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We commemorate New Martyr Tamara on 1 May. Despite enduring many sorrows, persecutions, slander and betrayal and suffering and dying innocently, never let her faith falter and gave comfort and encouragement to every soul.
The joyous Easter season or Paschaltide is finally here! In the Orthodox Church, this season starts on Easter Sunday (April 12th) and continues for forty days until the eve of the feast of Ascension, which falls on May 21th this year.
Alexander Churbakov has been teaching history at the Convent's school "Ichthys" for the last three years. In this interview, we ask for his views on the role and mission of a Christian teacher, his experience of teaching at a Christian school.
Believers seeking comfort during difficult times will find immense peace in his surviving homily. He eloquently answers our hardest questions about why God permits sickness or poverty to touch our lives.
This is a story of the quiet power of Christian humility in a noisy world. Believers will find immense comfort in seeing how simple acts of charity draw troubled souls to God.
Readers will learn how a brilliant Roman officer walked away from power and comfort to confess Christ, and why so many nations, armies, and cities still turn to him in times of trouble and danger.
What does it truly mean to begin life in a monastery? This reflection explores the hidden struggles novices face — and how these trials become the path to inner transformation.
This touching biography reveals how a devoted shepherd led his parish with endless patience and mercy. Believers will find renewed hope by seeing how divine grace sustains the soul through bitter trials.
