St. Nikolai, one of the great saints of America who served in the United States for many years before reposing at St. Tikhon’s Monastery in Pennsylvania in 1956, is venerated throughout the Orthodox world.
Archimandrite Zosima (Gorshunov)
The word “Znamenny” means “sign.” The Znamenny Icon, the Znamenny church—what kind of signs are these? I think they’re signs of God’s mercy, His boundless salvific love for us. Most important is to notice, recognize, and follow these signs.
Everyone wanted to be baptized then. There was a massive demand for the Orthodox faith. I remember, as soon as we’d arrive in some remote village, explain to the village council who we were and why we’d come, and make an announcement, all the people would come running right away.
Georgy Ogorodnikov
Metropolitan Chrysanthus studied Russian, made use of the rich library of the main seminary, and became acquainted with the history of Russia and its church structure
The identification follows years of excavations that have uncovered substantial evidence linking the site to the New Testament village.
For eleven years the hierarch fearlessly defended the Orthodox flock from the caprice of the local pasha and the greed of Ottoman officials.
Archdeacon Vladimir Vasilik
There was a moment when a German officer slid by right next to him without noticing the prisoner of war. On his last legs, the escapee made it to the nearest house and collapsed at the door. And another miracle happened: They did not give him up, even though the Germans shot people for hiding prisoners of war.
Deacon Dionisy Akhalashvili
From the very heart of death, from the depths of this veritable hell on earth, carried the words, “Christ is Risen!” And in reply came the shout, “In Truth He is Risen!”
The recovered text contains known portions of Paul’s Letters but offers insight into how the New Testament was understood and transmitted in the early centuries of the Church.
In the statement, the Patriarchs describe the case as “one of the strangest cases, an affront to the very core of human dignity,” and say the abduction “has partly reflected the hideous humanitarian tragedy in the Levant.”
The three volumes are 'A Defense of the Christian Faith', 'On the True Philosophy', and 'Antidote to Atheism.' The set marks the first time these works have appeared in English in their entirety.
The volume of about 400 pages includes the 12 original issues published by St. Herman of Alaska Monastery, reflections from the editors, and even a letter from Mr. Rogers.
Archimandrite Jerome (Testin)
The greatest sacrifice, the sacrifice of love, was made here and; owing to it, we can live today.
Following expert evaluation, the Typikon is expected to be placed in an appropriate center of Bulgarian spiritual life.
Alexander Mosyakin
Lenin, being a faithful disciple of Marx and Engels, like them hated the Russian Empire and was an inveterate Russophobe.
On February 1, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church marked the Day of Gratitude and Respect for the Victims of the Communist Regime with a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy and memorial service at the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Nedelya in Sofia.
Marx invented a certain special “Slavic race” forming around the “Russian race,” striving for world domination, which opposes the civilized European peoples (“Germano-Romanic race”) and with which Europe must wage merciless war.
Officials say the find is the most comprehensive of its type in the region.
Medieval wall paintings long hidden beneath plaster and limewash are reappearing inside the Byzantine monastery church of Agios Nikolaos (Saint Nicholas) in Mesopotamos, Albania, after conservators uncovered previously unknown frescoes during a continuing restoration programme.
“Ruthless struggle not for life, but to death with the Slavdom treacherous to the revolution… —exterminatory war and unrestrained terror.”
