Icon of the Mother of God of Tsarskoe Selo

Commemorated on November 27

Icon of the Mother of God of Tsarskoe Selo
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Icon of the Mother of God of Tsarskoe Selo

Commemorated on November 27

The Tsarskoe Selo Sign Icon of the Mother of God an ancient wonderworking icon, was brought by way of a present to Tsar Alexis Mikhailovich by one of the Eastern Patriarchs.

Icon of the Mother of God “Seraphim-Ponetaevka”

Commemorated on November 27

Icon of the Mother of God “Seraphim-Ponetaevka”
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Icon of the Mother of God “Seraphim-Ponetaevka”

Commemorated on November 27

Six years after it was painted, the icon became known for its numerous miracles and became the chief holy item of the monastery.

Icon of the Mother of God “Kursk-Root”

Commemorated on November 27

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Icon of the Mother of God “Kursk-Root”

Commemorated on November 27

The Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God “Of the Sign” is one of the most ancient icons of the Russian Church.

Natural Death and the Work of Perfection

Fr. Alexey Young

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Natural Death and the Work of Perfection

Fr. Alexey Young

Physician-assisted suicide, aside from being a violation of both Christian law and Christian simplicity, should be absolutely avoided in order not to deprive the terminally ill of the full human and spiritual experience of dying, an experience which, within the context of a traditional Christian way of thinking, living, and acting is far from intolerable or negative; rather, it is exceedingly enriching and valuable, offering another way of knowledge—that of experience informed by theology—a way of knowing of which modern man, in his race to avoid all that is uncomfortable or unpleasant, has almost no understanding.

The example of St. Catherine the Great Martyr

Word of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill after Divine Liturgy in St. Catherine’s Cathedral, Krasnodar

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill

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The example of St. Catherine the Great Martyr

Word of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill after Divine Liturgy in St. Catherine’s Cathedral, Krasnodar

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill

Cities in Russia were named in honor of St. Catherine, not the Tsarina, that the lives of their people would pass under her prayerful protection, that they would have a guideline, an ideal, an example, according to which simple, and rich, and poor, and noble, and common people could acquire the greatest strength of spirit, capable of making of an ordinary man a genius of spirit, a hero, and holy person.