Fr. James Guirguis
This is always the path to salvation, conversation and engagement with Jesus Christ.
Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol
He was a very measured man, filled with discernment and nobility. Very noble—he never reproached anyone, nor did he shy away from dealing with us and our problems.
Hieromonk Athanasius (Deryugin)
Our attitude towards others, our behavior at home and at work, even our communication with people who we meet by chance—everything should be the service of God, because everything should be directed towards the commandments of God.
Large crowds of faithful attended the celebrations despite difficult weather conditions to venerate the saint’s relics.
Met. Philaret (Voznesensky) served as First Hierarch of ROCOR from 1964 to 1985. His incorrupt relics lie in a vault under Holy Trinity Cathedral at Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, New York.
St. Matrona was canonized during a meeting of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church on July 1, 2025, alongside 15 other Romanian women of holy life.
Hieromonk Seraphim (Panich)
Among a whole host of holy martyrs shine forth particularly the holy great-martyrs, who endured especially terrible sufferings for Christ and whose victory is of great importance for all Christendom.
St. Maura is a 17th–18th-century hesychast who was canonized by the Romanian Holy Synod along with 15 other holy women in July 2025.
The Greek island of Santorini marks a historic milestone today, as it celebrates St. Irene as its officially designated patron saint for the first time.
On the day appointed for the operation, the saint appeared to him again and comforted him. And then it turned out that the operation was no longer necessary, since the cancerous tumors simply disappeared.
The 450th anniversary of the repose St. Barsanuphius, Bishop of Tver and Wonderworker of Kazan was celebrated on Sunday, May 3, at the Holy Transfiguration Cathedral in Tver.
The Patriarch was joined by numerous hierarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church, along with clergy, monastics, representatives of the Serbian government and military, and several thousand faithful.
Schema-Archimandrite Mikhail (Krechetov)
The father of seven children and grandfather of thirty-five grandchildren, batiushka was always especially happy to communicate with children and young people who visited his church on excursions. We offer our readers some of the elder’s previously unpublished answers to young people’s questions.
Hieromonk Silouan (Mezhinsky)
Only with Christ does the human soul become the most precious gem or diamond, the greatest jewel on earth.
We were given work clothes and asked to help with work in church. After that, we were escorted to St. Matrona’s relics without waiting in line. Then we left the convent and headed for the metro.Suddenly Julia said, “Mom, I can see normally!”
St. Seraphim (Chichagov)
The holy Church of Christ blesses the memory of all saints, and Christians especially cherish these Myrrh-bearing Women, these happy companions of Christ, who served the Master not only from their substance, but also with the work of their hands; who were devoted to Him with all their hearts.
The Georgian Orthodox Church observed the 40th day since the repose of His Holiness Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia of All Georgia on Saturday, April 25.
Igumen Tikhon (Borisov)
We can find very little about the holy Myrrh-Bearing Women in the Gospel pages. But there are the most important things in this “little”: faithfulness and love.
St. Cleopa is among 16 martyrs, confessors and ascetics of the 20th century who were canonized by the Romanian Synod in 2024. He is perhaps the most beloved Romanian elder of the period of communist persecution and is the most well-known in the English-speaking Orthodox world.
On Pascha night, the clergy communed 300 people from five chalices. They share their joy with our readers as well in these photographs by Subdeacon Yuri Gripas.
