God's power is manifest in weakness

Our hardships are a part of our spiritual struggle. They are given to us to learn that our future is not made by our hands, but by God's love

Finding faith in the miracle of the Nativity

The birth of the living God returned to humanity the sense of His closeness. God acted through the people who had kept within themselves the ability to live by their faith. People like the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God.

Rise above the world, come to the Lord’s banquet

Today, we still have an open invitation from the Lord to His banquet, but we continue to make the same excuses: I am too busy at the moment. Sorry, I have too little time. No one wants to be distracted.

Changing from within to live in the Lord

We bend under the burden of the news. One bad tiding succeeds another, and all are equally intimidating. This weight of bad news already threatens to turn our lives into a meaningless existence.

The word of FR Andrey (Lemeshonok), confessor of St Elisabeth Convent

Let us ask that St. Nicholas does not abandon his heavenly intercessions and that he corrects what we are doing wrong. Let us ask him to instruct us to do every good deed, so that by his prayers we dare to do the works of God

Of our spiritual growth and inner transformation in Christ

At some point, we will all face up to eternity. But to have eternal life, we must already learn to live a full life in love and faith. Christ is in our midst, and He will never abandon us.