Maria Tobolova
Nun Maria spent almost half of her life—forty-four years—in seclusion and ended her days in the service of God in the angelic—that is, monastic rank.
Almost simultaneously, pagans rose up against Christ and the Church in Denmark, Germany, and the Baltic Slavic principalities. Everywhere the unrest was accompanied by the destruction of churches, and the killing of clergy and other Christians.
Stanislav Minakov
When she returned to Kiev, Olga brought with her icons, liturgical books, and the determination to convert the Russian people to Christianity.
Sergei Shmel
This ascetic holds a special place among ancient Russian saints and is traditionally revered as the “chief of all Russian monks” because the monastery he founded on the hills of Kiev served as a center and school of ancient Russian monasticism and enlightenment for all of Rus’, for many centuries.
All those whose destinies crossed the paths in life of the Royal Family unanimously testified to the moral purity of the eldest Princess, her kindness, modesty, sensitivity, and sense of justice.
Archpriest Gregory Dyachenko
The Most Holy Virgin Theotokos is the special protectress of pious Christians.
Nikolaos Sotiropoulos
I turned around and saw him. He was tall, with small, round eyes and slight wrinkles in the corner. His beard covered his neck, and from there it divided into three parts. It was black and a little curly.
Hieromonk Ignaty (Shestakov)
In fact, it was not just a ruler who was killed, but a family. It was the terrible and demonstrative murder of a Russian family. They stormed into a domestic church and smashed everything inside, flooding everything with blood, desecrating everything, and then the history of our people in the twentieth century was stained with this blood.
Anton Pospelov
On the eve of the commemoration day of St. Sergius of Radonezh, we asked readers to share their stories about miraculous help from the Abbot of the Russian Land.
Viktor Nemerovsky
Nicholas II simultaneously initiated, supervised, and financed more than 30 international-level peacekeeping projects.
Archpriest Stephan Pavlenko
Tsar Nicholas II and his family, like all saints, show people the path they should follow.
Metropolitan Isidore of Smolensk and Dorogobuzh
Apostolic service is a direct response to God’s call to the work of preaching the Gospel, and it is fraught with many difficulties and trials.
Hieromonk Pavel (Shcherbachev)
Occupying a historical place in the work of creating the Church, the apostles are the core, the backbone, and penetrating thread.
Maria spoke to her mother about faith and the Church more often than the other children and shared her religious experiences with her.
Svetlana Rybakova
Mother Anna was, as they say now, an icon of her age. As a little girl, she went to the funeral of Patriarch St. Tikhon with her father.
Metropolitan Tryphon (Turkestanov)
Her parents asked her, “What happened to you?” “Didn't you see how the Queen of Heaven came out of that corner?” the girl replied.
St. Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky), Archbishop of Crimea
How can we praise the one who is higher after the Theotokos than all the saints? He is the first of the saints in the Kingdom of Heaven.
It would be no exaggeration to say that Mother Anania’s entire life was a prayerful labor of service to the Lord and for the salvation of the souls of others.
People arrived from all over American and abroad to participate in the services and bask in the grace of their beloved saint.
Vladimir Krassovsky
Vladyka John transcends all ethnic boundaries, and he is recognized as a modern saint in all jurisdictions.