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Tamara joined a convent, despite all persuasion and pleas from her relatives. Over her family's objections, Tamara joined a convent, tonsured as Juvenalia. Some sisters saw a white dove descend on her at her tonsure.
As Christians, we know that there are many people tonight who need our prayers because, sadly, they cannot pray for themselves. So we will spend this night standing at the Divine Liturgy, praying for the secular and Christian worlds together.…
Through art, Scripture, and a sunlit afternoon outside St Paul’s Cathedral in London, the author discovers that the great apostle to the Gentiles is still speaking – directly to every heart.
This introduction connects ancient churches, wells, caves and island cells with the saints who prayed there, giving Orthodox readers rich context for future pilgrimages.
A moving portrait reveals how Saint Luke kept his cassock, his scalpel and his pulpit through interrogation, exile and blindness, offering hope to readers in illness, grief and doubt.
A gentle reading brings comfort to anyone touched by loss, showing Blessed Xenia's path from widowhood to holy foolishness and the quiet joy that love in Christ can give after many tears.
The story of a Serbian prince who chose surrender over bloodshed, chastity within marriage, and accepted his own martyrdom with the words of Abel and Isaac. His relics still work wonders in Tirana.
