Anna Efimkina
Late in November in Germany the time of Advent begins—the preparatory weeks before Christmas.
Marina Schmeleva
There was a donkey that lived in the Yablonevka village of Rovny district. It was an untamed, wild, and scruffy-looking animal. It used to run around aimlessly in the vicinity of the village terrifying its residents with its plaintive braying.
We will talk briefly on where the Christmas traditions came from, which of them became common in Europe, and on the special flavor of the celebration of Christmas in some areas and countries.
We ask your prayers for the clergy and the monastics who reposed in the Lord from the beginning of the pandemic as a result of complications caused by the coronavirus infection.
Vladimir Basenkov
I become a part of the prayer and feel that I’m God’s creation. I start to understand the value and meaning of words in a different way. Why is intonation prohibited in church readings? To prevent the reader from imbuing the meaning of the words with his or her emotions.
Elena Kucherenko
While Olga was fretting and feeling upset, Fr. Boris found his wallet, took all the money he had and handed it to her. Then, he emptied a donation box and handed its contents to her as well. Had he been an elder, he’d have prayed and all the money she needed would have materialized out of thin air!
“I am sorry, but what was that all about? Why did you chase her away?” I asked her using my sweetest voice—just in case, so I wouldn’t be next to be carried outside. “Well, I happened to have trouble in the past. After that, every time I hear about “grace-filled elders,” I am on the verge of committing homicide…” That’s how I met Olga.
Many may not be aware that the Church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople was built to be aligned along the sunrise on winter solstice. The same is true for the Church of Hagia Sophia in Thessaloniki, which was modeled after that in Constantinople in the 8th century.
Irina Krikheli
Lying in bed, he worked and prayed all day long, asking God to give him more time to finish the work of his whole life.
Anna Berseneva-Shankevich
Traditional culture works miracles. It dawned on us that we in fact do nothing—the culture itself performs such wonderful things.
This Orthodox Prayer Book is dedicated to St. Tikhon of Moscow, St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco, St. Raphael of Brooklyn, and to multiple Orthodox Christians who have been instrumental in the preservation of the Orthodox Western Rite.
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Today is a special day for Americans, but it also provides us with a wonderful opportunity to remind Orthodox Christians around the world to give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good, and His mercy endureth forever.
Dmitry Andreyevich Dostoyevsky
To get help from the Lord, you need to have faith and appeal directly to God. He helped me, and not only once. I was able to recover from cancer twice.
We have the same genes and we pass down from generation to generation the memory of Feodor Mikhailovich as we inherited nothing else but the genes.
Priest Georgy Mashtaler
Our parish is growing; the church is becoming too small for the community. I rejoice!
We were brought up in the faith. We tried to preserve what we loved and appreciated in Russian culture.
Nun Cornelia (Rees)
Fatherlessness is a tragedy, and the cause of so many blighted lives. But the worst kind of fatherlessness is when people have lost their connection with God the Father.
Elena Dubrovina
Easy money and gaining happiness, healing, and fulfilled wishes – at all times, they were used as bait by swindlers and cult followers…
Archpriest Octavian Moşin
A depraved life always gives rise to the illusion of happiness, and only a virtuous life in the gospel spirit can bring accomplishments and joy.
Introducing a new book release by Ancient Faith Publishing, set for availability in November 2021: Syria Crucified: Stories of Modern Martyrdom in an Ancient Christian Land is written by Orthodox Christian authors Zachary Wingerd and Brad Hoff, and importantly is the first ever book to detail the plight of Syria’s Christians during the past ten years of tragic war.
