How beautiful; How deep; How rich in content, in scripture are the services assigned to Holy Week. Each of us needs to devote a significant portion of this week to immerse themselves in the meaning of the Cross. Sad indeed … Continue reading
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St. Nicholas has always been a beloved and honoured saint to our parish; one who over the years has demonstrated his love for us through answered prayers for spiritual consolation, timely help in adversities, and true healings of bodily and … Continue reading
Russian version follows below Nativity Epistle Dear Fellow Archpastors, most honorable pastors, God-loving monastics and laypeople! Since ancient times, the lives of communities have been interwoven with various historical periods, rises and falls that have their beginnings, their everyday life … Continue reading
The late Very Reverend Boris Molchanov (Rocor) composed this study of the development of the civil and Church calendars and of the Paschalion at the end of which study he demonstrates profoundly the indissoluble bond between the Julian Calendar and … Continue reading
Prayer to St. Spyridon of Trimythus Dec 12(o.s.) O most blessed hierarch Spyridon, thou great Saint of Christ and glorious wonder-worker! Standing in heaven before the throne of God with choirs of Angels, look down with a compassionate eye … Continue reading
A Concerned Voice from the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad Under the Moscow Patriarchate (ROCOR/MP) From Monk Theophan of Holy Trinity Monastery, Jordanville, N.Y. ……..October 2/15/, 2010 This letter is a concerned voice from a soul who has always belonged to … Continue reading
WE CONSIDER IT IMPOSSIBLE TO BECOME A PART OF THE MOSCOW PATRIARCHATE By Metropolitan Agafangel (This article was first published in the journal «Трибуна русской мысли (Tribune of Russian Opinion)» no. 11, 2009.) The signing of the ‘Act of Canonical Communion’ … Continue reading
The descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles was mankind’s first inspiration of breath from the Spirit of God. Remember Ezekiel’s prophecy about the valley full of human bones (Ezekiel 37:1-14). Remember how, by his word, bone joined to … Continue reading
His Eminence, Metropolitan Vitaly, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, was born in Petrograd on March 18, 1910, and bore the name Rostislav Petrovich Ustinov in secular life. His father, Peter Konstantinovich Ustinov, was a naval … Continue reading
In our modern secular society it is often difficult for us to practice even the most elementary Christianity. How, then, can we not marvel at one who not only overcame the seductions of the world, but completely dedicated himself to … Continue reading