Hieromonk Ignaty (Shestakov)
The essence is that St. Sava laid the foundation of the independent Serbian Church and, in effect, created it.
Hieromonk Athanasius (Deryugin)
Everything that the Holy Fathers, including St. Theophan the Recluse, wrote is the fruit of their life in the Holy Spirit.
Priest Anthony Rusakevich
The feast of Theophany is a celebration of the revelation to the world not only of a great Teacher, but the long-awaited Christ-Messiah, the Son of God, Who came to fulfill the Law and the Prophets.
The Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan of the Americas made a small pilgrimage to holy sites associated with St. John of San Franscisco during a recent pastoral trip to California.
The monastery, currently head by Abbess Christophora, commemorated her repose yesterday with the celebration of Matins and the Divine Liturgy.
Varvara Kashirina
At Vysha, St. Theophan prepared translations of Patristic writings and wrote theological works and hundreds of letters where he reflected on the Christian life, overcoming temptations and faintheartedness, and the final fate of mankind.
Irina Krikheli
Once, over twenty years ago, an ordinary little mouse saved my life on the feast of Holy Theophany.
St. Partheny (Krasnopevtsev) of Kiev
Tonsured as a monk in 1824 and ordained a hieromonk in 1829, he served as spiritual father to the brotherhood and ministered in various Lavra churches. Known for his deep spiritual wisdom, he helped many repentant souls.
The most important thing is to keep in mind that Theophany water, or the great agiasma, as it is also called, is a holy thing that is given to us so that we can be sanctified through it.
Schema-Archimandrite Mikhail (Krechetov)
On the one hand, “the Savior, Who is grace and truth, shone forth,” as the Church sings, and on the other hand, there’s a temptation. This spiritual law is always at work in our lives—there’s always a temptation on feast days.
Natalia Vashchina
She devoted her whole life to the Lord, to His service. She loved God with all her heart; Christ was the center of her worldview and her life.
More than a dozen hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church gathered yesterday to celebrate the feast of St. Seraphim of Sarov at the Holy Trinity-St. Seraphim Diveyevo Convent, where the relics of the saint are enshrined.
The relics of the newly canonized St. Evloghia Țârlea were uncovered on Thursday, January 15, at Samurcășești-Ciorogârla Monastery in Ilfov County, Romania.
Throughout her life, Saint Genevieve loved, protected in prayer, and spiritually guided the people of semi-pagan Gaul.
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.
The veneration of St. Olga of Alaska, America’s first female Orthodox saint, continues to spread throughout the Orthodox world, reaching as far as Finland where a parish community has dedicated new facilities in her honor.
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.
