Priest John Pavlov
But to those rare souls who are capable of loving Christ with great love, great trials are sent—but the saints are not overcome by them.
As of this month, the schismatic “Orthodox Church of Ukraine” of the Patriarchate of Constantinople will no longer celebrate the memory of the Right-Believing Prince Alexander Nevsky, one of the most beloved saints of ancient Rus’.
He survived arrest, imprisonment, and exile to Siberian camps. He lived as an ascetic, relating to himself with utmost strictness, and to others with love.
Bishop Mitrophan (Znosko-Borovsky)
What is required of us, dear brothers and sisters, in these evil times? One thing is required of us: Faithfulness!
St. Demetrius will be depicted inside a red shield, holding a miniature of the cathedral where his relics are housed.