Alexandra Kalinovskaya
Since time immemorial, the teachings of Abba Dorotheos have been an ABC on spiritual life for monastics and pious laypeople alike.
The hierarch was concelebrated by clergy from his diocese and from Italy. The Liturgy was celebrated in Slovak, Italian, Church Slavonic, Greek, and Latin.
Elena Detinina
In the history of Orthodoxy, there have been many cases when children became holy martyrs for Christ and the Orthodox faith, suffering severe torments.
Bishop Veniamin (Milov)
The saints of Russia shine like bright stars in the Church’s firmament. They shine upon us with the light of their spiritual feats, their moods, their holy words and deeds, inspiring us to imitate them.
Rev. Dr. Oliver Subotic
The triad of faith–prayer–virtue was the hallmark of Patriarch Ilia, accompanying him throughout his patriarchal ministry.
We always ask the saint to remain prayerfully in our church and help us comfort the sick.
Natalia Vashchina
As always, the testimony given during the interrogation was twisted around and presented in an absolutely different light. It sounded as if it was not the Bolsheviks who had robbed the Valaam Monastery, but the monks, who “conducted anti-Soviet activities in an illegal apartment monastery and spread various provocative rumors.”
Fr. James Guirguis
The beauty of our faith is that God gives each one of us exactly what we need to grow and become saintly.
Hieromonk Nikon
Saints are people who lived and still live close to us, but unlike many of us, they are guided neither by the spirit of the modern world, nor by changing public opinion, nor by popular views or customs, but solely by the Spirit of Christ, the Spirit of the Gospel, and the Word of God.
I believed in God in my own way, but I didn’t understand why I should be baptized. “Well, I’ll get baptized and have to follow all the rules; but why should I do that?” I thought then. Nevertheless, I often prayed in front of a small icon of Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg—the only saint whose Life I knew and whose help I had clearly felt.
The service drew a large gathering of clergy, monastics, and faithful, who filled the cathedral as pilgrims continued to come in large numbers to venerate one of the most revered relics in the Orthodox world.
Zhanna Kurbatova
The intercession of the Most Pure Virgin and the saints is the central theme of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God with saints in the borders.
A Serbian Orthodox parish in Lenexa, Kansas marked four significant anniversaries simultaneously over the weekend of May 2–3, 2026, drawing more than 300 faithful from across the region for a series of liturgical services, memorial prayers, and cultural festivities.
As a hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, St. John served around the entire world and today he is venerated throughout the Orthodox world, far beyond the bounds of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Hieromonk Athanasius (Deryugin)
Through the Holy Eucharist, through Communion, we affirm our unity with Christ, we affirm that we, the Church, are the Body of Christ.
Hieromonk Seraphim (Panich)
If you want to understand what the love of God is, then you cannot do without the Trinity. And the mystery of the Holy Trinity is comprehended—only partially—in the experience of spiritual life with ascetic labors.
Met. Neophytos is known as a stalwart hierarch, a strong defender of Orthodoxy, and an inheritor of the tradition of some of the 20th century’s greatest saints, whom he personally knew: Sts. Paisios, Porphyrios, Iakovos, Eumenios, and Gerontissa Galaktia
The pilgrimage site filled with visitors of all ages who came to venerate the wonderworking saint, pray, and lay their burdens before his holy relics.
St. Cleopa (Ilie)
He who fears God is above all the sages of this age. Blessed and thrice blessed is he who prepares for the heavenly journey.
The Patriarch moved along the lines of pilgrims, speaking with believers, blessing them, and offering words of support and encouragement as they waited through the night in prayer and silence.
