Hieromonk Pafnuty (Fokin)
Both ascetics passed through many years of prayerful solitude in the wilderness forest; both are embodiments of love, goodness, and unity in Christ. This was fully reflected in the monasteries founded by the saints and dedicated to the Most Holy Trinity—the revelation of the Image of unity in Love.
Dmitry Kiryukhin
Photographer Dmitry Kiryukhin once again took a walk through the center of Moscow at Christmastime—even more beautiful than last year.
Schema-Igumen Savva (Ostapenko)
In St. Basil were fulfilled the Savior’s words: He that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit (Jn. 15:4).
Hierodeacon Gabriel (Rozhnov)
Thus, by His humanity, He observed the letter of the Law, but by His Divinity, having become incarnate for the salvation of the human race, He fulfilled the whole Law.
St. John (Maximovitch) of Shanghai and San Francisco
Not with outward force or boastful wisdom did He come to reign over the nations, but in the form of a servant the Savior came to take upon Himself the sin of Adam, to bear the burden of mankind, being accessible to all.
Elena Detinina
She spent her nights in prayer, allowing herself only a short two-hour nap in the late evening. For night prayers, she locked herself in a tiny room, more like a box, where she couldn’t even stand up straight.
Oksana Golovko
Artists strive to speak of the feast through portrait, landscape, still life, book illustration…
Hieromonk Pavel (Shcherbachev)
There is a truth that reaches us from heaven, from the righteous Judge. A truth that at times corrects, at times rewards, in which much remains incomprehensible to us, because of the loftiness of the judgments contained within it.
To our infant Savior, the Creator and Sustainer of all, the true Love of our hearts, our deepest Desire, the Fulfillment of our being: to him be all love and adoration, together with his Father and his All-holy Spirit, throughout the ages of this world and unto endless eternity.
Vasily Rozanov
These crazy days will pass, everyone will come to their senses and realize that there is no upbringing without the Law of God, there is no grace-filled growth of children without prayer, without a candle placed in the church...
May each of us find his miraculous star, which leads to the Cave of Bethlehem, where the Divine Mystery of our salvation had its bright beginning, where the Pre-Eternal God, the Creator of man, appeared in the image of man.
Vasily Nikiforov-Volgin
They reached a small, snow-covered church in the forest. The saints lit candles in front of its dark icons and began to celebrate Matins. Outside the church, the snowy forest of Kitezh was humming.
I warmly greet you all with love on the great holidays of the Nativity of Christ, Theophany, and the New Year, sincerely wishing you inner peace, joy, and tranquility, renewal of all your strength, and God's help!
May the light of the Savior’s Nativity pierce the darkness of every doubt and every trial! May the Christ who is born establish in us “life in abundance,” guiding us along the path to eternal salvation!
St. John of Riga
The rebellions of evil are powerless. Rejoice!
Nativity Message by His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', to the Archpastors, Pastors, Deacons, Monks and Nuns and All the Faithful Children of the Russian Orthodox Church
Archpriest Alexander Shargunov
The fullness of time was fulfilled when God sent His Only-Begotten Son into the world.
St. Cleopa (Ilie)
Have we prepared ourselves to give shelter to Christ in our hearts?
Peter Davydov
Mercy does not mean indulging vice; Christian strictness and discernment are essential.
"Voice in the Wilderness: Reflections on the Life and Legacy of Father Seraphim Rose" Explores the Recognition of a Modern Orthodox Saint and Sparks Interest in Documentary and Feature Film Projects
