Alexandra Kalinovskaya
The bloodthirsty executioners carried the infirm eighty-one-year-old elder out on a stretcher and sent him to the Taganka Prison. Interrogations lasted several weeks, but the courageous soldier of Christ did not give a single testimony.
Priest Tarasiy Borozenets
Every act of mercy that we do for our neighbor we do for Christ personally.
Metropolitan Luke (Kovalenko)
When God is at the center, everything else falls into place.
Irina Dmitrieva
Liudmila’s sister had told her that that day was the festive service in honor of St. Innocent of Irkutsk, and that she should necessarily bow before his holy relics with her prayer requests. “He’s like that—he’ll definitely help you!” she exclaimed at the end of their conversation.
Priest Alexei Taakh
Fasting is not for despondency, but for a joyful victory over yourself, over your passions.
