The conception of Mary and the immaculate conception
On the ninth of December, the Orthodox Church celebrates the anniversary of Saint Anne’s miraculous conception of Saint Mary, Mother of God. The canonical narrative […]
Saint Mary in the Gospel of the Annunciation
I want to start my speech today by saying that what the church received from the apostles is the same, but later efforts entered into it.
The church honors the Virgin Mary
The Virgin Mary has a special status among all saints, and the Orthodox venerate her as “more honorable than the Cherubim and incomparably more glorious than the Seraphim.”
Silouan the Athos
Saint Silouan the Athos was born in Central Russia in 1866, and his family was peasant farmers. He was a simple, strong man, obsessed with the divine