Almost simultaneously, pagans rose up against Christ and the Church in Denmark, Germany, and the Baltic Slavic principalities. Everywhere the unrest was accompanied by the destruction of churches, and the killing of clergy and other Christians.
Fr. Charalampos Papadopoulos
Unforeseen situations are contrary to God’s will and our desires, and that’s why they seem unforeseen to us. But in fact, they’re not unforeseen.
Stanislav Minakov
When she returned to Kiev, Olga brought with her icons, liturgical books, and the determination to convert the Russian people to Christianity.
Archpriest Andrew Lemeshonok
Love is the greatest gift of God that man can receive in this temporary world.
Sergei Shmel
This ascetic holds a special place among ancient Russian saints and is traditionally revered as the “chief of all Russian monks” because the monastery he founded on the hills of Kiev served as a center and school of ancient Russian monasticism and enlightenment for all of Rus’, for many centuries.
