Rating: 9,6|Votes: 9

An Interview With Fr. John Musther of Cumbria

“Christ Won the Battle and Made my Heart Orthodox!”

Dmitry Lapa

Father John Musther, an Orthodox Englishman, serves in the Orthodox missionary parish of Sts. Bega, Mungo and Herbert in Keswick, Cumbria, North West England. His community, which is under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, is part of the ancient tradition of the Orthodox Church. The congregation is a living witness of the truth of Holy Orthodoxy to the people living nearby.

Rating: 10|Votes: 1

Lenten Reading: St. Macarius the Great. Homily 9

St. Macarius the Great

That the promises and prophecies of God are accomplished through manifold trial and temptation, and that those who cleave to God alone are delivered from the temptation of the evil one.

Rating: 10|Votes: 1

Orthodox American Crowdfunds a Major Volunteer Media Watchdog Site

Nun Cornelia (Rees), Charles Bausman

We recently had a chance to sit down with Charles Bausman, an American living in Moscow, who recently started Russia Insider, a media watchdog news site for news about Russia. Unlike most of the other Russia-related news websites such as The Moscow Times, for example, Charles’s site fairly covers topics related to the Orthodox Church.

Lenten Reading: St. Macarius The Great. Homily 8

St. Macarius the Great

Concerning things which befall Christians at prayer, and concerning the measures of perfection—whether it is possible for Christians to reach the perfect measure.

Rating: 10|Votes: 2

"Rocks in a Sack," "Fast-paced Construction," and "The Empty Nest Syndrome"

Fr. Pavel Gumerov on the Three Critical Periods in Family Life

Irina Akhundova

I have witnessed the happy resolution of a very serious, pre-divorce, critical family situation more than once, and remarked that as a rule, when the spouses really succeed in getting out of this situation, they succeed in falling in love with each other again, they begin life all over again and forget all their resentments, they leave all their negative baggage behind, and they build their relationships anew, using the sad experience that they had.