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October 1st is the Feast of the Icon of the Mother of God known as ‘the Healer.’ According to tradition, the Most Holy Theotokos appeared to a cleric of a Moscow church in the 18th century and healed him from a serious illness.
A personal story of how prayer to the Solovki wonderworkers opened an unexpected path to the famous northern islands for a family without bookings, revealing quiet miracles along the way and a joyful ending.
A vivid account of the eleventh-century monk whose life shows that sincere humility and trust in God can carry a person - quite literally on a stone - to places beyond all expectation.
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.
