Hieromonk Pafnuty (Fokin)
His kindness was gracious—granted to him by God for his pastoral zeal, it was combined with prudence and cheerfulness, and filled with the willingness to defend the faith.
Ariadna Nefedkina
The Nativity Fast is a direction of our souls, the path of grateful anticipation of the Savior.
We could tell of so many miracles of the saint that it is difficult to decide which of his miracles are most worthy of admiration.
Elena Belovitskaya
The incorrupt relics of the venerable saint have rested there for almost a thousand years, but he hears prayers as if there wasn’t a millennium dividing him and those who pray at his tomb today...
Yuri Ruban
When the masons were finishing the tower in her father’s absence, they pierced two windows in the wall, and Barbara—who had secretly embraced Christianity—ordered them to make three, as a visible confession of faith in the Holy Trinity.
