In the Chersonesse Monastery of St. Vladimir, Sebastopol, March 8, 2025 In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Great Lent is a time of intensified prayer. You probably now feel just what prayer can be imparted to us by holy people and people of lofty ascetic life. We…
Bishop Joseph (Korolev) of Mozhaisk, Abbot of Optina Monastery, was recently a speaker of the “We Talk” project of the Moscow Sretensky Monastery’s Spiritual and Educational Center. At the meeting, Vladyka answered parishioners’ questions. Bishop Joseph (Korolev) of Mozhaisk —Someone stopped receiving Communion for fear of infection, because parishioners may not always be healthy….
Photo: social media of the Belgorod region’s Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov Initially, I had absolutely no desire to talk with her about books: there was little time, and I did not want to distract myself after the service. We first met at the end of summer 2023. Tatiana was a very sociable saleswoman at a…
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit! Two weeks of Lent have already passed, and all of us are laboring and struggling. But why are we doing so? Why do we undertake this labor of abstinence in our lives? If we look at ourselves from the…
Prayer The Pharisee prayed at length, while the The Parable of the Publican and the PhariseeThese, then, are the two different states – on the one hand, there is the prayer beginning with thanksgiving: God, I thank thee that I am not as other men are. This is seemingly an invocation of God, but…
Photo: pravmir.ru The reading is from the gospel according to St. Mark 2:1-12 Today I would like to briefly explore the connection between St. Gregory Palamas: Traditionalist or Innovator?Although his theology was vindicated by several councils in Constantinople between 1341 and 1351, and he was canonized just nine years after his death in 1368,…
Tallinn, March 17, 2025 Photo: sputnik8.com The Estonian Supreme Court has dismissed the appeals filed by the Estonian Orthodox Church and the Holy Dormition-Pükhtitsa Monastery concerning the Parliament’s branding decision to brand the Church as an “organization supporting the military aggression of the Russian Federation.” The Riigikogu, Estonian Parliament, declared the Moscow Patriarchate an…
Chicago, March 13, 2025 Photo: mitropolia.us The Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral of Sts. Constantine and Helen hosted a pan-Orthodox celebration over the weekend, gathering hierarchs, clergy, and faithful from various jurisdictions. “It was a celebration of faith, tradition, and communion, where heaven and earth united in prayer, and the hearts of those present were…
Kalyazin, Tver Province, Russia, March 13, 2025 Photo: tvereparhia.ru The famous Kalyazin Bell Tower, whose image is known throughout the world, has been returned to the ownership of the Russian Orthodox Church. The relevant documents were transferred to Hieromonk Ambrose (Zhelyabovsky), the abbot of the Hierarchical Metochion-the Church of the Entrance of the Most…
Jordanville, New York, March 13, 2025 Photo: YouTube On February 23, Elder Savvas of Mt. Athos, one of the most beloved spiritual fathers in Greece today, offered a spiritual talk at the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia’s Holy Trinity Monastery and Seminary in Jordanville, New York. His talk was entitled, “The Danger of…
