Priest Sergei Lysy
“They are all filled with love, and I draw love from them, and together we praise, bless and worship God.”
The conference, to be held December 5–6, is timed to conclude on the eve of the anniversary of Elder Ephraim’s repose, which will be prayerfully commemorated at St. Anthony’s Monastery in Florence on December 7.
Patriarch Tikhon (Bellavin)
What does one say to a city that has lost everything, including its best sons? The holy Patriarch Tikhon, whose memory we celebrate today, came to grieving Yaroslavl as its former archpastor, now Patriarch, to try to assuage their sorrow.
In 1609, during devastation of the city of Uglich, Abbess Anastasia and the sisters of Holy Theophany Monastery were tortured and killed. The abbess was later canonized as a saint.
Metropolitan Anthony (Bloom) of Sourozh
Of all the Russian saints, St. Sergius is perhaps the most unfathomable and mysterious.