St. Hilarion of Optina (1805-1873)
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St. Hilarion of Optina (1805-1873)

Commemorated September 18/October 1

Olga Rozhneva

St. Hilarion was a skilled spiritual physician. He taught people who were suffering to go over their whole previous life from the age of seven, to recall forgotten unrepented sins, in which were often hidden the reason for a spiritual illness.

The Demons and the Cat, or How a Couple Started Going to Church
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Coming to Orthodoxy

The Demons and the Cat, or How a Couple Started Going to Church

Irina Dmitrieva

Scary-looking and furry, it simply paralyzed me with its gaze, so I couldn’t move from fear. On top of that, my throat was dry with fear.

Cleansing the Heart and Mind Through Repentance
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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Cleansing the Heart and Mind Through Repentance

Strength of Spirit, Part 11

St. Seraphim (Chichagov)

The most perfect and greatest thing a man can desire and achieve is drawing near to God and abiding in solitude with Him.

Bearing Our Cross as We Follow Christ
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Bearing Our Cross as We Follow Christ

Sermon on the Sunday after the Exaltation of the Cross

Archpriest Maxim Kozlov

Let us dwell on this sentence: Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me (Luke 8:34).

The Serb Boban, Max the Dog, and Their Chalet in Sar Planina Mountains
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Orthodoxy Around the World

The Serb Boban, Max the Dog, and Their Chalet in Sar Planina Mountains

Notes from Kosovo and Metohija

Maria Vasic

There have been no clashes on nationalistic grounds in Brezovica: They have lived and continue to live peacefully. No one here is surprised when a Serb helps his Albanian neighbor or vice versa.