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4 hours ago
A true story
Nadezhda Muravyova
Not much time had passed since that incident, when I found myself back at the Kazan railway station. I found the place where he had touched my shoulder. As for the underpass, it wasn’t there!
4 hours ago
For the feast of St. Nikolai (Velimirovic) of Zica
Svetlana Rybakova
As we read St. Nikolai’s writings, it becomes clear that God Jesus Christ is love and the true meaning of human existence.
16 hours ago
Just a few days before his passing, Father Iliy looked very weak physically, but his eyes shone with an unearthly light. He took my hand and said: ‘Do not be afraid of anything. The Lord is everywhere. And even when it seems that He is far away, H...
28 hours ago
Fr. James Guirguis
Today I would like to briefly explore the connection between St. Gregory Palamas and the second Sunday of Great Lent.
29 hours ago
From the Homilies of St. Gabriel of Imereti
St. Gabriel of Imereti
For a Christian, the most valuable treasures are his honor and dignity, and losing them is like death.
53 hours ago
Hieromonk Nikolai (Letunovsky)
Dear brothers and sisters, we do not rely on our own strength in our lives; we rely on the power of the Holy Church in which we are standing.
For the revival of traditional liturgical arts in the Orthodox Church
295 hours ago
In this long-format interview, Andrew Gould discusses numerous aspects of liturgical arts and architecture with Anglican organist Matthew Wilkinson. Our conversation touches upon church architecture, Eastern and Western rites, American cultural ...351 hours ago
If only we could speak to ourselves from the future! How many valuable insights and skills could we have shared with our past selves! On the other hand, how would we have learned these things if not through the mistakes we make today? Is there a...496 hours ago
Gould: You’ve only recently started making icons using chasing and repoussé, yet your first projects are nothing short of magnificent. Can you tell us something about your background, to put this work in context? Wilson: I am a married father of...3636 hours ago
This video features a discussion I had with Dr. Timothy Patitsas. We discuss liturgical arts, patronage, culture, and the experience of the artist. We delve deep into the practical difficulties of realizing good art in the modern age. If you enj...4674 hours ago
This text is not just an article – it’s also a call for a combined effort. We invite you to support our documentary film the on Svaneti frescoes and the dedicated people who maintain them. Help us to preserve Svaneti’s invaluable treasures of Or...6086 hours ago
Continuing my photojournalism series highlighting Balkan churches, this post features an especially beloved monastery in North Macedonia – The Monastery of Saint Naum. Saint Naum was a disciple of Saints Cyril and Methodius, and participated i...1306 hours ago
Four people were baptized in the waters of the Pacific Ocean in the Philippines. Photo: Orthodox churches across the world welcomed new members this past weekend as mass Baptisms were held, timed to the feast of Theophany, commemorating Christ’s...
3690 hours ago
The Orthodox Church of St. John of Shanghai in Belfast (Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia) festively celebrated its patronal feast of the Uncovering of St. John’s Relics over the weekend. And this year, the joy of the feast was augment...
4498 hours ago
Gwytherin, Conwy County Borough, Wales, September 10, 2024 Ajoyous event for Orthodox Christians living in the West occurred on Saturday, September 7, 2024, as the Orthodox Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the ancient Church of St. Winifred of ...
6545 hours ago
The Orthodox Church in North America is in the middle of a worsening clergy crisis. Statistically enduring a deficit of over 100 priests per year, it is time to ask the Holy Spirit to actively recruit men who are willing to serve, suffer, and die ...
10019 hours ago
from New Martyr Press Today, we’re going to be speaking to Justine Alter, the author of Outside of the World. Justine is an ex professional psychic, ceremonial magician, lecturer, occulture political cartoonist, and used to be a director of a nonp...
12252 hours ago
Another amazing account of the journey to Orthodoxy. ?
12276 hours ago
Enjoy this beautiful account of one woman’s spiritual journey. You won’t regret it.
14700 hours ago
GreatMartyr Euphemia Orthodox Theological Academy Greetings friends! This fall will mark our 5th year of educating and helping train others, like you, in the Orthodox theological Tradition. It’s hard to believe that 5 years have already gone by, b...
33029 hours ago
“Not as the world gives, do I give unto you” (John 14:27). But does this promise of our Lord apply not only to His peace, but to other blessings as well. Could it be, for example, that the self-confidence of a Christian needs to be very different ...
33994 hours ago
Many readers will recognize Metropolitan Tikhon (Shevkunov) as the author of the buoyant, inspiring, and irresistible book “Everyday Saints and Other Stories,” which sold record numbers of copies in Russia and has been translated into 17 languages...
34627 hours ago
We are now well into the Holy and Great Fast of Lent, but for many of us it may have already begun to seem tedious: a routine and perhaps even empty exercise. This article by Fr Steven Ritter addresses this state of mind, offering fresh, thought-p...
35037 hours ago
"Ayosha, the "angelic brother" of Dostoevsky’s novel. Aloysha the monastic novice. Alyosha the compassionate. Alyosha, who has chosen to live only for God. Yes. But Alyosha the depraved? Alyosha the corrupt. . .Alyosha the insect? Christos Yannara...
35444 hours ago
The insights of Dan Buxhoeveden (J.D from Loyola University, PhD from the University of Chicago) into the relation between natural sciences and the mystery of nature are no mere armchair speculation. He is an Orthodox Christian who teaches at the ...
36184 hours ago
In this short review, Dr. David Ford writes that The Ethics of Beauty by Dr. Timothy Patitsas "...has already brought for many people life-changing healing and personal reconciliation with God and with others." Patitsis covers a wide range of topi...