Maria Vasic
My mother and father did everything possible so that we would never feel that we were practically living under occupation. A feeling of being at home, a sense of our native home—that’s what they gave us.
Maria Tobolova
“She is a Grand Duchess from head to toe; how aristocratic and royal she is! I feel without words that there is a whole closed and original world inside her.”
Irina Ushakova
On a small rise amid the swamp, the son of a peasant built his cell for seclusion and prayerful work. This was the beginning of the monastery.
Archpriest Gregory Dyachenko
There is only one thing we must fear above all: that through our unbelief or unrighteous life, we might lose the grace-filled help of the Lord.
Metropolitan Seraphim (Joanta) of Germany and Central Europe
He who fulfills the commandments of Christ lovingly bears Christ in his heart, and with Him the whole of humanity.
