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The joyous Easter season or Paschaltide is finally here! In the Orthodox Church, this season starts on Easter Sunday (April 12th) and continues for forty days until the eve of the feast of Ascension, which falls on May 21th this year.
Abbess Euphrosyne (Laptik): "We are grateful to all those who laid down their lives so that we could live in peace. Let us not forget to honour and appreciate their sacrifice. Eternal memory to all who secured this Victory for us."
This interview follows Zufar “Uncle Vanya” Mukhamadiev from youthful searching to a vocation in mosaic. He learned that the art before him and the work within him are one labour. Each tessera placed, each step of obedience — together they make a life…
Believers seeking comfort during difficult times will find immense peace in his surviving homily. He eloquently answers our hardest questions about why God permits sickness or poverty to touch our lives.
This is a story of the quiet power of Christian humility in a noisy world. Believers will find immense comfort in seeing how simple acts of charity draw troubled souls to God.
Readers will learn how a brilliant Roman officer walked away from power and comfort to confess Christ, and why so many nations, armies, and cities still turn to him in times of trouble and danger.
What does it truly mean to begin life in a monastery? This reflection explores the hidden struggles novices face — and how these trials become the path to inner transformation.
