The silver and glass coffin of the Saint never opens unless there is a reason to do so, and this usually takes place when the Saint indicates for it to be done.
Irina Dmitrieva
Jericho has a glorious history. We read in the Old Testament that it was the first city captured by the Israelites led by Joshua on entering the Promised Land.
The rock-carved Kubbeli church built in the 14th century in Soğanlı Valley, known as the entrance gate of Cappadocia, was destroyed by treasure hunters.
Andrey Gidaspov
Christ’s humble gaze, His all-forgiving and all-loving eyes were imprinted in his soul, and he could never forget this vision…
Hieromonk Theodosy (Khamenia)
Most importantly, the monastery keeps praying for the whole world, night and day.
When we restore a church, we restore ourselves.
The frescoes on the walls, which have withstood the years, are about to disappear due to neglect and damage caused by treasure hunters.
Hierodeacon Christopher
Somehow Kosovo is calling us, the people of the twenty-first century, lost in the chaos of our restless and spiteful world.
Abbess Maria (Miros)
Mother Maria was born in Australia and obtained a degree in medicine. But feeling a special call from God, she became a nun. We talked about the convent, choosing the monastic path, and repentance.
Prime Minister Albin Kurti said court ruling awarding 24 hectares of land to the Visoki Decani Serbian Orthodox monastery must be implemented.
Abbess Mariam (Zacca)
God is absolute love, which embraces all of creation in its abundance.
You walk into another world, that of “superluminous darkness,” darkness that is not the absence of light but light mostly beyond the ability of the human eye to see. Yet not beyond the ability to feel.
Marina Biryukova
Every church, whether restored or newly built, is our eternal message to future generations. Unhappy is the man who cannot go beyond his earthly life and is able to do only what will die with him.
Priest Stanislav Rasputin
Locals are sincerely interested in the Orthodox faith and have the desire to study the faith.
We present this chronological photo collection from the monastery's first days of rebuilding and renewal under the leadership of Metropolitan Tikhon (Shevkunov), to the present day.
Sergei Seryubin
As a former editor of an Orthodox newspaper, I had known about this particular episode from St. Andrew's life for seven years. And now I lived to see it materialize and try it on myself:
In the summer of 2023, 13 men from Lancaster's Annunciation Orthodox Church spent 13 days in Greece as pilgrims on the Holy Mountain.
Priest Kirill Zholtkevich
My spiritual training began with my grandfather, a priest. He took me into the altar when I was four. Since then I have been in church and have always been surrounded by clergy.
This sacred site serves as a sanctuary for those grappling with physical and mental suffering, offering a haven of solace and prayer.
Tatiana Shevchenko
This article talks about the life of Nikolai Ivanovich Egorov, the future Archimandrite Dmitry, who escaped the Solovki camps and entered Valaam Monastery as a novice in the 1930s. Later, he founded several sketes in America, where he reposed in 1992.