Seminary as a Milestone on the Path to Salvation

Vitaly Brovko

Seminary as a Milestone on the Path to Salvation
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Sretensky Monastery

Seminary as a Milestone on the Path to Salvation

Vitaly Brovko

Obviously, I made new friends in the seminary. I see them all as the best people on the planet—they are all talented, noble, good, understanding, sympathetic, and always eager to help. Their remarkable qualities are innumerable. Now as I am nearing the end of my studies, I become more and more aware of how sorely I will miss them after graduation. But it is necessary to be separated now, in order to be together again in the future life.

"That day, I Was Supposed to Die"

Nun Cornelia (Rees)

"That day, I Was Supposed to Die"
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Sretensky Monastery

"That day, I Was Supposed to Die"

Nun Cornelia (Rees)

"Why do you think you won the war?" Aunt Anisya asked the General, placing her work-worn hand on his elbow and looking him in the eyes. "Do you think it was your technology, your fighting, your leadership? Ah, no. It was because you turned to God!"

The Myrrh-Bearing Women

(Acts 6: 1-7; Mark 15: 43-16:8)

Dr. M. R. Brett-Crowther

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

The Myrrh-Bearing Women

(Acts 6: 1-7; Mark 15: 43-16:8)

Dr. M. R. Brett-Crowther

The gospel reading shows the diakonia carried out for the body of the crucified Jesus. The anointing done by Mary in Bethany (John 12: 3-8) is now to be done for the actual burial. But the King of Palm Sunday has already become the King of Life. This reading tells the story from Joseph of Arimathea’s taking possession of the dead body by permission of Pilate and enshrouding it and burying it with a stone being rolled against the door of the tomb. Joseph of Arimathea, an admirer of Jesus, has declared himself, by taking a risk to help.

How We Left for the Monastery

Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov)

How We Left for the Monastery
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Churches and Monasteries

How We Left for the Monastery

Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov)

Suddenly the door opened wide, and at the threshold appeared a tall, young fellow, our age— around twenty-two—in "commercial" (as we use to say) blue jeans and an expensive jacket. "You know, I like it here! I think I'm going to stay!" he announced to us, without even saying hello.

On Chastity and Premarital Cohabitation

Priest Pavel (Gumerov)

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Marriage and Family

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On Chastity and Premarital Cohabitation

Priest Pavel (Gumerov)

Let us begin with an explanation of the word, chastity. In Russian, the word is tselomudrie, which means literally, "integrity of thought," and consists not only in physical preservation (one can remain a virgin in body, but commit terrible acts of depravity in the mind; and to the contrary—one can live in a pious marriage and preserve his or her soul from sin), but also in a proper, wholesome, undisturbed view of the opposite sex, with purity of soul.