The Hieromartyr Athansius of Bretsk was Belorussian and was born in about the year 1597 into a pious Christian family...
The Unburnt Bush Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos is based on the miracle witnessed by Moses in the Old...
Saint Theoctistus of Palestine was a great ascetic who lived in the Judean wilderness in the Wadi Mukellik. At first,...
Saint Simeon the Stylite was born in the Cappadocian village of Sisan of Christian parents, Sisotian and Martha. At thirteen...
The first day of the Church New Year is also called the beginning of the Indiction. The term Indiction comes...
We cannot know God in His nature, since this is unknowable and beyond the reach of mind or of reason....
During the seventh century Northumbria, comprising the kingdoms of Bernicia and Deira, was a battleground in which the fate of...
The spiritual life, the Christian life, does not consist in developing a strong will capable of compelling us to do...
VatopaidiFriend: Our friend that sent us the following article, also sent the following comment “I fear it is too early...
The Holy Prince Alexander Nevsky (in monastic schema Alexis) died on the return journey from the Horde at Gorodtsa on...
The Maldives | 15 April marks the day that the first ever all-glass undersea restaurant in the world opens its...
Why are we so ready to judge our neighbor? Why are we so concerned about the burden of others? We...
The Beheading of the Prophet, Forerunner of the Lord, John the Baptist: The Evangelists Matthew (Mt.14:1-12) and Mark (Mark 6:14-29)...
Ο όσιος Μωυσής έζησε στην Αίγυπτο και στην αρχή ήταν ληστής. Αλλά το φως της γνώσης και της μετάνοιας δεν...
A hideous and impure passion! All evil catches a fish in this murky water! God does not even want to...
In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Today is one of the...
Compiled by Rev. Archimandrite Nektarios Serfes Boise, Idaho U.S.A. History Of Asia Minor: 1894-1923 During 1894-1923 the Ottoman Empire conducted...
Saint Pimen the Great was born about the year 340 in Egypt. He went to one of the Egyptian monasteries...
The photographer caught this special moment, what a privilege to see…
In the fourth century, the pagan Roman Emperor Maximian cruelly persecuted those who believed in Christ. He came together with...
