Dmitry Kiryukhin
St. Xenia, beloved not only in Russia but also around the Orthodox world, was the fool-for-Christ who wandered the relatively newly-built capital of the Russian Empire.
St. Gabriel of Imereti
Honor this day as a sacred day. On Sunday, we should serve the Lord alone and do the works of God.
Anastasia Goriunova
His cell was an “x-ray room”. And also, as Fr. John joked, the only “forced air (artificial ventilation) room”. You could even say “ICU”. A place where you were brought back to life and “spread your wings”.
It’s only in the Church that the Word of God and His teaching are fully heard; only the Church is the house of the Lord on earth—there the bloodless sacrifice and prayers and hymns are offered.
The main thing in Confession is that the grace of the Holy Spirit is at work there.
