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As the feast day of Saint Vladimir the Great of Kiev is approaching, we are preparing to sing at the all-night vigil and the Divine Liturgy the hymns glorifying his great feat and his apostolic ministry in this part of the world.
On August 5, we celebrate the miraculous transformation of the “Joy of All Who Sorrow” icon of the Mother of God. It happened on this day in 1888 when a lightning struck the chapel where the icon was placed and burning the chapel’s walls and…
From a prison cell in Constantinople to a church that never closed in Soviet Moscow, the story of Saint John the Warrior shows how one man's quiet courage became a source of miracles across seventeen centuries.
A mother of many recounts how her family brings prayer into daily meals, how fasting becomes a joyful challenge rather than a burden, and what unexpected gifts the Lord sends in return.
A sermon on how Saint Seraphim of Sarov embodied the Christian calling to acquire the Holy Spirit through love and forgiveness — and why his example still guides believers on their path today.
Through revolution, bereavement and exile, those who knew her remembered stillness. Here is the witness of a saint whose love deepened as the darkness drew near.
Artists from Saint Elisabeth Convent speak candidly about the prayer, tears, and unexpected spiritual encounters they experienced while laying a mosaic of the Royal Passion-Bearers in the very room of their death.
