Bishop Nestor (Donenko) of Yalta
Archimandrite Kirill (Pavlov) is a very special figure in our national history, a great elder of a great era, a fragrant, God-given fruit of the Russian Orthodox Church, and a spiritual landmark of our time.
Cristian Curte
Fr. Paisie is quite elderly now, but it seems he’s been this way since the beginning of time, as if he was born with gray temples and a white beard—exactly how every good spiritual father should be.
Ketevan Bekauri
For a very long time—almost half an hour—he enumerated the most delicious meat dishes. Meanwhile, his words whetted my appetite.
He received anyone who knocked on the door of his cell—always, at any time. He would hear confessions without stopping, for several days in a row, day and night. No one knew when he slept or ate.
A new Romanian Orthodox parish has been established in the Italian town of Orte, Viterbo, under the patronage of Sts. Cleopa and Paise of Sihăstria.