Rating: 10|Votes: 5

Saint Triduana of Scotland

Commemorated: October 8/21

Dmitry Lapa

St. Triduana (also Triduna, Tradwell), one of the most venerated female saints of Scotland, lived between the fourth and the eighth centuries.

Rating: 4,7|Votes: 18

The Way of All Flesh: The Bible on the Aerial Tollhouses

Conversation 2, Part 1

Archpriest Oleg Stenyayev

Where in the Bible do they talk about aerial tollhouses—those obstacles that the forces of darkness put in the way of souls rising after death to heaven through the space under heaven? Why do the demons wait for a soul in the under-heavens? How should we view the fact that there are differences between patristic works and the lives of the saints in explanations of the tollhouses? How can we answer critics of the teaching on the tollhouses?

Venerable Sergius the Abbot of Nurma and Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Vologda

Commemorated on October 7

Saint Sergius of Nurma was originally from Greece, and traveled from Mt. Athos in order to converse with St Sergius of Radonezh and to ask his advice on spiritual matters, even though he himself was already an experienced Elder.

Rating: 10|Votes: 1

Virginmartyr Pelagia of Tarsus, in Asia Minor

Commemorated May 4 and October 7

Emperor Diocletian’s heir (a boy he adopted), saw the maiden Pelagia, was captivated by her beauty and wanted her to be his wife. The holy virgin told the youth that she was betrothed to Christ the Immortal Bridegroom, and had renounced earthly marriage.

Icons and the Seeds

Fr. Ted Bobosh

The icons on our church walls are not meant to be lifeless caricatures of legendary heroes. They are real people, like you and I who lived the Gospel life and who continue to remain alive in Christ.