Rating: 10|Votes: 3

A medical clinic in the heart of the jungle

" May God help our little clinic so that it will soon be equipped with medicines and medical-surgical instruments. Then, it will be able to offer medical assistance to our brothers there in the depths of the Congo so that they won’t die helpless anymore."

Rating: 8|Votes: 4

Before the Pannikhida for Archbishop John of San Francisco

Sermon by Metropolitan Philaret (Voznesensky) of Eastern America and New York (+1985)

Metropolitan Philaret (Voznesensky)

When he was still a young man in Harbin, the equally-spiritual monastic, hieromonk Methodius (Yogl), noted perceptively that we all stand up for prayer, but Vladyka John does not need to stand, he is always in a prayerful mood…

Rating: 8,7|Votes: 26

Opening of the Relics, and Glorification of St. John Maximovitch

Archpriest Peter Perekrestov

"He is incorrupt! His relics are incorrupt!"

Dostoevsky and the Sins of the Nation

Fr. Stephen Freeman

For many, the idea that we are somehow responsible for the sins of others, or can repent on their behalf is counter-intuitive and deeply troubling. It is distinctly non individualistic. However, it is a cornerstone of Orthodox devotion. Dostoevsky presented a very popular version of this teaching in the words of the fictitious character, the Elder Zosima, in his The Brothers Karamozov.

Rating: 10|Votes: 2

Archpastoral Statements on the U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Concerning Same-Sex Marriages

While this ruling marks a significant change in the way that homosexuality is regarded according to the civil statutes, it in no way affects the teaching and practice of the Orthodox Christian Church either in this country or anywhere else in the world.