Hieromonk Laurus (Arkhipov)
Dear brothers and sisters, let us hear St. John the Baptist’s call for repentance today, let us mend our ways, make our paths to the Lord straight, and come to the Lord without any shadow of sin, trusting in His mercy and love for us.
Priest Alexander Nazin
The Lord will find a means and a way by which the will of God for every man will be revealed to him.
On January 13, 2015, the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople resolved to canonize Elder Paisios of Mt. Athos. Today, he is a greatly beloved, universally venerated saint, with churches dedicated to him throughout the Orthodox world.
Archimandrite Kirill (Pavlov)
thout sin, having pure and holy flesh, submit to circumcision? First of all, the Lord accepts circumcision and the other Old Testament mysteries and rites to thereby give an example for men to obey the Law, and on the other hand, having accepted our nature, He also took upon Himself all our sins and unrighteousness.
Hieromonk Irenei (Pikovsky)
Thus, we see how St. Basil the Great, through his teaching on the paramount importance of love for God, provides guidance for Christian life. And the main Guide for him is the Savior Jesus Christ.
Closer to Christmas, the frost intensified. The temperature in the house didn’t rise above 53°F, despite the heated stove. However, everyone prepared for Christmas and made gifts within their means.
Piotr Yurchuk, Slawomir Nazaruk
The visit of St. John, the Wonderworker of Shanghai and San Francisco, in his holy relics was a great spiritual boost for our Orthodox communities in Poland.
Hieromonk Nikon (Parimanchuk)
Their commemoration on the same day and their spiritual kinship are founded on their labor of hope, their resistance to temptation, and their steadfast faithfulness. Each of them through his life prepared for the coming of the Savior into the world.
Ivan Rutenin
Grandfather Frost looked around, wondering where he could get a palm tree. But he realized that it could not be found in these parts. Then he broke off the spreading twig from the wide branches of the fir tree they were sitting under. What beauty!
Konstantin Pobedonostsev
Oh my God! I feel the same anticipation of childhood days in myself even now... How serene everything inside me is, how solemn everything inside me is!
Ioan Ianolide
Although it was a hard night and I didn’t rest at all, I didn’t feel fatigue, sadness, or regret. The reality of life was imbued with the reality of immortality.
Let us open our hearts for God’s Love and wrap it in the swaddling cloths of our mutual self-sacrificing love; then our lives will become joyful and happy, and nothing and nobody will be able to defeat us.
Metropolitan Tikhon of All America and Canada
Thus, with his Nativity—in Bethlehem and in the heart—Christ is with us, bringing every good, every blessing, with him.
Igumen Nikon (Vorobiev)
A tremendous miracle and mystery had taken place, one utterly beyond the comprehension not only of man, but of the highest of the heavenly host.
Svetlana Rybakova
There are many obstetricians and gynecologists among the parishioners of St. Nicholas Cathedral in Serpukhov, some of whom openly say that when medicine seems to be powerless, it often helps to turn to the Mother of God.
St. Innocent of Kherson
Therefore, there are people who bring the Lord gold, there are those who bring frankincense, there are those who bring myrrh, and finally, there are those who bring several gifts together. Who are these people?
Christmastide always evokes feelings of deep love and gratitude in a faithful heart. In these days, let us also raise up our prayerful thanks to God, offering our love to Him and our neighbors.
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill
Since the coming of the Lord into the world and to this day, all those who believe in Him are given the opportunity to be children of the Heavenly Father, for, as Saint Paul says, now we are no longer strangers and aliens, but also members of the household of God (Eph. 2.19).
Archpriest Sergy Baranov
This is the main principle of Christianity: Christ didn’t bring us a teaching—Christ brought Himself to every one of us.
New Martyr Priest Sergei Mechev
We must not only recall the Old Testament Fathers, but also take from them what is most appropriate for our times.
