Rating: 10|Votes: 2

“People were horrified when they saw the priest, covered with blood!” - A church is forcibly seized near Lvov

Today Orthodox Ukrainians are seriously concerned about the beginning of new persecutions against their Church. This concern arises despite the fact that the new Ukrainian government is trying with all its might to declare its allegiance to Western democracy, tolerance, and support for religious freedom.

Rating: 9,8|Votes: 4

The Life and Passion of the Holy Great-martyr Eustathius [Eustace] Placidas, and of His Wife and Children

From The Great Collection of the Lives of the Saints, Volume 1: September, compiled by St. Demetrius of Rostov

A most radiant cross appeared between the deer’s antlers, and as Placidas gazed upon it, he beheld the likeness of Jesus Christ, Who was crucified for us. He was astonished by this strange vision, and he heard a voice saying to him, "Why do you pursue Me, 0 Placidas?"

How Simple Peasants Became God-Seers

Priest Andrew Ludovic

I was sitting amidst simple folk who had experiences similar to those of St. Gregory Palamas and St. Simeon New Theologian! And of course, they had been blessed by the priest who served the Liturgy, and who was sitting there with us.

Protection of the Mother of God

Rating: 9,6|Votes: 7

St. Hilarion of Optina (1805-1873)

Commemorated September 18/October 1

Olga Rozhneva

St. Hilarion was a skilled spiritual physician. He taught people who were suffering to go over their whole previous life from the age of seven, to recall forgotten unrepented sins, in which were often hidden the reason for a spiritual illness.