Archimandrite Nektary (Haji-Petropoulos)
We know for sure that the United States does not accept Russian refugees, and it is very hard to get there from Mexico.
St. Serapion of Vladimir
So the earth quakes before the face of the Lord to strike us with fear, and many cities have been emptied by God’s wrath. But we don’t fear this either: We don’t stop working evil.
Bishop Irenei (Steenberg)
What are the dangers, as well as the positive potentials, of the use of Internet technologies to further the embrace of Holy Orthodoxy in our present age?
Fr. Silouan (Brown), H. David Sauls
A mission without a mission car is paralyzed.
The nuns from Saon Monastery in Tulcea prepare this sour soup with fish meatballs on the occasion of the Annunciation Day, Palm Sunday, and other days when fish is allowed.
Priest Anthony Gusev
The community is quite active, helping the parish as much as possible in taking care of the facilities and other issues. Finally, we’ve launched a Sunday School, and our parishioners teach in it.
Another thing that caught my eye, or rather, my nose, was the smell of smoke and burning. It permeated everything you touched. There are 1.5 million people in Ulaanbaatar, and about half of them live in yurts, which are heated with coal.
Priest Dimitry Fetisov
“My kitty! Kittyyy! Christ Is Risen!” she screamed, impulsively stepping into the flowerbed and clutching her precious charge in her arms.
In February 2023, the General Synod met to discuss the issue, raising the question across the Anglican Communion and Christendom: should Christianity extend the sacraments to same same-sex marriages?
Everything in our life has always been connected with the Church. This is where we spent all feasts and held meetings, where we brought our friends and acquaintances. This is the foundation of our Russian culture as a whole, so I can’t even imagine it without the Orthodox faith.
We met Lydia Petrovna at the home of her son, Yury Andreyevich, where she stays on weekends, and together they shared how, despite living all their life in the foreign lands, they still managed to keep their Russian culture and the Orthodox faith.
“Everything I did I did thanks to him,” he declared “... the strength I got to do all this, I believe my patron Saint Luke the Physician gave me because I always carry his icon with me.”
Steven Simpson
Fear God alone. Pay no attention to the infantilism of the walking dead, the Satan’s pawn marionette end-time philosophers, their dismal mock piety and absurd fantasies.
Fr. Lawrence Farley
A look at the long and complicated history of the papacy reveals that this view of the papacy was never the “perpetual practice of the Church” nor was it contained in the declarations of the Ecumenical Councils.
Archpriest Daniel Azizov
They do make one wonder why some of us, for no apparent reason, discover joy and by so doing share it with those around them, while others are like empty shells?!
For the Orthodox participants, – the biggest Orthodox turnout ever for this event, ¬– the Walk began with a moleben for all the victims of abortion.
Svetlana Modnova
When I started this project, my wish was that people wouldn’t simply learn a new craft, but they’d be able to change their lives because of this craft.
Stepan Ignashev
The snows of Russia, the harsh Baikal, the Mongolian steppes and the desert—and over all of it is the icon of the Mother of God—a glorious, austere and joyful scene.
Ekaterina Sachkova
All his life, he searched for justice in God, but he found profound patience, mercy, and inconceivable love.
See images from our trip-hike to Mount Athos, to the holy monastery of Xenophontos and listen to the historical facts that Hieromonk Fr. Theonas was kind enough to present to us. We thank him very much for his patience and the time he devoted to us.
