Archpriest Oleg Vrona

11/2/2018

“Some of our brethren took a vow of chastity”

From a Conversation with a Protestant

Archpriest Oleg Vrona

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“Some of our brethren took a vow of chastity”

From a Conversation with a Protestant

Archpriest Oleg Vrona

I said goodbye to my companion, but I have a lasting impression of that shocking admission. “Don’t these cases of self-castration,” I was wondering,” bear testimony to the fact that once the sects got separated from the one and whole body of the Church, they lost grace as the only way to acquire all kinds of virtues, including chastity?”

A Pilgrimage from Pukhtitsa to Valaam with Mother Barbara

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A Pilgrimage from Pukhtitsa to Valaam with Mother Barbara

Archpriest Oleg Vrona

The mold on the wall, the boarded-up windows, and the cigarette butts on the floor evoked a sense of admiration in us before the church and the holy ascetics who silently endured abuse as though they were consciously sharing this fate with Christ.

The “Corpse”, or How a Metropolitan Scared Off a Border Guard

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The “Corpse”, or How a Metropolitan Scared Off a Border Guard

Archpriest Oleg Vrona

Vladyka Kornily was lying on his back with eyes closed and hands crossed over his chest... At the Russian border, when we were almost done with our prayer rule, we heard some firm steps coming towards us through the corridor.

Tea With Mother Paisia

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Tea With Mother Paisia

Archpriest Oleg Vrona

Placed on the samovar pipe as on a soldier’s foot, the boot would dance about merrily under the hand of Mother Paisia, from which the samovar began to puff portentously, reminiscent of a general on the training ground

How Abbess Barbara of Pukhtitsa Visited St. Seraphim of Vyritsa

Pukhtitsa Memories

Archpriest Oleg Vrona

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How Abbess Barbara of Pukhtitsa Visited St. Seraphim of Vyritsa

Pukhtitsa Memories

Archpriest Oleg Vrona

I must say that after this story from Mother, Fr. Seraphim and ascetics like him, whose lot it was in the difficult war and post-war years to comfort and encourage people, to instill faith in them and to pray for them, sparing no time or effort, remained in my thoughts for a long time.

Schemanuns Alexia and Maria

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Schemanuns Alexia and Maria

Archpriest Oleg Vrona

It’s not easy to walk gracefully into the Kingdom of Heaven. So Schemanun Maria “hobbled” her way to salvation...

A Lesson from Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh

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A Lesson from Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh

Archpriest Oleg Vrona

Nevertheless there was one important revelation for me: I saw that the preacher had attained such spiritual maturity that every word he uttered was an expression of his innermost experience of communion with God, and therefore, always powerful, meaningful and new to the listeners.

St. Nicholas and the Miraculous Cost Estimate

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Rating: 10|Votes: 21

St. Nicholas and the Miraculous Cost Estimate

Archpriest Oleg Vrona

Thanks to the intercessions of St. Nicholas, the church on Vene street in Tallin continues not only to adorn the city, but also continues to warm its people’s souls, ever in need of such warmth in our difficult day and age.

Miracles Happen at the Right Time

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Rating: 9.6|Votes: 45

Miracles Happen at the Right Time

Archpriest Oleg Vrona

Nun Seraphima faced a grave, unsolvable problem: how to fulfill her filial duty without leaving the monastery. The only way out seems obvious for everyone—to leave the monastery to take care of her ailing, elderly mother.

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