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Closer Than My Own Father: Elder Paisios and His Spiritual Children, Parts I & II

July 27, 2020 / Ekaterina Stepanova

Can we faithfully and with any confidence transpose the life of St Anthony the Great, of St John Chrysostom, of St Gregory Palamas onto a subway car in Manhattan, or a park bench in Cedar Rapids? What would it be like to live a fully Christian life, here and now, in the twenty-first century? What would a truly Christian life look like in our time—the life of an authentic … [Read more...] about Closer Than My Own Father: Elder Paisios and His Spiritual Children, Parts I & II

The Great Homecoming: The Life Of The World To Come

July 4, 2020 / St. Nikolai (Velimirovich)

In the darkness of our contemporary world, God has provided us with abundant illumination cast from from the lives and works of many holy saints of the Orthodox Church. St Nicholai of Žica and Ohrid, who along with St Justin Popovich was one of the brightest lights shining in Serbia, ended his life in the United States at St Sava’s Seminary, St Tikhon’s Seminary, … [Read more...] about The Great Homecoming: The Life Of The World To Come

“Pray for Our Loved Ones who Are Beyond!”: Canon of Supplication to St Varus

June 21, 2020 / St. Varus

St. Varus

The Orthodox Church considers prayers for the dead to be of the greatest importance. As stated by St Theophen the Recluse: “The lot of the departed is not considered decided until the general Last Judgment. Until then, we cannot consider anyone as finally judged; and on the basis of this we pray, convinced in our hope in God’s immeasurable mercy!” But what … [Read more...] about “Pray for Our Loved Ones who Are Beyond!”: Canon of Supplication to St Varus

Fr. Seraphim Rose and the Signs of the Times Part II

June 4, 2020 / Fr. Seraphim Rose

Fr. Seraphim Rose

In these times of global pestilence, it is easy to engage in speculations about whether the Last Days are upon us, seizing upon things uncommon or extraordinary as signs of Apocalypse. Anything from the arrival or locusts in East Africa to corona shaped hailstones in Mexico may be taken as coded messages from God. It is, then, perhaps a good time to reflect soberly upon … [Read more...] about Fr. Seraphim Rose and the Signs of the Times Part II

Grandma’s Icons

May 10, 2020 / Denis Akhalashvili

A Russian Still Life by Irina Vorobyeva

When Communist theorist Antonio Gramsci fled Rome for Russia, he was disappointed to discover that Bolshevism was not going to succeed. He concluded that it was the deeply ingrained Orthodox Christian culture of the Russian people that stood in the way. And as many of our readers can attest, it was the babushkas, those mothers of all mothers and fathers, that most of all kept … [Read more...] about Grandma’s Icons

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