9/20/2017
Archimandrite Melchisedek (Artiukhin)
Some revere the monastic way of life while being unable to fully understand it; some consider it the pinnacle of Christian life, others an unnecessary extreme.
Valeria Mikhailova
Rating: 9.6|Votes: 22
Late 19th century Moscow. The ideas of nihilists and revolutionaries stating that people are gods and tsars themselves are becoming increasingly vehement. People in the cities mostly go to Communion only once a year at Easter. In theological schools one can frequently meet people who treat the priesthood as an ordinary trade. For many people, faith had simply become a tradition.
Rating: 9.9|Votes: 21
As God did not desire to leave this man unknown in the fifteenth century, so in our times: Today St. John of Novgorod, longing for but one thing from his childhood—to be with Christ, is remembered and glorified in the Orthodox world.
