Faith Adoring the Mystery (St. Ephrem on Lectio Divina) …
Saints
St Olympiada the Deaconess (+408)
Olympiada was born about the year 368, in Constantinople . Her family was one of the most illustrious of the capital: her father was a senator and her …
The Life of Our Holy Mother, St Mary of Egypt
"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 …
Will the Real Santa Please Stand?
Inviting Saint Nicholas Into Our Christmas Every year, Christian parents face a dilemma: what to do about Santa Claus. He's everywhere, that …
Mysticism, Women and the Christian Orient
A great cloud of witnesses but few "mystics" The Christian Orient is widely considered to be a "mystical" church; one enfolded in mystery and awe and …
Through Creation to the Creator
Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees.-- Revelation 7:3 The saints embrace the whole world with their love.-- St. Silouan the …