Saint Platonida was at first a deaconess, but afterwards withdrew into the Nisibis desert, where she organized a women’s monastery....
By Archimandrite Touma (Bitar) Abbot of the Monastery of St. Silouan the Athonite– Douma A few years ago, before the...
Our consideration of the psychology of communion began with the observation that the formation of human identity required the trusting...
The International Crisis Group (ICG), a non-governmental organization “committed to preventing and resolving deadly conflict” released a briefing paper titled...
St. Innocent was born in 1797 to a poor family in a remote village in a rural area of Irkutsk...
Commemorated on March 29 Saint John the Anchorite: During a persecution against Christians, the devout widow Juliania of Armenia hid...
The tragedies of the earthquake in Japan March 11 were, to most people, unimaginable. Yet with images of the disaster...
I met Elder Joseph in the summer of 1982 at the Holy Monastery of Koutloumousi, when he was staying there...
BEHOLD, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. Hosea 2:14. NOTHING in the world happens...
March 22, 2011 Interfax Photographer Gérard Gascuel who worked with Marcel Marceau and Salvador Dali and now is Hieromonk Gerasimos...
Sainted Tikhon of Zadonsk, Bishop of Voronezh Glory be to God for everything! Glory be to God for having created...
On the eve of his death, Fr. Alexander gave a lecture on Christianity. He concluded in this way: “If we...
The Creation of Heaven and the Establishment of the Angelic World “In the beginning God created the heaven and the...
Black-clad, masked youths battled riot police and attacked banks and luxury stores in central London on Saturday, overshadowing a protest...
We shall continue with our lessons on the theology of icons, with the depiction of the Annunciation of the Theotokos....
A mechanic was removing a cylinder-head from the motor of a Harley motorcycle when he spotted a well-known cardiologist in...
Basil Muraviev (the future St Seraphim) was born in 1865 in the town of Cheremovsky in the Yaroslavl province. His...
I have sometimes said (in a light-hearted manner) that God gave us the Church to keep us honest. The truth...
The great Apostle and Enlightener of Ireland, St. Patrick, was born to a noble Roman family of Gaul or Britain...
I bind to myself today The strong virtue of the Invocation of the Trinity: I believe the Trinity in the...
