Priest Becomes a Martyr at the Hands of His Own Son

Priest Suffers Martyrdom at the Hands of His Own Son (From the lives of the New Martyrs of Russia)   During the time when the executioners Dzerzhinsky and Bahrman were in charge of the prison camp at the former monastery…

St. Paraskevi the Roman

St Paraskevi Memory celebrated July 26th Saint ParaskeviSt Paraskevi was born in Rome about 140 AD of Greek Christian parents. Her father, Agathon was rich and her mother, Politia, had many attributes, the greatest of which was her charitability. Agathon…

Paschal Egg

Saint Mary Magdalene

SAINT MARY MAGDALENE Mary Magdalene was one of the myrrh-bearing women and “equal to the apostles”. She was born in the town of Magdala along the shore of Lake Gennesaret and was from the tribe of Issachar. She was tormented…

Rev. Protopresbyter Victor Melehov

Is There Grace in the Moscow Patriarchate?

Protopresbyter Victor Melehov: Is There Grace in the Moscow Patriarchate? And Other Related Points of Confusion Generated by Soviet Propaganda Part I The purpose of this article is to address a number of related questions and topics regularly demonstrated to…

‘Russia’s Catacomb Saints’ – Alexander Jacobson

I. M. Andreyevsky (Ivan Mihailovich Andreyev): ‘Russia’s Catacomb Saints’ – Alexander Jacobson Alexander Jacobson NEW CONFESSOR OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL Commemorated September 8 (†1930)   They hated Me without a cause. (John 15:25)   In the year 1929, in…

THE RUSSIAN CHURCH AND THE NEW CALENDAR

THE RUSSIAN CHURCH AND THE NEW CALENDAR        The calendar question is sometimes considered to have been a temptation only for the Greek-speaking Orthodox Churches. However, the Russian Church, too, had to struggle with it. And in view of…