Olga Demidyuk
After the festive Divine Liturgy and Communion, I think that I would really want it that we experience joy effortlessly. But for some reason, you only feel God if you take a risk and unplug yourself from what is familiar and well-known, place your hand in His and put your trust in the way.
Hieromonk Athanasius (Deryugin)
Our saints strove to ensure that the Liturgy never ceased, even when there were a minimum of possible external conditions for this.
Orthodox Christians have profound love and veneration for the Most Holy Mother of God, and greatly love the feast of her Dormition.
Just when it seems you can’t go any further, the laws of logic end and God acts.
Archimandrite Iachint (Unciuleac)
Today the tongue, most tireless in prayer, which so many times conversed with angels, named the Son of God and revealed ineffable mysteries, has stopped speaking.
