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At the beginning of the Dormition Fast, a liturgy and a holy cross procession on the second-highest point in Belarus has become our good tradition. It reminds the people of their ascent to heaven, it calls on them to rise above their everyday…
The Feast of the Ascension is past us, and the day the Holy Trinity is fast approaching. With the Lord, we have the plenitude of life, wherever we find ourselves - in a hospital ward, in a prison jail or in any other inhospitable location.
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.
