed Iconographer: Disability as an Invaluable Gift An accident … Sergei is totally paralyzed except for his head, neck and shoulders. By our hero’s own admission, nothing remained for him but…
April 25, 2018 55 1 Reclamation and Redemption at the Men’s Farmstead of St. Elisabeth Convent Although I spent two years in seminary—and thus, in church services with a lot of men—I wasn’t prepared for the demographics inside the church…