“I won’t believe it until I see it…” – that was the answer of the apostle Thomas, one of the twelve disciples of Christ, to the joyful stories of those who saw their crucified and dead Master as resurrected. And after eight days – as the Gospel says – when the disciples were together again, […]
This is the story of a Serbian princess who sat on the throne of Constantinople for almost six decades and was the mother of the last two Eastern Roman emperors. The last Byzantine empress Yelena Dragash Paleologos, known in monasticism as Ipomoni, was the great-granddaughter of Saint King Stefan of Dechani. Her father, Serbian nobleman
By what epithets does the Orthodox Church not glorify the holy great martyr George? “The greatest of the great martyrs”, “known everywhere for miracles”, “rush to the rescue”, etc. These sublime names testify to the countless miracles that have happened and are happening throughout Christendom thanks to the intercession of St. George. Below we offer
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Someone will ask: how do you say that the risen Lord overcame death, but people are still dying? Whoever enters this life through the mother’s womb, they come out of this life through death and the grave. Only that death for us, who die in Christ, is no longer a dark abyss, but a birth
Saint Damascene Studit writes that righteous Lazarus never told what he saw in hell. Seeing the torments of hell, he constantly felt bitterness in his mouth and could not eat anything without first sweetening it. Also, he never laughed. Only once, when he saw how one person stole an earthen court, he grinned and said:
What happened to the Four-Day dead Saint Lazarus after his resurrection? Read More »
The Orthodox Church has many holidays as part of the Mother of God. First of all, twelve Great Holidays, and then many holidays in honor of miraculous icons. There are many holidays, but two of the twelve Great Feasts stand out with their meaning and solemnity: one is the bright spring holiday of the Annunciation
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Son of Stefan Nemanja, the great Serbian ruler, born in 1169. As a young man, he longed for a spiritual life, which is why he fled to Mount Athos, where he became a monk and passed the entire ascetic constitution with rare zeal. Nemanja followed the example of his son, and he himself came to
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The Venerable Martyr Galacteon and Episteme were from the city of Edessa in Phenicia, today’s area of Lebanon, Israel and Syria. They came from pagan families. At the time when Galacteon was growing up, his mother died, and the father chose a wife for the young man – the virgin Episteme. Galacteon did not want
Many pilgrims who are not able to bring their sick to the relics of the Saint, bring their clothes and leave it under the relics of the Saint, to spend the night there for at least one night. In addition to clothes, they also bring food, usually sugar, and act in the same way Over
It happened in the Ostrog monastery: Miracles of Saint Basil of Ostrog! Read More »
Miraculous visions of Saint Petka- Parascheva, which we celebrate on October 27, still happen today – the saint helps in illness and trouble, but also warns those who sin. She saved the lives of many and led them on the right path of faith. Centuries pass, and the story of the saint continues to inspire
