March 13, 2025, Tatiana Goricheva is a Russian philosopher who, along with some of her companions, came to the Orthodox faith after a long search and going astray. She came to the Orthodox faith with uncompromising strength and vigor. In one of her writings, she says that the Christian in (communist) Russia lives a[…]

  Clean Tuesday, 2025, As you, beloved brothers and sisters, see and hear, this Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete is filled to the utmost with a spirit of profound repentance. And the great holy hierarch of the Orthodox Church, St. Andrew of Crete, condemning himself for everything, humbles himself before God, and like the[…]

  March 12, 2025, one of the most beloved Holy Fathers is St. Symeon the New Theologian, who was the abbot of St. Mamas in Constantinople. He is one of three great Fathers whom the Orthodox Church has granted the title of “Theologian”, because he is one of a few, in the history of Christianity,[…]

  Beloved brethren! We have already reached the very gates of the holy fast! They are even now about to open before us! Already, according to the typicon of the Holy Church, we hear the instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ read to us today in the Holy Gospels about the correct way to begin[…]

  March 11, 2025, Saint Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem, was born in Damascus around 560. From his youth he was distinguished for his piety and his love for classical studies. He was especially proficient in philosophy, and so he was known as Sophronius the Wise. The future hierarch, however, sought the true philosophy of monasticism,[…]