Therefore, no matter what we experience, or no matter how little we experience, let us attend these services, let us immerse ourselves in what they have to say to us. We will not try to forcibly squeeze some feelings out of ourselves: it is enough to watch; it is enough to hear. Let the events themselves—for these are events and not just memories—break us in body and soul.
Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov)
Rating: 10|Votes: 1
In the lives of each one of us there will still be moments of weakness and failures, of what we call paralysis. They can last for many years, just as with the paralytic at the Sheep pool, of which the Gospel speaks. This paralytic lay for many years awaiting healing. But he believed that a messenger of God would come and heal him.
Igumen Damascene (Orlovsky)
His whole life was dedicated to God and neighbor, and it was truly laborious and holy. He was at all times in ceaseless prayer, devoid of malice and rich in good deeds. He prayed not only during the day, but also at night, tirelessly and unceasingly, never giving himself bodily rest, until his very death. As a reward for his righteousness, God gave him the gifts of clairvoyance and healing. St. Seraphim, the wonderworker of Sarov, valued his podvig of prayer very highly, and respected him as a great ascetic and God-pleaser.
Archpriest Andrew Phillips
Rating: 9,6|Votes: 8
Regularly, the secular media report stories about England's current patron-saint. There are those who complain that St George is 'a Turkish saint'; others project the image of a knight in medieval armour; yet others claim him as 'the patron of the English football team'. Where does such nonsense come from and who is the real St George?
Andrei Yakhnin
Yakhnin wrote about “the need to make sense of this system-forming phenomenon of modern culture, which is aggressively trying to dominate the world. We cannot ignore this domination because it inevitably leads to the existence of a cultural-civilizational reservation. The Orthodox Church has been the nucleus around which Russian culture and civilization formed, and obviously must not allow itself to be locked up in such a reservation. Therefore, we who declare ourselves members of the Orthodox Church must to the best of our ability try to analyze the processes taking place in modern culture, formulating and arguing our own position.”
