Rating: 10|Votes: 4

A Servant of the Holy Trinity

Deacon Georgiy Malkov

In the Orthodox consciousness, the brightest examples of a harmonious human personality are connected with the figure of St. Sergius of Radonezh, living “by the law of Christ”—humbly wise, warmly merciful toward every man and every creature, yet without the weakness of sentimentalism; always active, hardworking, whether it be in the work of everyday life or in deep prayer.

Rating: 7,5|Votes: 4

Women in the Orthodox Church

Brief Comments from a Spiritual Perspective

There are multitudes of righteous women, known and unknown in our Church, which is often misleadingly characterized as “male-dominated”. This treatise by Archbishop Chrysostomos in Orthodox Life can shed some light on our understanding of the relationship of women’s and men’s roles in serving the Church.

Rating: 8,9|Votes: 17

Homily on the Day of the Holy Prophet Elias

St. Luke, Archbishop of Crimea

But I want the thought to reach your heart that not only does this kind of prayer, which works manifest miracles seen by everyone, not only the prayer of the Prophet Ellias, and the prayers of the apostles, prophets, and martyrs work miracles. I want you to understand that any prayer will work miracles.l

Rating: 8,2|Votes: 9

“Our Salvation is in our Will.” St. Seraphim of Sarov

Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh

When he was asked one day, in what does a perishing sinner differ from a righteous man who is saving his soul, a saint, St. Seraphim answered: Only in his resolve…

Rating: 8|Votes: 5

Venerable John the Long-Suffering of the Kiev Near Caves

The saint prostrated himself and said: “Lord! Why did You leave me for so long in torment?” “I tried you according to the power of your endurance,” was the answer. “I brought upon you temptation, so that you might be purified like gold."