Alexandra Kalinovskaya
The prisoners were transferred to Kronstadt, gathered onto a barge, and told that every tenth man would be shot. Father Alexis turned out to be the ninth. A young priest stood near him.
Priest Leonid Bartkov
The mind, accustomed to quickly switching between applications and reading short and superficial messages, loses the ability to perform deep and focused prayer.
Among the Heavenly patrons of the Belarusian land, the founder of the Lavrishevo Monastery, St. Elisha, shines like a bright star from the depths of time. He was a silent man, a man of prayer, a mentor, a healer, a wonderworker, martyr, and defender of his native land.
Very Rev. Fr. Vladimir Vranic
True primacy must be exercised in the spirit of the Eucharist—as service, not control; as love, not jurisdiction.
Elena Kucherenko
“You’re probably an actress?” But she smiled in response and answered ever so sweetly: “No, dear, I’m a witch”
St. Philaret of Chernigov
Gratitude is that sweet disposition of love for God by which the reverent soul sees and feels the various benefactions of God, highly values every Divine benefaction, and turns them to the glory of God.
Hieroschemamonk Iulian (Lazăr)
Let every man think about how not to commit more sins, but if he does, let him confess. This is the greatest work—confession.
Priest Sergei Begiyan
How many times does Christ come to meet us with His grace, and how many times do we, like the Gadarenes, say to Him:“No, Lord, I can’t receive You today."
Svetlana Rybakova
Remarkably, the solemn translation of his relics was predicted by the saint himself shortly before his repose, when the elder was singing: “Paul was carried to the grave, and from the grave to the cathedral”.
Steven Skarina
An American of Thai origin, Orthodox catechumen Steven Skarin, sent us this story of his own miracles related to the Georgian saint, Gabriel (Urgebadze).
Archpriest Vladimir Vigilyansky, Olesya Nikolaeva
The issue of capital punishment in Russia became an argument in demagogic reasoning by opponents of the Russian state system.
Priest Alexei Taakh
Biblical love is not a feeling or an emotional attachment. It is a decision of the will, an act.
Veronika Buzinkina
We not only helped, but we benefited a lot from it ourselves. Overall, any remembrance of life as a fleeting moment sobers up our soul.
Terrorists in their doctrinal worldview statements assured that they fought exclusively with exploiters, but in fact they did not disdain the murders of people from the poorest strata of society—peasants or workers, if they considered themselves monarchists and patriots of Russia.
Constantine Tsertsvadze
I recalled Elder Gabriel entering the ward and inviting St. Luke to follow him, with words full of his unique humor:” Your Eminence, here is Constantine, who speaks both Georgian and Russian well. Will you help him? He prays to you in Russian, and to me in Georgian. He likes to show off!”
Hieromonk Seraphim (Panich)
The Kazan Icon of the Mother of God is one of the greatest holy shrines in Russia, the guardian of the Russian people. The events that determined the major course of Russian history are connected with it.
Nun Parasceva (Rostiashvili)
When instead of love he would receive insults, ridicule, and humiliation, I would ask him in surprise: “Do you really still love them?” And he would mournfully reply: “I pity and love them even more now.”
Gapon, perhaps, did not realize that he had become the main provocateur and instigator of these bloody events, and placed all the blame on Emperor Nicholas II.
Metropolitan Paul Yazigi
God’s word is a constant trumpet that calls to repentance, leads to wakefulness, and sets things aright within us.
Olga Bobovnikova
Seeing my tears, my daughter wondered if everything was okay with me. I showed her the photo and explained what had happened as best I could. She examined the image carefully and said, “Mom, this is someone very nice and kind. Awesome!”
