September 26, 2018 146 0 Parable of the Day: The Greedy Monk There was a tradition in a monastery in Greece to give the brothers some money for hard work. Monks in a monastery are referred…
September 19, 2018 136 0 The Girl Who Could Have Not Been Born or How Mother of God Helps Our Contemporaries The Most Holy Theotokos helps not only half-legendary people from ancient times but also us: we just have to ask. Priests of our Diocese…
September 15, 2018 164 0 What Should You Ask God For? There lived an ascetic who asked the Lord to grant him knowledge of many revelations and mysteries. One day, on the road leading to…
September 14, 2018 115 0 Turning Developer into Water: a Personal Story about the Miraculous Power of the Cross This story was told to me in 1987 by Hieromonk Theophylact from Pskov Caves Monastery, previously known as Konstantin Nikolayevich Belyanin who had been…
September 12, 2018 75 0 Parable of the Day: The First Step to God There was a man who came to an elder and said: “I’d like to find the way to God. Help me!” The elder looked…
September 11, 2018 71 0 Parable of the Day: A Painting Without Author An atheist came to an elder and started telling him that he didn’t believe in God. He just couldn’t buy the idea of a…
September 10, 2018 172 0 Parable of the Day: The Young Man Who Defeated Death There was a courageous young man who was yearning to find something that couldn’t be found on Earth but at the same time something…
September 6, 2018 53 0 Parable of the Day: Searching for Fire in Hell A king met a wise man on the road. “Where are you going from?” the king asked. “I’m going from the Hell,” the…
September 5, 2018 70 0 Parable of the Day: The Man by the Window There were two terminally ill patients in a hospital ward. They had completely equal conditions, with the only difference that one could look into…
September 4, 2018 67 0 Parable of the Day: The Arrogant Stranger There was a man who arrived in Moscow on a business trip. He was tired and went to a tavern. He ordered a meal…