7/4/2016
Maxim Vasyunov
Initially, the monk slept right on the ground, went hungry, shoveled the debris, prayed, and tried to come to an agreement with the islanders.
Optina Monastery has always been popular among young people, but today they arrive here very often. Instead of trying to explain the trend by sociology or psychology, we preferred to pose the question right to the young generation: Why do they prefer the monastery to fashionable exhibitions and other places?
Maxim Vasyunov, Igumen Michael (Semenov)
Rating: 10|Votes: 22
Igumen Michael (Semenov), deputy abbot of Klykovo Monastery, speaks on Matushka’s role in the appearance of the monastery, on the difficulties and victories of the brethren, on the continuity of love, and much else in this candid conversation.
Archimandrite Job (Gumerov), Maxim Vasyunov
Rating: 9.9|Votes: 32
Father Job, an experienced confessor of the Moscow Sretensky Monastery, speaks about the factors preventing some faithful from recognizing Nicholas II as a saint, the relationship between the Tsar’s abdication and the Russian people’s renunciation of the Church, how mass unbelief impedes the comprehension of the podvig [spiritual exploit] of the new martyrs, and the proper understanding of the people’s repentance for the sins of their ancestors.
Dmitry Dyuzhev
Rating: 10|Votes: 2
Here are several brief monologues by this famous actor about visits to monasteries, “inoculations” of faith and his encounter with a possessed woman.
