The Life of Saint John Jacob the Chozebite (1913–1960)
The life of Saint John Jacob the Chozebite of Neamț, the Romanian monk who struggled in the wilderness of the Jordan and in the cave of Saint Anna at Chozeba.
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When Your Neighbour Blasphemes. A Word of St John Chrysostom, Read with Care
What should a Christian do when his neighbour blasphemes? A word of St John Chrysostom, read together with the measure of gentleness, discernment and prayer.
„I Am”: The Name Spoken in the Storm
The Gospel of the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost (Matthew 14:22-34): Christ walks on the sea, Peter begins to sink, and the Name is spoken before the calm.
The Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon
A young physician prepared for the imperial court, Panteleimon kept his art to the end, but placed it under another Master.
The Multiplication of the Loaves and the Division in Corinth — The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, Interpreted by the Holy Fathers
The Epistle and Gospel of the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost: what Paul learned from Corinth and how he answered it, and the day Christ fed five thousand people in the wilderness.
The Loss of Joy Among Christians
Why does the contemporary Christian confess the Resurrection, yet so rarely live its joy? A diagnosis of Liturgy, the Mysteries, the saints, and the return to Christ.
The River-Fast with Water in Orthodoxy
On the so-called “water-only fast,” “fasting and repentance” retreats, the Church’s forgotten complete fast, and why Orthodox fasting does not work with the unlimited.
Saint Stephen the Great
Saint Stephen the Great ruled Moldavia from 1457 to 1504 and is venerated as a defender of Christendom, founder of Putna Monastery, and spiritual son of Saint Daniel the Hermit.
Saint Antipas of Calapodești — a lesser-known saint whose veneration spread from Athos to the Russian north (1816–1882)
Saint Antipas of Calapodești was a Romanian Orthodox monk venerated in Romania, on Mount Athos, and at Valaam as a teacher of the prayer of the heart.
Saints Peter and Paul: The Feast of the Crown
On June 29, the Church honours Saints Peter and Paul, not only for their apostolic labour, but for the crown of martyrdom that sealed their mission.