Catching Children Over the Abyss in the Rye
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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Catching Children Over the Abyss in the Rye

Priest Tarasiy Borozenets

The Catcher in the Rye is a novel of warning, a novel showing the hopelessness of the world of adults and the world of children in which there is no Christ.

“I Tried to Dissuade a Girl from Killing Her Child”
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Orthodoxy Around the World

“I Tried to Dissuade a Girl from Killing Her Child”

A Priest on Despair and a Miracle

Archpriest Peter Guryanov

Then came the day of my last exam and the day she was scheduled for an abortion. I decided to call one last time. She was already in the operating room and said she hadn’t changed her mind.

How to Raise a Saint
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

How to Raise a Saint

On the Holy Mothers of the Three Holy Hierarchs

Olga Bobovnikova

Having raised their children entrusted to them by God, these mothers preserved in their hearts a deep reverence for the Heavenly Father and, through numerous efforts, strengthened by prayer, they multiplied the seeds of love and diligence sown into the young souls.

Hieromartyr Vladimir Khrishchenovich; Martyr Stepan Nalivaiko
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Hieromartyr Vladimir Khrishchenovich; Martyr Stepan Nalivaiko

Commemorated January 30/February 12

After carefully reading Stepan’s responses, the investigator summoned him again two days later and asked: “Why do you say that Russia no longer exists?” “Russia existed when the Orthodox were in power. Now it is Babylon, a city of lawlessness,” Stepan replied.

How a Priest’s Cassock Saved a Girl from Suicide
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Orthodoxy Around the World

How a Priest’s Cassock Saved a Girl from Suicide

A Real-life Story

Archpriest Peter Guryanov

When she saw a priest, something stirred in her heart and she began to doubt that this was the right thing to do. She bought the drugs, but after staying awake all night, she chose to live.