The Gifts of the Magi: What Will We Bring to the Infant Christ?

Archpriest Sergei Bulgakov

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

The Gifts of the Magi: What Will We Bring to the Infant Christ?

Archpriest Sergei Bulgakov

We want to offer gifts to Him, and we do have them, for He Himself enriched us, growing poor for us.

She Who Became the Mother of God by Human Nature

Sermon on the Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos

Hieromonk Platon (Kudlasevich)

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

She Who Became the Mother of God by Human Nature

Sermon on the Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos

Hieromonk Platon (Kudlasevich)

In these holy days let’s think about how we can respond to God’s love, for which He was born of the Virgin Mary.

The “Three Joys” Icon of the Mother of God

Commemorated: December 26 / January 8

Svetlana Rybakova

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

The “Three Joys” Icon of the Mother of God

Commemorated: December 26 / January 8

Svetlana Rybakova

Having become famous in Moscow, the veneration of the “Three Joys” Icon spread throughout Russia very quickly, but in the Russian iconographic tradition.

Christmas Message from Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus’

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Christmas Message from Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus’

Love is the real reason and driving force behind God’s actions.

Nativity of Christ Epistle from Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America and New York, Primate of the Russian Church Abroad

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Nativity of Christ Epistle from Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America and New York, Primate of the Russian Church Abroad

May the saving grace of God, appearing now in a humble Bethlehem cave and shining upon the waters of the Jordan River, be poured forth upon us all, visiting our homes, parishes and monasteries with unearthly light and peace!