December 5, 2019 3 Stories About Love for Man Lunch is more important Metropolitan Benjamin (Fedchenkov) told how his friend, a priest, began to build a church in his parish. Things were going…
December 5, 2019 Elder Porphyrios’ Miracles: “Don’t Call Me Again, Because I’m Dead!” Speaking of the spiritual gifts of the Elder Porphyrios, Elder Paisius the Hagiorite, another world-famous Greek elder, said: ” He has a color TV,…
November 29, 2019 Martyred Guardian of Jacob’s Well Martyrdom and death for Christ is not only the privilege of the Christians who lived in the age of bloody persecution under the Roman…
November 25, 2019 “Outside the Camp”: What we can learn from Saint Athanasios the Great The Early Life of Saint Athanasios Athanasios was born in the last decade of the third century in Alexandria Egypt, then the cultural and…
November 19, 2019 About Elder Joseph the Hesychast Every person grows. From the point of view of Orthodox theology, even the bliss of those saved in paradise is not static, but, as…
November 18, 2019 The Quiet Courage of Patriarch Tikhon He wasn’t a theologian and didn’t possess the charisma of a social activist, like his “competitor” for the Patriarchal throne, Metropolitan Anthony (Khrapovitsky). He…
November 12, 2019 Ss. Spyridon and Nicodemus: Lessons from Their Lives (Lessons from their lives: a) labor should be combined with prayer; b) avoid idleness, and c) use three fingers when making a sign of…
November 9, 2019 Saint Nektarios: His Life, Death and What Happened After That His Death On November 8 in 1920, Saint Nektarios the Wonderworker died. The miracles began immediately. Today he is the most revered Orthodox saint…
November 8, 2019 The Persecution and the Shelter of Lesna Convent Part 1 Part 2 Lesna Convent, which was founded once on blessing of two great elders, Saint Ambrose of Optina and Saint John of…
November 7, 2019 How Saint John Made a Church Out of a Garage Part 1 here. Part 3 here. In 1951, Vladyka John was sent to guide the flock of the ROCOR in Western Europe. The assistance…
