"It is good to hide the secret of a king, but it is glorious to reveal and preach the works of God" (Tobit 12:7) So said the Archangel Raphael to …
St. Tikhon
Basil Bellavin was born into the family of a village priest near Pskov on January 19, 1865. He graduated from the St. Petersburg Theological Academy …
St. Herman
St. Herman was born just outside Moscow around 1758. As a teenager he entered the monastic life near St. Petersburg. We do not know the name his …
St. Elizabeth the New Martyr
Elizabeth was born in November, 1864. She was the daughter of Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse-Darmstadt and Princess Alice, a daughter of Queen Victoria …
An excerpt from The Life of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
(More on the life of St. Nicholas will be forthcoming on this website. We thank Petr Chudoba for his research and graciousness in sharing his love and …
Palm Sunday Sermon from April 24, 2005
In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Today we commemorate our Lord’s entry into Jerusalem; an entrance that looks to be …
REVIEW: Jesus Christ the Bearer of the Water of Life – A Christian Reflection on the “New Age”
“A major new Vatican document on the New Age movement has warned that a number of Catholic retreat places, seminaries and religious formation houses …
The Icon: Theology written in light and color
The Lord is God and has revealed Himself to us Because "the Word became flesh and dwelt among us" (Jn 1:14), Christ is truly a human person. As a …
Debunking The Da Vinci Code
The Da Vinci Code is a murder mystery shrouded in a conspiracy theory, a novelistic thriller, an airplane book, the kind of book you read when you …
What Shall we Offer You
What shall we offer You, O Christ, Who, for the sake of the cosmos entered Your creation as a human? Every creature made by You offers thanksgiving: …
