Alexander Moiseyenkov
In many ways, the archpastor of Rostov was a unique personality and deserves careful attention, just as does the complex era in which he lived and worked.
Fr. Lawrence Farley
There is not a shred of evidence in the epistles or the earliest history of the Church to sustain the notion that Jesus was beginning a Zealot movement or that His apostles expected Him to come back soon and overthrow Rome.
Fr. Ioan Bărdaş
All 5,000 political prisoners of Aiud, assisted by 400 Orthodox priests, prayed according to the rite: “With the saints give rest, O Christ, to the soul of Thy servant, Priest Ilarion...”
Fabian Seiche
He was buried without a cross in an unmarked grave. The priest and professor Ilarion Felea was crowned with the halo of martyrdom.
Julia Balayants
We know what we want, but we don’t know if it’s good for us, and we don’t know what God wants, but we know that it’s good for us.
St. Seraphim (Chichagov)
The most perfect and greatest thing a man can desire and achieve is drawing near to God and abiding in solitude with Him.
Irina Dmitrieva
Scary-looking and furry, it simply paralyzed me with its gaze, so I couldn’t move from fear. On top of that, my throat was dry with fear.
Maria Vasic
There have been no clashes on nationalistic grounds in Brezovica: They have lived and continue to live peacefully. No one here is surprised when a Serb helps his Albanian neighbor or vice versa.
Archpriest Maxim Kozlov
Let us dwell on this sentence: Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me (Luke 8:34).
Archimandrite Kirill (Pavlov)
The Cross was given to us as a sign on our foreheads, just as Israel was given circumcision. By the Cross, we the faithful are distinguished from the unfaithful.
Metropolitan Serafim (Joanta)
The Book of Psalms, more than any other book of the Bible, is a concentration of praise, thanksgiving and petition to God.
Even after seeing the life of the monastery under siege, the suffering of the refugees, monks and nuns, she nevertheless gave our coordinates to those who want to destroy us. Even after seeing the children, seeing that there are no military personnel here, and after shedding a tear…
Priest Tarasiy Borozenets
What makes faith living? Attention and determination to live up to what you believe in.
The monastic life is arduous, filled with sorrows and ascetic struggles. Therefore, people of the world rarely understand it.
Fr. Joseph Gleason
The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are all in perfect unity, and have always been in perfect unity. They love us. They have always loved us.
Hieromonk Eutychius
Most sincere Orthodox Christians have faced this difficult question at some point in their lives: whether to go to a monastery, or to live in the world.
Having turned their backs on Egypt’s gods, and having slain lambs and bulls — two of the most sacred animals in the Egyptian religion — God’s people were set to live a new way, loving God and loving their neighbor, following the two greatest commandments.
Let us listen to the silence of Mary and learn from her! What does this incomprehensible spiritual labor mean? That Mary is a perfect vessel of grace.
True Christians are always quickly heard by the saints because they are of the same spirit.
This is the world into which Abraham was born, of a nation steeped in pagan worship and human sacrifice, surrounded by nations which were equally deceived.
