Holy Sussex: Three Southern Saints

Archpriest Andrew Phillips

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

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Holy Sussex: Three Southern Saints

Archpriest Andrew Phillips

Having written of the saints of East Anglia, Essex and Kent, I have been asked to write of the saints of the fourth of the seven early English kingdoms, Sussex, the Kingdom of the South Saxons.

The Much-Suffering Job, St. Job of Pochaev, and the Grace of Tribulations

Priest Andrei Chizhenko

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

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The Much-Suffering Job, St. Job of Pochaev, and the Grace of Tribulations

Priest Andrei Chizhenko

Why God Sends Us Tribulations and Why It’s Useful to Learn Patience from Job the Much-Suffering and St. Job of Pochaev

“The whole secret to salvation is humility, but very few understand it”

On the life of Hierodeacon Ephraim, elder of Glinsk Hermitage

Deacon Dimitry Tribushny

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

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“The whole secret to salvation is humility, but very few understand it”

On the life of Hierodeacon Ephraim, elder of Glinsk Hermitage

Deacon Dimitry Tribushny

Hierodeacon Ephraim is one of the most remarkable of the Glinsk elders. As opposed to other ascetic laborers of that remarkable spiritual school who strove to remain unnoticed and hold in everything to the golden mean, he chose the sorrowful and lofty path of foolishness-for-Christ.

Venerable Joseph of Optina

Commemorated on May 9

Venerable Joseph of Optina
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Venerable Joseph of Optina

Commemorated on May 9

Saint Joseph of Optina was born on November 2, 1837 in the village of Gorodishcha in the province of Kharkov.

Martyr Christopher of Lycia

Commemorated on May 9

Martyr Christopher of Lycia
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Martyr Christopher of Lycia

Commemorated on May 9

The Holy Martyr Christopher lived during the third century and suffered about the year 250, during the reign of the emperor Decius (249-251).