St. Alexei Mechev
O Cross of the Lord! Direct us all on the path of salvation, establish peace and calm on our land, that we might live a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honor.
The Polish Orthodox Church commemorates the wonderworking Supraśl Icon of the Mother of God annually on August 9-10. The day is a great feast for the faithful from throughout Poland and abroad, who gather in the thousands at Supraśl Monastery in northeastern Poland.
The miracle-working Kursk Root Icon was brought to the parish personally by His Eminence Archbishop George of Australia and New Zealand of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.
Marina Biryukova
For me there is no doubt that faith in the crucified Christ is invincible and that the alleged triumph of materialism is a temporary phenomenon.
Every August, the Orthodox faithful gather in Corfu to celebrate the great St. Spyridon of Tremithus, one of the most beloved saints not only of the Church in Greece, but of the entire Orthodox Church.