Metropolitan Philaret (Voznesensky)
Rating: 6,5|Votes: 2
So it is also in the spiritual life. As a Christian gradually ascends, the force of spiritual and ascetical labours lifts him on high. Our Lord Jesus Christ said: "Strive to enter in through the narrow gate." That is, the Christian ought to be an ascetic. Not only the monastic, but every Christian. He must take pains for his soul and his life.
Rating: 10|Votes: 1
“When I saw here there she was no older than twenty. A frightened, pregnant young girl asking for help. You could see that every minute of begging was the most difficult labor she had ever done.” That is how Ilya Kuskov, the director of the Synodal aid program to homeless, “Helper and Protector”, found Nadya for the first time in her church. The volunteers became involved in Nadya’s fate, and that of her two children.
Bishop Alexander (Mileant)
Rating: 10|Votes: 2
The Messiah's sufferings and redeeming death were the subject of numerous prophecies and spiritually significant events of the Old Testament. Among them are the sacrifice of Isaac, the elevation of the bronze serpent in the desert, the sacrifices performed in the temple at Jerusalem, the ritual of the scapegoat, and others (Gen. 22:1-18; Num. 21:8; Lev. 16:10). Among the prophecies regarding the suffering of the Messiah, the most vivid is that found in the 53rd chapter of the book of Isaiah.
Rating: 8,4|Votes: 5
During this time they prepared themselves for the trial of martyrdom. One of them, Cyrion by name, exhorted his fellow soldiers: "God so ordained that we made friends with each other in this temporary life; let us try not to separate even in eternity; just as we have been found plea sing to a mortal king, so let us strive to be worthy of the favor of the immortal King, Christ our God."
Rating: 10|Votes: 5
She had the gift of clairvoyance. Because of her modesty and humility she kept it to herself, hardly revealing it to anyone. Although I was with her for a long time, only later did the Lord show it to me and I understood that I needed to obey her in everything, although there were elders in the Lavra, and I had a spiritual father. It would happen that she would say: "Tanya, go to the store and you'll see Annusha. She'll give you something." I would be off like a shot, and sure enough, Annusha would be there and give me that thing.
