Saint Paraskeva According to Her Oldest Life
Saint Paraskeva in her oldest surviving Life by Vasilikos: her ascetic life, the finding of her relics and differences from later accounts.
What Did Adam Come to Know? The Fall of Man According to the Holy Fathers
The Holy Fathers explain what Adam came to know after the Fall: disobedience, shame, death and the return to God through Christ.
The Life of Arsenie Boca (I): Up to Prislop (1910–1948)
The life of Arsenie Boca from his birth to his move to Prislop (1910–1948), through his declarations, Securitate documents and Church archives.
How We Know That Christ Is in Us
In one of his Discourses, St Symeon the New Theologian shows by what signs we know that the seal received at Baptism and Chrismation is alive in our soul.
Love of Enemies, the Sign of Grace
Love of enemies in Luke 6:31–36: St John Chrysostom, St Silouan and St Maximus on prayer, forgiveness, mercy and the grace of God.
Holy Hieromartyr Dionysius the Areopagite
On October 3 (October 16 in the Churches that keep the Old Calendar), the Orthodox Church commemorates the Holy Hieromartyr Dionysius the Areopagite.
Rue Daru in Great Britain
Rue Daru in Great Britain: the Sourozh crisis, the separation of 2019, parish life, Walsingham and relations with ROCOR.
The Holy Martyrs Cyprian and Justina
The lives of the Holy Martyrs Cyprian and Justina: conversion from sorcery to Christ, the power of the Cross, prayer, and repentance.
Saint Andrew the Fool for Christ and the Protection of the Mother of God
Saint Andrew and the Protection of the Mother of God: the vision at Blachernae, the hymns of the feast, and the prayer of the Theotokos for the world.
The Miraculous Catch: “At Thy Word”
The miraculous catch in Luke 5:1–11, explained by the Church Fathers: Peter's obedience, the overflowing nets and Christ's call to follow Him.
