How to Read, Understand and Fulfill the Holy Scriptures
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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

How to Read, Understand and Fulfill the Holy Scriptures

Priest Anthony Rusakevich

With the considerable influence of the internet, where any heresy has weight, and where the number of “theologians” with their “opinions” is multiplying, it is vital for us to discover the true interpretation of not just a particular passage, but of the entirety of Holy Scripture.

Archpriest Anthony Antipov on the Wonderworking Icon, “The Seeker of the Lost”
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Archpriest Anthony Antipov on the Wonderworking Icon, “The Seeker of the Lost”

Archpriest Anthony Antipov

It turned out that a trickle of holy myrrh was flowing from the face of the Mother of God to the feet of the Savior, the trace of which is still visible.

How Supremely Righteous the Final Judgment Will Be
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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

How Supremely Righteous the Final Judgment Will Be

A Homily for Meatfare Sunday

St. Philaret of Chernigov

How strict, how supremely righteous the Last Judgment will be! If the Lord knows all, if He’s as righteous as He is powerful, then how terrible His judgment will be! In flaming fire [He will take] vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ (2 Thess. 1:8).

Three Good Deeds for Salvation
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Three Good Deeds for Salvation

A sermon on the Last Judgment. Meatfare Sunday

Hieromonk Ignaty (Shestakov)

We must never forget that all our labors are nothing if we do not see Christ in people around us.

“St. Gabriel is My Beloved Holy Brother”
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

“St. Gabriel is My Beloved Holy Brother”

For the anniversary of the uncovering of his holy relics (February 22)

Julietta Varyan

He was a man full of the Spirit. I couldn’t sit in his cell, although he kept saying, “Sit down, Julia, sit down!” But I couldn’t, because there was a strong, extraordinary spiritual atmosphere in his cell.