Priestmartyr John Kochurov

On October 31, 1917, in Tsarskoye Selo, a bright new chapter, full of earthly grief and heavenly joy, was opened in the history of sanctity in the Russian Church: the holiness of the New-Martyrs of the twentieth century. The opening of this chapter is linked to the name of the Russian Orthodox shepherd who became one of the first to give his soul for his flock during this twentieth century of fighters against God: Archpriest John Kochurov.

Rating: 10|Votes: 2

The Commemoration of the Great Earthquake at Constantinople and St. Demetrius

Fr. John Bartholomew

This earthquake in Constantinople took place in 740 AD. This was at the time Emperor Leo was destroying icons and the people of Constantinople felt that it was God’s anger that led to this disaster. The believers prayed to St. Demetrius of Thessalonica and the earthquakes ceased.

Rating: 4,3|Votes: 3

My Acquaintance with Elder Sophrony

Archimandrite Zacharias (Zacharou)

Archimandrite Zacharias, from Holy Monastery of the Honourable Forerunner, Essex, England, speaks about his spiritual father Elder Sophrony

Rating: 6,6|Votes: 5

Our Righteous Father John of Kronstadt, Loved by Pakistani Orthodox Christians

Saint Sergius of Radonezh Orthodox Church Sargodha Pakistan

Fr. Joseph Farooq

With the blessings of His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, St. Michael the Archangel Orthodox Mission in Pakistan and the parishioners of Saint Sergius of Radonezh Orthodox Church Sargodha Pakistan on November 01, 2015, celebrated the feast of our righteous father John of Kronstadt.

Rating: 8,4|Votes: 13

Mother Maria of Paris says “OXI!” to the Nazi Mass Murder Machine

Irene Archos

She prayed for assistance. The idea came to her. By employing the confidence of the local sanitation workers in charge of hauling the garbage from the stadium, Mother Maria perpetrated a plot that would at least save the children from the gas chambers...