Subdeacon Matthew Long
Elder Nektary said of Elder Anatole when a pilgrim had gone to him for advice, “Well now, that’s good that you wound up going to Fr. Anatole for guidance. Some people seek me out as an elder; but I—what can I tell you—I’m just a pie without a filling. But Fr. —well, he’s just like a pie with filling.”
Rating: 6,4|Votes: 14
Then her face began to shine as the sun and she closed her eyes as one falling asleep and she gave up her sacred soul to the Lord, having lived one-hundred and three years. Even though she had reached such a great age, her physical beauty had not faded as she looked like a young, beautiful girl, by grace of her virginity and by the fact that she had never known anything worldly. God had granted that the all-pure one remain in this state to give witness to the beauty of her soul and that grace had been bestowed on her by her heavenly Bridegroom.
Rating: 10|Votes: 3
Mr. President, the saintly benevolence Father Herman characterized to Alaska's Aleut people, beginning 175 years ago, yielded a lasting faith in his church that has not diminished today. It is my hope the canonization of Father Herman will serve to yield new benevolence and understanding to provide the Aleut and other native people of Alaska the rewards of their faith in their church and the rewards of their faith in America
Rating: 8,8|Votes: 14
I wish I had the courage and zeal to tell you about this saint who rescued me from suffering and uncertainty.