Category: Religion

The Miraculous Draught of Fishes, 1515. Artist: Raphael Santi. Photo: wikipedia.org      In today’s gospels we see Veneration of the Precious Chains of the Holy… Read More

     Once in January, in the late 1990s, I was conducting a group of pilgrims who had come to celebrate the The Nativity of Christ:… Read More

St. Pelagia lived in Antioch and worked as a prostitute. One day, she passed a church while dressed in her elegant and provocative clothes. Bishop… Read More

Metropolitan Tikhon of Pskov and Porkhov celebrated the Liturgy and give this homily in the Church of the Exaltation of the Cross, Pskov diocese *… Read More

     “The Healer” Icon of the Mother of God is one of the most ancient (sixth Century). In the 18th Century, another icon with the… Read More

In 2023, the Holy Theophany-Kuteino Monastery celebrates its 400th anniversary. The Belarusian city of Orsha held solemn Divine services, cross processions, and cultural events throughout… Read More

To me, George Saunders is one of our best, and most brilliant, “Catholic” writers (without calling himself, or for all I know, even being a… Read More

Metropolitan Philaret (Voznesensky) Christianity and Communism. The sharing of property in Christianity and Communism. The breach of justice in Communism. The ideology of Christianity and… Read More

St. Bruno of Cologne was born in 1030, and is said to have been a member of a prominent family in Cologne. Not much is… Read More

     For God so loved the world,that He gave His only begotten Son,that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish,but have everlasting life (Jn. 3:16).… Read More