The wonderworking Hawaiian Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, which is currently visiting parishes throughout Western Europe, was festively greeted by the local Antiochian hierarch and faithful in Lincoln, England on Wednesday.
The icon was previously housed at the 17th-century monastery until its closure in 1924.
Bishop Nestor (Donenko) of Yalta
And the experience of a martyr says that if an external evil is coming, evil thoughts are beginning to attack from inside, your neighbors appear to be very “distant”, and you are betrayed and sold, you understand that there is something that you cannot betray—and a hero appears in literature—but most importantly, a Christian, a martyr appears.
When the time of persecution, sorrows, and illness comes, a person mobilizes and realizes that earthly life is a special space, that it is not a health resort or a sanatorium. There is little point in seeking pleasures and pleasant sensations—that is the greatest illusion.
Matushka Olga was canonized by decision of the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church in America in November 2023.