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Tuesday, May 20/June 2, 2026. First Week after Pentecost (Fast-free period).

No fast.

Martyrs Thalelaeus and his companions Alexander and Asterius, at Aegae in Cilicia (284). Uncovering of the relics of St. Alexis, metropolitan of Moscow (1431).

Martyr Asclas of Egypt (ca. 287). Sts. Zabulon and Susanna, of Cappadocia and Jerusalem, parents of St. Nina (Nino), enlightener of Georgia (3rd c.-4th c.). St. Dovmont-Timothy, prince of Pskov (1299).

New Martyr Olympiada (Verbetskaya), abbess of Kozelshchinsk Convent (Poltava) (1938).

St. Austregisilus, bishop of Bourges (624). St. Thalassius the Myrrh-gusher, of Libya (ca. 668). Martyr Ethelbert, king of East Anglia (ca. 793). Sts. Nicetas, John, and Joseph, monks of Nea Moni on Chios (11th c.). St. Stephen, abbot, of Piperi Monastery (Serbia) (1697).

Repose of Schemamonk Cyriacus of Valaam (1798).

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The fate of Fairholme: living in The City

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Faith As a Path: on the Maturation of the Soul and Faithfulness to Christ

Faith As a Path: on the Maturation of the Soul and Faithfulness to Christ Priest Maxim Yanyshevsky Faith As a Path: on the Maturation of the Soul and Faithfulness to Christ Priest Maxim Yanyshevsky Having inner integrity is also essential in ordinary life, when you are not afraid to stand out and express your opinions, trying to maintain peace and dialogue with others. This is an indicator of inner maturity and self-sufficiency.

To Be Members of the Church of Christ

To Be Members of the Church of Christ Hieromonk Athanasius (Deryugin) To Be Members of the Church of Christ Sermon on the feast of the Holy Trinity Hieromonk Athanasius (Deryugin) Through the Holy Eucharist, through Communion, we affirm our unity with Christ, we affirm that we, the Church, are the Body of Christ.

The Feast of Pentecost, or Holy Trinity Sunday

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Pentecost. The Day of the Holy Trinity

Hieromonk Seraphim (Panich)

Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Pentecost. The Day of the Holy Trinity

Hieromonk Seraphim (Panich)

If you want to understand what the love of God is, then you cannot do without the Trinity. And the mystery of the Holy Trinity is comprehended—only partially—in the experience of spiritual life with ascetic labors.

Come and Abide in Us

Fr. James Guirguis

Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Come and Abide in Us

Fr. James Guirguis

St. Gregory speaks of welcoming the Holy Spirit of God into your hearts as you would welcome your beloved friend or an esteemed guest into your own home.

A Second Saint John of Kronstadt, Priest Jonah Atamansky of Odessa

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A Second Saint John of Kronstadt, Priest Jonah Atamansky of Odessa

Saint John of Kronstadt often said to those from the south: "Why have you bothered to come all this way to see me when you have a man of prayer in Father Jonah?"

Blessed Are They Which Are Persecuted For Righteousness’ Sake

Priest Tarasiy Borozenets

Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Blessed Are They Which Are Persecuted For Righteousness’ Sake

Priest Tarasiy Borozenets

The world seems to have thrown the persecuted one overboard. But it is there, overboard, that he suddenly finds himself very close to the Lord, in His Kingdom.

A Talk on the Ascension of the Lord. Part 4

St. Cleopa (Ilie)

Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

A Talk on the Ascension of the Lord. Part 4

St. Cleopa (Ilie)

He who fears God is above all the sages of this age. Blessed and thrice blessed is he who prepares for the heavenly journey.

A Talk on the Ascension of the Lord. Part 3

St. Cleopa (Ilie)

Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

A Talk on the Ascension of the Lord. Part 3

St. Cleopa (Ilie)

The disciples did not know their Master, they did not know Christ—the Savior of the world Who performed so many miracles. Who revealed to them the mystery of God’s coming to earth and the incarnation of God the Word? The Holy Spirit.

Hecklers, or Measures of Our Christianity

Aleksei Tereschenko

Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Hecklers, or Measures of Our Christianity

Aleksei Tereschenko

It’s easy to think ourselves humble when we’re standing in church surrounded by the fragrance of incense and our brothers and sisters in Christ smile at us. But what is the value of this humility if it falls to pieces when a single stranger yells at us somewhere outside?

A Miracle in Porcelain

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Evgeny Borisov.

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A Miracle in Porcelain

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Evgeny Borisov.

Ceramic artists Anton and Olga Perov create unique porcelain works in their Moscow workshop.

The Holy Blessed Isidore Tverdislov, Fool-for-Christ and Wonderworker of Rostov

Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

The Holy Blessed Isidore Tverdislov, Fool-for-Christ and Wonderworker of Rostov

Strong was the blessed one’s love for the Lord, and for this the Lord glorified him with His grace.

A Talk on the Ascension of the Lord. Part 2

Archimandrite Cleopa (Ilie)

Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

A Talk on the Ascension of the Lord. Part 2

Archimandrite Cleopa (Ilie)

When the Heavenly powers saw the Savior removing the gates on high, all the angels blew their trumpets, everyone started singing, and in a chorus of great rejoicing and great singing, Christ ascended and abolished—did not open, but abolished—the gates of Heaven.

A Talk on the Ascension of the Lord. Part 1

Archimandrite Cleopa (Ilie)

Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

A Talk on the Ascension of the Lord. Part 1

Archimandrite Cleopa (Ilie)

Have you heard what Jesus Christ came down for? For the sake of love. Have you heard what He ascended for? To lift us up, the children of man, not in one day, not in two, not in a year, not in a hundred years, not in a thousand or ten thousand years, but all the days of old—that is, as long as the world stands.

“Be vigilant! Seek salvation, my joys!”

The life and work of volunteers in Diveyevo Convent

Elena Belovitskaya

Churches and Monasteries

“Be vigilant! Seek salvation, my joys!”

The life and work of volunteers in Diveyevo Convent

Elena Belovitskaya

Anyone who has once decided to travel to Diveyevo as a volunteer will surely say that his life was divided into “before” and “after.”

True Freedom. The Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council

Homily on the Seventh Sunday after Pascha

Archimandrite John (Krestiankin)

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True Freedom. The Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council

Homily on the Seventh Sunday after Pascha

Archimandrite John (Krestiankin)

And the story of the fall starts over again. Our fore-parents fell from paradise to earth; modern gods fall from earth to hell.

Blessed Simon of Yuryevets: a Saint Who Walked on the Water

Feasts: May 10/23 and November 4/17

Sergei Vityazev

Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Blessed Simon of Yuryevets: a Saint Who Walked on the Water

Feasts: May 10/23 and November 4/17

Sergei Vityazev

Blessed Simon made many prophecies: he foresaw fires, foretold deaths and other events.

The Translation of St. Nicholas’ Relics to Bari: A Quasi-Detective Story

Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

The Translation of St. Nicholas’ Relics to Bari: A Quasi-Detective Story

For over nine centuries now, it has been home to a priceless treasure of the Orthodox world—the relics of the illustrious saint and wonderworker—St. Nicholas of Myra.

Homily on St. Nicholas the Wonderworker of Myra and Lycia

St. Nikolai (Velimirovic)

Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Homily on St. Nicholas the Wonderworker of Myra and Lycia

St. Nikolai (Velimirovic)

St. Nicholas is the people’s saint, the perfect image of those who, hearing the word of God, hastened to fulfill it and by their example taught others to do the same.

The Sadness of Separation or the Joy of a Future Meeting?

Sermon on the Ascension of the Lord

Hieromonk Athanasius (Deryugin)

Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

The Sadness of Separation or the Joy of a Future Meeting?

Sermon on the Ascension of the Lord

Hieromonk Athanasius (Deryugin)

Earthly separation means almost nothing if there is a spiritual bond between us and the one we are parting from.

“Pray for Me, for the Future of Our Church…”

On the election of the new Georgian Catholicos-Patriarch Shio III

Orthodoxy Today

“Pray for Me, for the Future of Our Church…”

On the election of the new Georgian Catholicos-Patriarch Shio III

The repose of our beloved Patriarch Ilya II, who headed the Georgian Orthodox Church for about fifty years, orphaned us, so to speak, and since then we have waited impatiently for a new Patriarch.

Bright Week in Suzdal, a Gem on the Golden Ring

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Bright Week in Suzdal, a Gem on the Golden Ring

Suzdal is one of the oldest and most beautiful towns of Russia. Because industrialization largely bypassed the town, Suzdal preserved much of its historic appearance, and today it is regarded as a living museum of ancient Russia and one of the jewels of the famous Golden Ring.

The Apodosis of Pascha

Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

The Apodosis of Pascha

The day of the leavetaking of Pascha was the last day in the life of Jesus Christ on earth, when the risen Lord appeared to His disciples in order to say His final words about the Kingdom of Heaven.

On the Spiritual Meaning of the Palantir Manifesto

Metropolitan Luke (Kovalenko)

Orthodoxy Today

On the Spiritual Meaning of the Palantir Manifesto

Metropolitan Luke (Kovalenko)

In a series of reflections that will follow, I would like to offer my thoughts on the Palantir manifesto, which reveals before us a profound spiritual drama in which the outlines of ancient temptations emerge beneath the façade of technological progress.

The Lessons of Righteous Job. On the Meaning of Suffering

Mikhail Skobelev

Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

The Lessons of Righteous Job. On the Meaning of Suffering

Mikhail Skobelev

The readiness to face the mystery, the inexplicability of suffering that befalls us and that people around us face is the main lesson that we must learn from the Book of Job.

Butovo Firing Range, the Memorial Site of New Martyrs

Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Butovo Firing Range, the Memorial Site of New Martyrs

At the Butovo Firing Range, 940 people were executed on church-related charges. To date, 332 of them have already been glorified among the saints.

Signs of God’s Boundless Love for Us

Stories about Missionary Work in Siberia, Part 2

Archimandrite Zosima (Gorshunov)

Church History

Signs of God’s Boundless Love for Us

Stories about Missionary Work in Siberia, Part 2

Archimandrite Zosima (Gorshunov)

The word “Znamenny” means “sign.” The Znamenny Icon, the Znamenny church—what kind of signs are these? I think they’re signs of God’s mercy, His boundless salvific love for us. Most important is to notice, recognize, and follow these signs.

Sermon on the Sixth Sunday After Pascha, on the Blind Man

St. Seraphim (Chichagov)

Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Sermon on the Sixth Sunday After Pascha, on the Blind Man

St. Seraphim (Chichagov)

Among believers, miracles are continual—daily and hourly. Some see them, understand them with the mind, and perceive them with the heart; others do not.