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The Lord ascends into the Heavens so that we can develop spiritually. That we may overcome this world and this time, overcome this worry of sin, this cage of sin in which the immortal soul is languishing.
The presence of Christ and the blessing of His spirit gave them His apostles the courage to bear their sorrows with dignity and joy. These gifts are equally essential to help us bear our hardships, keep our spirits pure, project His love to…
Forty days after Pascha the Orthodox celebrate one of the Great Feasts of the Church - the Ascension of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This year it falls on June 13 in the Belarussian Orthodox Church.
The Virgin, painted together with Her Son on a simple wooden panel, always welcomes the lost into Her arms. From days of old until now, She has served as a faithful helper of our frail and struggling human race.
Around 20 women live in the convent's farmstead now. They have all had rough patches in their lives: half of them have seen the inside of a prison cell, some have nowhere else to go, and plenty are wrestling with all sorts of addiction.
As we commemorate this saint on his feast day, we magnify him for his exceptional humility and obedience with which he overcame the enemy’s temptations and defeated his plans.
The Church glorified him as a devoted disciple of our Saviour, a well-known ascetic, and a holy martyr who inspired countless Christians and kept them from apostatising.
The church hymns in his honour extol him for his spiritual strength, which rendered devils helpless, and for his brilliant faith, which illuminated the lives of those around him.
Among the host of great Russian bishops, Archbishop Innocent of Kherson shines forth like a bright star in the firmament of the luminaries of our Church throughout its nineteenth-century history.
Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends (John 15:13). These words of our Lord Jesus Christ were fulfilled in the life of the blessed sister of Diveyevo, the young noblewoman Elena Manturova.
The Church Slavonic language - in which we worship today - is the fruit of their good works. They laid the groundwork for the Slavic peoples' cultural and spiritual life.
The world is jealous. One finds God and begins to hold little value in its treasures – money, wealth, power, pride and much else. But the world will go to any length to keep us from abandoning its treasures for the love of God.
The man born blind was God's chosen. He suffered in endless darkness and blindness to make visible to the world and the universe the wondrous works of our Lord.
The rich history of the wonderworking Kiev-Bratsk (i.e. "Brotherhood") Icon of the Mother of God revealed in 1654 tells us about the arduous spiritual life of Christians of that time, filled with asceticism and prayerful devotion.
