My Wanderer
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Coming to Orthodoxy

My Wanderer

Artemy Slezkin

Here on earth all of us humans are Wanderers and strangers. We are guests who have been allowed to wander here for a short time to collect treasures that will be useful to us in Heaven.

Builder of Moscow, Native of Volyn
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Builder of Moscow, Native of Volyn

The life of Holy Hierarch Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow

Bogdan Semeniuk

The saint to the great prince, “If you comfort my old age and erect here the temple to the Mother of God, then you will be more glorious than all other princes and your kin will increase, and I will rest with my bones in this city, and the hierarchs will strive to reside here, and its enemies will be defeated.”

St. Charitina, Princess of Lithuania
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

St. Charitina, Princess of Lithuania

St. Philaret of Chernigov

Rejected by the world, she sought nothing more from it and dedicated her entire life to serving the Lord.

“Rejoice Evermore”, or a Word on Fighting Despondency
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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

“Rejoice Evermore”, or a Word on Fighting Despondency

Priest Alexei Taakh

Don’t let sadness overcome your soul. Remember that sadness does not belong to you, but is an external force that can lead you to despondency.

Ye Are the Light of the World
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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Ye Are the Light of the World

Metropolitan Luke (Kovalenko)

To avoid being a stumbling block to anyone, we need to learn meekness and humility.