Let Us Work On the Vineyard of Our Souls

Sermon for the 13th Sunday after Pentecost

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Let Us Work On the Vineyard of Our Souls

Sermon for the 13th Sunday after Pentecost

We must bear fruit, and with love and gratitude, let us pray that God help us to bear fruit in His Kingdom – in the vineyard of the Lord. We must work on the vineyard of our souls, weeding out the bad and building up what is good, the Sacraments and God’s grace being the sunshine and the water and all the things that are needed on the soil of our soul which we must till to nurture the seed of faith which the Lord has planted within each and every one of us.

Fr. Seraphim (Rose’s) Interest in Studying Genesis, and His Interpretive Method

Jesse Dominick

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Fr. Seraphim (Rose’s) Interest in Studying Genesis, and His Interpretive Method

Jesse Dominick

The importance of Fr. Seraphim’s work is that it was the first, and remains the only Orthodox work in English to present an in-depth and detailed look at Genesis specifically in the Creation/evolution context, with the aim of presenting and upholding the Patristic teaching.

How a Russian Saint Appeared to Napoleon's Stepson

Maria Tobolova

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How a Russian Saint Appeared to Napoleon's Stepson

Maria Tobolova

The name of St. Savva of Storozhev is associated with many miracles. We will tell you about one of them. It happened during the capture of Moscow by the French in 1812. The French general Eugène de Beauharnais, who headed a 20,000-strong division, occupied Zvenigorod and settled in the Storozhev Monastery.

Why Is the Bier of the Mother of God Called a Throne?

We Analyze the Iconography of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos with the Iconographer Anatoly Alyoshin

Anatoly Aleshin

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Why Is the Bier of the Mother of God Called a Throne?

We Analyze the Iconography of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos with the Iconographer Anatoly Alyoshin

Anatoly Aleshin

An icon is called “theology in paint”, and therefore we decided to look at the iconography of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos with iconographer Anatoly Alyoshin, a teacher at the Moscow Theological Academy, one of the leading experts in the field of fresco painting.

The Gateway to the Kingdom of Heaven

Homily On the Day of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos

Hieromonk Ignaty (Shestakov)

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The Gateway to the Kingdom of Heaven

Homily On the Day of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos

Hieromonk Ignaty (Shestakov)

The main thing that distinguishes the Mother of God from us is her submission to God’s will. No murmuring, no resistance can be seen in this Handmaiden of God, the Queen of Heaven and Earth, our Intercessor.