Living the Gospel Is the Best Preaching

Sermon on the Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles

Hieromonk Athanasius (Deryugin)

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Living the Gospel Is the Best Preaching

Sermon on the Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles

Hieromonk Athanasius (Deryugin)

The Lord puts the fulfilment of the commandments first.

Dozen hierarchs gather for feast of St. Seraphim of Sarov

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Dozen hierarchs gather for feast of St. Seraphim of Sarov

A dozen hierarchs, a host of clerics, and hundreds of Orthodox faithful gathered at Diveyevo Monastery on Sunday evening and Monday for the feast of the repose of the great St. Seraphim of Sarov.

Batiushka’s Dried Crust

Irina Dmitrieva

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Batiushka’s Dried Crust

Irina Dmitrieva

This is how the Lord calls on us to reflect on our lives and think about changing them. Besides, sometimes saints themselves knock on our hearts to enlighten them.

Diveyevo, or Father Seraphim’s Help

Irina Dmitrieva

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Diveyevo, or Father Seraphim’s Help

Irina Dmitrieva

After reading extraordinary stories about miraculous appearances of Seraphimushka to people who were looking for him, I tried to imagine that I, too, might be granted such mercy.

The Last Grand Chord to the Departing Feast

On the Leavetaking of Nativity

Archpriest George Polyakov

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The Last Grand Chord to the Departing Feast

On the Leavetaking of Nativity

Archpriest George Polyakov

The Nativity of Christ is a celebration of the new, second creation of life through the infusion of Divine light into it.