We were given work clothes and asked to help with work in church. After that, we were escorted to St. Matrona’s relics without waiting in line. Then we left the convent and headed for the metro.Suddenly Julia said, “Mom, I can see normally!”
St. Seraphim (Chichagov)
The holy Church of Christ blesses the memory of all saints, and Christians especially cherish these Myrrh-bearing Women, these happy companions of Christ, who served the Master not only from their substance, but also with the work of their hands; who were devoted to Him with all their hearts.
Igumen Tikhon (Borisov)
We can find very little about the holy Myrrh-Bearing Women in the Gospel pages. But there are the most important things in this “little”: faithfulness and love.
On Pascha night, the clergy communed 300 people from five chalices. They share their joy with our readers as well in these photographs by Subdeacon Yuri Gripas.
In ordinary life, a kiss is considered a sign of sincere mutual love. It has the same meaning in this Paschal rite.
Metropolitan Rastislav of Prešov
God expects our questions. He isn’t afraid of our doubts.
Elena Detinina
He reconciled warring parties, united people of different classes into a single union, while firmly adhering to the Orthodox faith.
Galina Burdina
On April 7/20, the Orthodox Church honors the memory of St. Daniel of Pereyaslavl, a great lover of strangers and wanderers, the founder of the Holy Trinity-St. Daniel Monastery in Pereyaslavl, and the godfather of Tsar Ivan IV the Terrible.
Maria Tobolova
Years of complete physical immobility, which she endured with extraordinary patience, led to Mother Maria of Gatchina being granted the gift of comforting the sorrowful.
Ariadna Nefedkina
Everybody should experience this very personal meeting with Christ in their lives. After all, the Lord does not avoid our questions: He waits for us, like Thomas, to reach out and touch Him, even if not physically, but with our hearts.
St. Onuphry (Gagalyuk) of Kursk
Yes, the present earthly life is a foretaste of eternal life. Here begins and develops that disposition with which we’ll live eternally.
Hieromartyr Thaddeus (Uspensky)
Despite the dangers from their enemies who mocked and crucified their Master, they hastened to Christ’s Tomb early in the morning; they remained faithful to the One Who had died.
In Orthodox tradition Friday of Bright Week is not simply a Paschal day, but a day when Paschal joy is joined to the remembrance of the Mother of God as the Life-Giving Spring.
Archpriest Viacheslav Reznikov
Man is born of water and the Spirit unto life eternal. A son of fleshly parents is adopted to the Heavenly Father, Who is Spirit.
If it seems to us that today our life has turned into a “formless mush,” let’s know, that this is not chaos; this is the moment in which our wings are being put together.
Irina Krikheli
With his wise advice, gift of foresight, and ability to comfort everyone, he earned the fame of a “Biblical Patriarch” among our people.
The Resurrection of Christ is a triumph of the victory of life over death, light over darkness, and good over evil.
Despite the horrors and restrictions of earthly wars, the miracle of the Holy Fire has happened again in the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
May we all not grow weary of kindling within ourselves the gracious gift of the Christian calling, deepening our prayers and bringing to the feet of Christ the Life-Giver our gifts: unashamed faith, sincere love, and unwavering hope, and He will not abandon us!
By the power of Christ’s Pascha, our entire life becomes a continuous opportunity to renew ourselves, to start again.
