The Department of Liturgical Music and Translations of the Orthodox Church in America has released a new series of liturgical texts for the feast of the Glorification of Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America in honor of the 50th anniversary of his glorification.
St. Olympias was born into a prominent family of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. Her father was a senator, her mother, the daughter of a prefect of the praetorium.
Archimandrite Jovan (Radosavlević)
Knowing about the veneration and love that the Orthodox faithful around the world have for Patriarch Pavle of Serbia, we invite readers to get acquainted with several recollections of this bright man, written by Archimandrite Jovan (Radosavlević), a contemporary, companion, and co-struggler with the late Patriarch.
In Russia, Elder John of Pskov has long been remembered as an incredibly holy man who suffered for the faith during the Soviet years, and was widely considered to be clairvoyant.
This miraculous icon, the Abalatskaya Icon, is named after the Siberian village of Abalak in the Diocese of Tobolsk, a village in which a monastery was founded in 1783.
Priest Andrei Chizhenko
How did a Hebrew man, who was born about 3,000 years ago in the town of Tishbe of the historical Gilead region of ancient Israel, become a great prophet of God, and how was he deemed worthy of being lifted to heaven in a fiery chariot? Can we become like him?
How can we become like St. Seraphim of Sarov, and how can we acquire the joy with which the saint met every person? Here are several stories about this on his feast day:
Xenia Grinkova
Alexander III enjoyed family life throughout his twenty-eight years of his marriage, saying: “May God bless everybody with a wife like mine—then they will feel untroubled and happy.”
The homily was written in the Žiča Monastery, the episcopal residence of St. Nikolai. He signed and sealed the homily, and added: “After reading, leave in the archives of the monastery.”
July 28 marks the annual feast of St. Vladimir the Great and Equal-to-the-Apostles and the Baptism of Rus’, one of the most important feasts for the faithful of the Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian Churches, commemorating the conversion of the people of Rus’ to the holy Orthodox faith.
Alexandra Gripas
When the baby was two months old, she had convulsions, and she stopped breathing. I tried CPR, but nothing helped. I pressed my baby to myself and suddenly remembered grandma’s icon. Tears fell onto the icon. Stammering and shaking, I asked the Theotokos to save and take pity upon my daughter.
Tomorrow, July 28, on the feast of St. Vladimir and the Baptism of Rus’, all churches of the Russian Orthodox Church will join in the festive “Glory to Thee, O God!” ringing of their bells.
With the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York, the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, the service has been translated into English and is available for download online.
Daria Strizhova
The expression “sacred murder” is just not only in relation to the Sovereign Emperor Nicholas Alexandrovich, but first of all to Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich, who in fact was the main contender for the Russian throne.
The work was previously known only in fragments of the Greek original and the Syriac translation. The more complete Medieval Armenian translation was discovered in the Mashtots Matenadaran depository in Yerevan.
Meeting under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel at the Patriarchal Palace in Bucharest yesterday, July 21, the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church made a number of decisions, including new additions to the Church’s liturgical calendar.
The young Georgian princess resolved to become a nun at nineteen years of age. Neither her parents, nor she herself could explain the unexpected change she had undergone as she visited the convent of Saint Nino.
Archpriest Andrew Lemeshonok
On July 17th, the Orthodox Church commemorates the Holy Royal Martyrs of Russia. Here at Saint Elisabeth Convent we have a church in honor of the Royal Martyrs, so it is also that church's Patron Feast day.
“Based on numerous examinations, the investigation has concluded that the remains belong to Nicholas II, his family, and their entourage,” the senior investigator said. “Nevertheless, we continue to collect materials and conduct further forensic examinations which we deem necessary in order to eliminate the slightest doubt. At the end of all examinations, their results will be evaluated in aggregate,” Molodtsova added.
Monk Theodore (Stanway)
Saint Sergius of Radonezh, one of Russia’s most beloved saints and credited by many as being the central force of the monastic revival in Russia during the fourteenth century, has been compared with many of the hesychastic fathers of his era.
