Rating: 1|Votes: 1

St. Eudokia, in Monasticism Euphrosyne, the Grand Duchess of Moscow

Saint Euphrosyne, in the world Eudokia, was the daughter of the Suzdal prince Demetrius Constantovich (+ 1383), and from 1367 was the wife of the Moscow Great Prince Demetrius of the Don. After raising five sons (a sixth died in infancy), the princess was tonsured as a nun with the name Euphrosyne.

The Holy Royal Martyrs

Rating: 9,8|Votes: 15

The Tsar-Martyr's Icon

The story of the miraculous finding in Altai of a royal icon painted by order of the Tsar-Martyr Nicholas II

Ksenia Yermishina

The history of Russia and the Romanov dynasty are so closely interwoven other that any new facts connected with the royal family become a real discovery of national importance. Until recently we knew of two holy icons associated with the House of Romanov. But not long ago it became known that there was another, a third icon which shared the destiny of the Royal Martyrs.

Rating: 6|Votes: 4

The Spiritual Meaning of the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul

Archpriest Artemy Vladimirov

Archpriest Artemy Vladimirov discusses the spiritual meaning of the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul; why these very different individuals who became followers of Christ in very different ways are commemorated together; and how their personal qualities should become examples for us.

Rating: 8,4|Votes: 5

St. Paisios the Athonite: The Comforter of Souls

+ June 29/July 12

Archimandrite Gregorios of Gregoriou

When I asked him about a difficult problem I’d encountered in confession, as a spiritual father, he told me: "Listen, father, when you become a spiritual father, you have to be prepared to go down into hell for those you confess. Otherwise, don’t bother. But what I have to say is that, if you go to hell, you’ll make it paradise, because you’ll have love." Amazing advice, that only a God-bearing person would be able to give.