Priest Leonid Bartkov
This is a story about a man who lived with a carpet on his wall for years, never suspecting there was a door hidden behind it. And one day he finally decided to pull that carpet aside.
Fr. Stephen Freeman
Nothing is more traumatic than the onset of chaos. Predictability breaks down, goodness seems to disappear, and the madness of sheer survival takes over.
St. Innocent of Kherson
The first thing we should focus our attention on here is the very appearance of the Mother of God with the angels and saints.
Hieromonk Nikon
We, great sinners, have no other Intercessor more powerful than the Most Holy Theotokos.
Metropolitan Luke (Kovalenko)
When the pressure has disappeared, yet the person continues to support what was created through coercion and silently approves of those who persecute people who disagree with the newly established order, he is no longer a victim of circumstances but a willing accomplice.
Priest Paul Siewers
Elder Maciarius’ emphasis on the humility of wisdom runs against the grain of our modern ethos of using knowledge for self-assertion, comfort, and worldly power, the fruits of which may be seen in AI.
Fr. James Guirguis
The healing and the wellness and the good that we seek isn’t found in acquiring things but in mending the severed bond with our Creator.
Hieromonk Ignaty (Shestakov)
St. Tikhon bore his cross with dignity, just as St. John the Evangelist, who although the youngest, proved to be a faithful disciple of Christ, and was granted great spiritual gifts.
St. Tikhon (Belavin)
The present article aims to demonstrate that the Holy Church’s teaching on marriage is immeasurably higher than Count Tolstoy’s, proving that the Church’s perspective—not Tolstoy’s—is the true Christian view.
Faith is not a tradition. Tradition is just a door. But you can spend your whole life standing by that door, never daring to open it and step inside.
In a world where everyone is constantly rushing, giving another person a few minutes of your undivided attention can be one of the greatest acts of mercy.
Deacon Dionisy Akhalashvili
God trusts us, believes in us, and in our ability to shape our lives in goodness and to resist evil. Not by compulsion, but willingly. This is what mature relationships look like—built on love, mutual respect, and trust.
New Martyr Priest Sergei Mechev
It sometimes happens that we ourselves do not carry our cross, and by our rudeness we enable those around us to cast off their own crosses.
Priest Tarasiy Borozenets
It is an engaging spiritual guide written “by way of contradiction,” helping readers view spiritual warfare from an unexpected angle and teaching them to recognize the enemy’s tactics.
Archimandrite Jeremy (Davis)
Fr. Jeremy Davis explains how dramatically the meaning of sacrifice has changed since the biblical world.
Christ refers to Himself as “the Door,” and encourages us to “knock.”
Hieromonk Seraphim (Panich)
This feast is the final and most significant milestone of Old Testament history—its culmination and, at the same time, the threshold and the gateway to the New Testament.
When we hear the Holy Scriptures, we hear the voice of the Word Himself, and through Him, the voice of the whole Trinity: for the Son speaks by the will of the Father and through the power of the Holy Spirit. In this sense, to hear the Word of God means to hear God Himself speaking to us personally.
Tatiana Kotova
We all make mistakes, and as long as we are alive, we have the right to repentance.
The sacrament of Baptism is not a magical rite of “protection.” It is entering into battle under the banner of Christ.
