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.
Hieromonk Ignaty (Shestakov)
The essence is that St. Sava laid the foundation of the independent Serbian Church and, in effect, created it.
The most important thing is to keep in mind that Theophany water, or the great agiasma, as it is also called, is a holy thing that is given to us so that we can be sanctified through it.
Fr. Photios Parks
Between new calendar and old calendar Christmas, a time of great grace and mercy, we spoke with Fr. Photius Parks, priest of the St. Anthony the Great Orthodox Mission Parish in Hernderson, North Carolina about the mission’s origins, its life, and its hopes for the future.
Nun Cornelia (Rees)
Many priests told us that what they are experiencing right now is worse than some of the worst Soviet times—which is shocking to hear.
Xenia Klimova
Christmas in Greece is a holiday of national scale.
Dmitry Zlodorev
It was just remarkable to see so many different people celebrating the Birth of Christ together. We had a unique experience that I don’t think I’ve ever come close to before. And I don’t have words to describe how special it was. It was just really, really wonderful.
Elena Nasledysheva
Illnesses connected with damage to the brain are unequivocally not a direct consequence of sin.
Hieromonk Joasaph (Kurakulov)
Liturgy is a common work—I’m sure of it. Some amazing people, some amazing helpers have gathered around me.
Conrad Franz
In this part of our interview, Conrad Franz talks about his own path to Orthodoxy, Orthodox media, the demographics of the Church in the US, and the conversion blooming deep in the heart of Texas.
Abbess Olympiada (Baranova)
Abbess Olympiada shared her story about her spiritual mother and her experience of the continuity of the traditions of Russian female monasticism.
The northernmost Orthodox church in America was built in 1992 and consecrated in honor of Saint Herman of Alaska. Last summer, the husband and wife film team, Mikhail and Ekaterina P, spoke with its rector, Father Andrew, about Orthodox traditions and the special nature of serving the Church in Alaska.
Hieroschemamonk Iulian (Lazăr)
If you give a child something, it enters his mind and spins around in there—just like that. Let prayer spin around in there rather than something else.
