Priest Roman Savchuk
Rating: 9,1|Votes: 11
We see in the image of St. John the Baptist a remarkable example of Christian courage. It is the courage to live in the presence of Truth, to witness to Him by his life, but to always remember that not our life has meaning, not our words or deeds, but the ability to be unnoticeable, to sacrifice even our own authority and reputation before Him.
Olga Rozhneva, Olga Zatushevskaya
Rating: 9,9|Votes: 27
On June 4 we honor the repose day of blessed Gerondissa Macrina, abbess of the Panagia Hodigitria Monastery near Volos, Greece, and spiritual daughter of Elder Joseph the Hesychast and Elder Ephraim of Philotheos (and Arizona) (Moraitissa). Eldress Macrina acquired numerous spiritual gifts and was worthy of very lofty spiritual states.
Fr. James Guirguis
Rating: 9,9|Votes: 8
Today we celebrate the Holy Feast of Pentecost. We celebrate the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Disciples and Apostles of Our Lord Jesus Christ. But what about us?
Archimandrite Symeon (Tomachinsky)
Rating: 9,2|Votes: 18
There’s probably no history textbook that talks about Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg, whose memory we are celebrating today. But on the other hand, every history textbook will necessarily talk about Napoleon and his acts. These two lived at about the same time, at the turn of the eighteenth-nineteenth centuries. But are their contributions to history really so incommensurate?
Fr. Ted Bobosh
Rating: 5|Votes: 36
There is a long standing debate about the events of Pentecost, which the Patristic writers engaged in, long before the modern era. Is the Holy Spirit changing the speech of the apostles, or changing the hearing of those listening to them?