Archpriest Alexander Torik
The famous Orthodox writer Archpriest Alexander Torik shares his memories and pastoral experience and reflects upon how a confessor differs from a spiritual father and what temptation are the most dangerous for a spiritual father and his spiritual children.
Valeria Grechina
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The first stage of the demonic plan was to instill fear, the hierarch writes, to which end they closed the churches, forbade the ringing of church bells, forbade the use of loudspeakers outside churches, and sought to cause panic with the claim that Holy Communion can transmit the virus.