Evgenia Rozina
Children who first came to church only for Sunday school gradually led their own parents to Christ. That is one of the remarkable paradoxes of our time.
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.
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.
Hieromonk Ignaty (Shestakov)
In the much-suffering Soviet Union, soaked in the blood of millions, betrayal was repeated exactly according to the same pattern…
Conrad Franz
Orthodox blogger Conrad Franz tells us about his trip to the Donbas—what he saw with his own eyes and heard with his own ears.
Deacon Petar Kozakijevic
Understanding the spiritual needs and interest of Slovenes in Orthodoxy, our diocese and the church community are involved in various projects to translate Orthodox literature into Slovene and are their initiators.
Priest Aleksandar Sekulic
Priest Aleksandar Sekulic is a cleric of St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Belgrade. He answers some questions and talks about the great Serbian archpastors he has seen in his life.
Archpriest Stefan Pruzhinsky
I don't think anything will help us now, except for leading a normal Christian life, believing, confessing, praying, and working well for the benefit of society.
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.
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.
Igor Garkavy
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.
Alexandra Kalinovskaya
Olga Stefanova is a documentary filmmaker, the author of several films and a book about Antarctica. Olga spoke about her journeys to the continent and shared the details of life in such extreme conditions.
Hieromonk Platon (Kudlasevich)
Holy Pascha is for everyone.
Igumen Cyprian (Parts)
Igumen Cyprian (Parts), the father-confessor of the Moscow Sretensky Monastery, answers some questions about spiritual life.
Hieromonk Athanasius (Deryugin)
All these hymns—“Now the Powers of Heaven”, the Cherubic Hymn, and “Let all mortal flesh keep silence”—remind us that the Heavenly Powers participate in worship with us.
Archpriest Theodor Verevkin
Breaking the fast begins when there is great fuss about what else one might eat.
Archpriest Nikolai Kalinichenko
What kind of Nativity of Christ is it if you greet not Christ but anger in your heart?
Archimandrite Jerome (Testin)
The greatest sacrifice, the sacrifice of love, was made here and; owing to it, we can live today.
Theophan Casad
I became certain that it is truly very difficult for an Orthodox person to reside in the USA and Denmark. It’s basically the same as if you swim against the tide of society.
Priest David Proskuryakov
Divine justice works in the context of Divine love.
