Bishop Gregory of Nyssa
Rating: 8,8|Votes: 13
"With all of us united in prayer and laboring for peace this Nativity Fasting Season, I am convinced that we will help, even if only in a small way, to make our lives and that of the world more peaceful."
Rating: 10|Votes: 3
"Let not shame or fear keep you away from Christ. Our true path to salvation is towards the light of Christ, and away from the darkness of the shame of Adam and Eve and the envy of the devil. May the Lord grant us the courage to come out of our darkness and into the light and with fear of God, with faith and love, draw nearer to Him. Let us emulate the Holy Unmercenary Healers, who for themselves wanted nothing, but out of love of God and their brother, gave everything. May the Lord grant this to us. Amen."
In 1654, a plague raged in Shuya from September 1 to October 12. The parishioners of the Resurrection Church asked iconographer Gerasim Tikhonov Ikonikov to paint a “Smolensk” Hodigitria icon “with all reverence and haste”. The iconographer happily took up the work, praying to the Most Pure Theotokos for its successful completion.
Fr. John Bartholomew
Rating: 10|Votes: 1
St. John Kochurov is a 20th C. martyr, but before we consider him, let us look at martyrdom in general.
Larisa Khrustalyeva
Rating: 8,8|Votes: 15
November 2, 2015 was the twenty-year anniversary of the repose of Georgia’s beloved new saint, Elder Gabriel (Ugrebadze).