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published in Orthodox Life magazine 1960 (4) by Archimandrite Constantine Zaitsev THE SPIRITUAL STATE OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLDIntervene, save, have mercy, and preserve us, O Lord, through Thy grace. As an epigraph, I have used the appeal of a liturgical prayer,…
– As we know, the Church Abroad consecrated bishops for several Old Calendar jurisdictions. What are the current relations with these jurisdictions after the reestablishment of unity of the Russian Orthodox Church? – The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia…
From the archives of our monastery.
Left to right; Russian priest, Metropolitan Akakios of Diavleia, Archbishop Laurus of ROCOR, in behind in black Archimandrite (later Metropolitan of Knossos) Merkourios, Archbishop Auxentios of the Church of Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece, Metropolitan Petros of Astoria, in behind in black Archimandrite (later Metropolitan of Attiki and Megara) Antonios, Metropolitan Gerontios of Piraeus, Archimandrite Niphon (Astyfidis, brother according to the flesh of Metropolitan Petros)
Protodeacon Procopius was the choir director in the village of Kamyshinka, Bystro-Istoksky uyezd, Altai district, Siberia, and also served as a deacon in the Alexandrovskaya church in Biisk. At the end of 1928 or the beginning of 1929, he was…
HIEROCONFESSOR THEODORE (RAFANOVICH) OF KHYMY Archimandrite Theodore, in the world Theodore Andreyevich Rafanovich, was born in Belorussia in the village of Khanichi in Mogilev region. Once as a child he wandered into the rye and came across a wolf. Thinking…
Abbess Sophia of KievCATACOMB ABBESS OF THE PROTECTION CONVENTCommemorated March 22 (†1941) The righteous doth sing and rejoiceProv. 29:6 OF INESTIMABLE SPIRITUAL VALUE is the fearless stand for Christ’s Truth by the New Martyrs of Russia. Especially by their manful…
January 18/31, 2020Holy Hierarchs Athanasius and CyrilPatriarchs of Alexandria Venerable Bishop Akakije, For a rather considerable period of time, we have been expecting you to become aware of your delusions, and repent of your uncanonical acts, which have destroyed our…
The Life of His Eminence Archbishop Averky of Syracuse and Holy Trinity Monastery by Priestmonk Ignatius “It only remains, for the Great Basil, who always suggested to me many topics for my sermons, to offer himself at present as the…
“An evil faith and a false church is arising.” (Saint Theophan the Recluse) This, for example, is what Vladyka Averky said in his welcoming speech to Metropolitan Philaret on his name day, December 1/14, 1967: “We are going through a…