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Thursday, July 17/30, 2026. 9th Week after Pentecost.

No fast.

Great-martyr Marina (Margaret) of Antioch in Pisidia (4th c.).

St. Irenarchus, abbot, of Solovki (1628). St. Leonid, founder of Ust-Neduma Monastery (Vologda) (1654). Translation of the relics of St. Lazarus the Wonderworker, of Mt. Galesion near Ephesus (1054). St. Timothy, fool-for-Christ, of Svyatogorsk, near Pskov (1563). Glorification (1996) and translation of the relics (2000) of St. Gabriel of Seven Lakes Monastery (Kazan) and Pskov-Eleazar Monastery (Pskov). Second finding of the relics of St. Alexander of Svir (1998).

“Svyatogorsk” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1569).

Martyrs Speratus and his companions: Nartzalus, Cittinus, Veturius, Felix, Aquilinus, Laetantius, Januaria, Generosa, Vestia, Donata, and Secunda, at Scilli, near Carthage (180). Child-martyr Prince Kenelm of Wales (ca. 821). St. Euphrasius of Ionopolis, bishop.

Slaying of Bishop John (Bulin) of Pechersk (Pskov Caves) (1941).

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To Be United in Christ

To Be United in Christ Homily for the Sunday of the Fathers of the Six Ecumenical Councils To Be United in Christ Homily for the Sunday of the Fathers of the Six Ecumenical Councils Hierodeacon Iliodor (Shevchuk) We’re called to be united around the Gospel truth and the testimony that the Lord has left us.

Cherishing Love Amidst the Daily Grind

Cherishing Love Amidst the Daily Grind Viktor Luzhkov Cherishing Love Amidst the Daily Grind Viktor Luzhkov Today, more and more often, people say that they get burnout not at their jobs, but at home, with their loved ones.

Guardians of Memory

Guardians of Memory A Russian Orthodox Church in Menton, and the Priest Who Keeps Its Memory Alive Guardians of Memory A Russian Orthodox Church in Menton, and the Priest Who Keeps Its Memory Alive Anastasia Lutcenko The more noise fills our lives, the more important it becomes to recover the ability to hear silence. It is in silence that we most often encounter God.

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“We Have Come To Help You”

Modern Miracles of Sts. Cosmas and Damian, St. Charalambos, St. Marina, and St. Nektarios

Gevorg Kazaryan

Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

“We Have Come To Help You”

Modern Miracles of Sts. Cosmas and Damian, St. Charalambos, St. Marina, and St. Nektarios

Gevorg Kazaryan

Where there is no hope from men, help comes swiftly from Heaven.

Prince Vladimir Equal-to-the-Apostles. Choosing a Path

Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Prince Vladimir Equal-to-the-Apostles. Choosing a Path

His next step was to lead his people along the same path that he himself had walked. From then on, the path of the prince and his people was the path of an Orthodox nation.

Do Animals Have Souls?

Archimandrite Savva (Mazhuko)

Theology

Do Animals Have Souls?

Archimandrite Savva (Mazhuko)

Does an animal have a soul? Is it appropriate to pray for a beloved cat or dog? Is it humane to euthanize a suffering animal? And after death, do our pets go to heaven? Nearly every pet owner has pondered these questions.

Oxygen and Food for the Soul

Ninth Talk on the Divine Liturgy, Part A

Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol

Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Oxygen and Food for the Soul

Ninth Talk on the Divine Liturgy, Part A

Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol

The Savior overcame death when He came Himself over to death. And for us Christians, this is the only way to overcome evil, the world, and all the sorrowful circumstances we face.

Being a Priest Is Enough For the Firing Squad. Hieromartyr Leonid Druzhinin

Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Being a Priest Is Enough For the Firing Squad. Hieromartyr Leonid Druzhinin

On July 27, 1938, 142 people were shot at the infamous Butovo firing range near Moscow. Among them was Priest Leonid Druzhinin (commemorated July 14/27), an “anti-Soviet element” who had the “wrong” biography of being a clergyman.

Polemics with Catholicism in the works of the Holy Hieromartyr Gorazd, Bishop of Bohemia and Moravia-Silesia

Priest George Maximov

Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Polemics with Catholicism in the works of the Holy Hieromartyr Gorazd, Bishop of Bohemia and Moravia-Silesia

Priest George Maximov

The Holy Martyr Gorazd (Pavlik; 1879–1942) is the most prominent saint of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia in the 20th century.

The Gospel of the Kingdom: From Earthly Expectations to the Heavenly Reality in Christ

Priest Tarasiy Borozenets

Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

The Gospel of the Kingdom: From Earthly Expectations to the Heavenly Reality in Christ

Priest Tarasiy Borozenets

The Apostles expected a throne in Jerusalem; Christ established His throne in their hearts.

And Men Loved Darkness Rather Than Light: What’s Scary about Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World?

Priest Tarasiy Borozenets

Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

And Men Loved Darkness Rather Than Light: What’s Scary about Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World?

Priest Tarasiy Borozenets

Huxley poses a chilling dilemma: to be human or to be happy? Exactly like that and no other way.

Not All Silence Holds the Voice of God

Homily for the Seventh Sunday of Pentecost

Hieromonk Spyridon (Dorosh)

Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Not All Silence Holds the Voice of God

Homily for the Seventh Sunday of Pentecost

Hieromonk Spyridon (Dorosh)

We don’t need silence for silence’s sake, but that within it you might meet the one Who wants to speak with you; that you might, in silence, meet the Bridegroom of your soul.

St. Olga and Us

Priest Sergei Begiyan

Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

St. Olga and Us

Priest Sergei Begiyan

Olga’s witness through her own life undoubtedly left its mark upon the hearts of her grandchildren. They remembered their holy grandmother. One of those grandsons would later become Grand Prince Vladimir, forever known as “the Fair Sun.”

How St. Paisios was visited by Great Martyr Euphemia

A talk by Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol. Part 2

Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol

Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

How St. Paisios was visited by Great Martyr Euphemia

A talk by Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol. Part 2

Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol

Now I am sixty-four, and in difficult moments that happen to everybody these images, these memories from the Holy Mountain are a good inheritance for me, a refuge where I enter and gain strength, courage, consolation and support from God to continue my struggle.

Against Screenocracy

Rev. Dr. Oliver Subotic

Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Against Screenocracy

Rev. Dr. Oliver Subotic

The essence of the challenge we face may be captured by the seldom-used term screenocracy, so as to designate as precisely as possible a particular “regime” of occupying the human mind through the audio-visual stimuli transmitted via screens.

“Will there be a movie about love and forgiveness today?”

Three Testimonies of the Love of Elder Gabriel

Constantine Tsertsvadze

Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

“Will there be a movie about love and forgiveness today?”

Three Testimonies of the Love of Elder Gabriel

Constantine Tsertsvadze

He preaches in different languages, he arranges people’s destinies; like a loving father, he seats friends who have fallen out together in concert halls, reminding them that the main movie God expects from us is a movie about love and forgiveness.

Confession as the Joy of Transfiguration

Deacon Dionisy Akhalashvili

Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Confession as the Joy of Transfiguration

Deacon Dionisy Akhalashvili

Through the Sacrament of Repentance, we try to resolve the internal conflict between good and evil in our souls, and renounce evil and direct our will towards goodness.

The Stavropegic Convent of St. Ambrose and the Kazan Icon of the Theotokos in Shamordino

Churches and Monasteries

The Stavropegic Convent of St. Ambrose and the Kazan Icon of the Theotokos in Shamordino

Shamordino is the child of the great holy Elder Ambrose (Grenkov; 1812–1891) of Optina.

Gospel Simplicity

Priest Tarasiy Borozenets

Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Gospel Simplicity

Priest Tarasiy Borozenets

A simple person simply acts, simply forgives and asks for forgiveness, simply helps without considering the backlash.

“As Long as It’s Done out of Love”

A Talk with Schemamonk Panteleimon (Volkov)

Schemamonk Panteleimon (Volkov)

Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

“As Long as It’s Done out of Love”

A Talk with Schemamonk Panteleimon (Volkov)

Schemamonk Panteleimon (Volkov)

Divine providence rules everything. Not a single process in the world is random. We need to be able to feel it inwardly. It’s like developing a ear for music.

Building the House or Demolishing It: Where is the Line Between Service and Slavery

Metropolitan Luke (Kovalenko)

Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Building the House or Demolishing It: Where is the Line Between Service and Slavery

Metropolitan Luke (Kovalenko)

Our every action should be edifying and instructive in the deepest sense of spiritual architecture.

Are We Truly Grateful to God?

The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, Matthew 9:27-35

Father Rodney Torbic

Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Are We Truly Grateful to God?

The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, Matthew 9:27-35

Father Rodney Torbic

Any good that we do in life is due to God, the Creator and Giver of life.

“Her Purity Was Absolute”

Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

“Her Purity Was Absolute”

July 5/18 is the feast-day of the holy Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, who was martyred for the faith of Christ in 1918.

A Story of Faithfulness and Betrayal

A talk with the author of the book, “The Romanovs: Loyalty and Betrayal”, and the producer of the film of the same name

Hieromonk Ignaty (Shestakov)

Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

A Story of Faithfulness and Betrayal

A talk with the author of the book, “The Romanovs: Loyalty and Betrayal”, and the producer of the film of the same name

Hieromonk Ignaty (Shestakov)

In the much-suffering Soviet Union, soaked in the blood of millions, betrayal was repeated exactly according to the same pattern…

He Who Quietly Stepped into Eternity. The Venerable Confessor Agapit (Taube)

Natalia Vashchina

Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

He Who Quietly Stepped into Eternity. The Venerable Confessor Agapit (Taube)

Natalia Vashchina

Fr. Agapit survived nine years in total of continuous camps. Not everyone was able to survive this, given the monstrous conditions, inhumane treatment, hard labor, a huge number of infections, constant outbreaks of epidemics, and exhausting hunger and cold.

The Romanovs: A Family Portrait

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The Romanovs: A Family Portrait

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In them we can trace the history of love—Nicholas and Alexandra as betrothed, then as husband and wife, and then with their firstborn child. Finally we see them all—as we see them depicted on icons.

From the History of Veneration of the Righteous John and Longinus of Yarenga

Commemorated: July 3/16

Maria Marchenko

Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

From the History of Veneration of the Righteous John and Longinus of Yarenga

Commemorated: July 3/16

Maria Marchenko

And when, during the translation of their relics, some suggested separating the saints, leaving St. Longinus’ relics at St. Nicholas Chapel, those present protested loudly; the saints, in general opinion, had become inseparable, and “they should rest side by side.”

Why Aren’t You in Church?

Archimandrite Haralambos Vasilopoulos

Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Why Aren’t You in Church?

Archimandrite Haralambos Vasilopoulos

Archimandrite Haralambos Vasilopoulos’ book addresses the question of church attendance and is intended for a wide audience. The author makes a persuasive case that attending church is essential and writes of the benefits of church attendance.