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De către Arhimandritul Adrian Învățătură din viața Sfinților Mucenici Epictet preotul și Astion monahul:“(…) Diavolul, văzîndu-se nu rușinat, nu numai de stareț, dar și de tînărul Astion, s-a lipsit de dobînda sa din sufletele omenești și se rupea de zavistie.…
Today was one of those rare days that remind us that the Church is never merely preserving the past—She is continually giving birth to the future. As we celebrated the glorious Feast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, the…
Why Did Christ Give the Holy Forerunner This Extraordinary Praise? Each year, as the Church celebrates the Nativity of the Holy, Glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John, we hear once again the remarkable words of our Lord Jesus Christ: “Verily…
For the English-speaking faithful who have long relied on the Great Collection of the Lives of the Saints by Chrysostom Press, a familiar gap has existed once the calendar turned to May, where Chrysostom Press stopped publishing their volumes. Understanding…
By priest Marco Mannino Giorgi The “Effort of Saint Mary of Egypt” is the name of the Matins service for the Thursday of the fifth week of Lent (although it is usually celebrated on Wednesday evening). During this Matins service,…
We have uploaded a new recording to our Readings and Reflections YouTube series. It is the life of our Venerable Mother Irene, the Abbess of Chrysovalantou. St. Irene chose the love of Christ over the glory of an earthly kingdom.…
For the generation of Russian émigrés who lived through the diaspora of the 20th century, many of the saints of recent decades were their pastors, confessors, and friends. In this special audio recording, we share a rare oral history from…
The term “Merry Spyridon” was coined when Archbishop Averky of Syracuse met for the first time the then Archimandrite Petros and later Bishop Petros of Astoria in a train station on the feast of St. Spyridon. One spoke only Greek,…
By Priest Aleksandar “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Behold, today we speak of the one who did not die, of the one for whom death became sleep,…
In an age of spiritual confusion, when the saving path of the Holy Fathers is often obscured by the fog of the West and ecumenism, the Lord raises up for us clear beacons of True Orthodoxy to guide our steps.…