Rating: 8,5|Votes: 6
Abbess Ariadna guided the community with a strong hand and sometimes gave the impression of being severe. However, to the many who knew her, she was a beacon of faith and love. Abbess Ariadna's legacy the age-old monastic tradition which she so faithfully maintained and conveyed -- has provided the seeds for a revival which even now is budding forth.
Gabe Martini
Rating: 7|Votes: 1
Many Orthodox Christians speak of a search for the early Church; of a search for the “ancient faith.” As such, it can be all too easy to conflate Orthodoxy with that which is “old.”
Archpriest Andrew Phillips
Rating: 10|Votes: 2
Indeed, ever since 1914 the world has not known peace, nothing has been the same again. 1914 reminds us of Noah’s Flood, but this time it has not been a Flood of Water, but a Flood of Iniquity.
Dmitry Lapa
Rating: 10|Votes: 12
St. Kevin is one of the greatest saints of Ireland and founder of the famous and important Glendalough Monastery.
Fr. John Guy Winfrey
Rating: 9|Votes: 1
The hierarchs, clergy, and vast majority of Orthodox Christians are quite clear on the issue of marriage as a sacred institution, consisting of one man and one woman. But because of the opportunity for anyone to post an opinion on the internet without going into detail about their own standing in the Church, other articles also occasionally need to be posted to explain what is really going on. Here is one blog post by Fr. John Guy Winfrey of the Antiochian Archdiocese of America, with some original thoughts on the nature of things.