January 14, 2020 Saint Cornelius Krypetsky Born half-blind, Luke, the fifth child in the family of Mikhei and Vassa Polyakov, was endowed with a special gift of foresight and a…
January 9, 2020 What Can We Learn from St. Stephen? As with almost all Feasts of particular Saints, St. Stephen is only celebrated on a Sunday about once every seven years just like our…
December 26, 2019 The Point of Fast: Byzantine Historians about Saint Spyridon There are valuable testimonies of Socrates Scholasticus, Sozomen and Rufinus, Byzantine historians of the second half of the 4th – 5th centuries, of Saint…
December 21, 2019 Saint Paisios of Mount Athos: They Sideline God Today People of our era have not survived either war nor famine. “And we do not need God”, – they say. They have everything and…
December 19, 2019 There Is a St. Nicholas! The question, “Is there a Santa Claus?” has led by association to the question, “Was there a St. Nicholas?” among secular historians. The issue…
December 14, 2019 An Orthodox Deacon and Martyr from Spain The memory of the Orthodox martyr Vincent of Saragossa from Spain was commemorated on November 11/24. It was decided to establish a celebration of…
December 13, 2019 The Morning Tips of Saint Nicodemus the Hagiorite A Christian is subjected to spiritual warfare throughout his life. One person is more likely to have it more often than the other, but…
December 6, 2019 Meekness Is the Best Means of Turning a Sinner From His False Path The apostle James teaches, Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; Let him know, that he which…
December 6, 2019 Saint Paisios of Mount Athos: One Has to Work Hard to Do Good, While the Devil Helps to Do Evil If a Man Doesn’t Live in a Worldly Way, Sinners Make Him a Laughingstock Geronda, why does St. Cyril of Jerusalem say that the…
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…
