Articles
18 hours ago
We present to our readers a story from Metropolitan Joseph (Chernov; 1893–1975) of blessing memory, about how he once nearly died from the bitter cold in a Nazi prison:
41 hours ago
In Russia, there has long been a tradition of shaping and baking lark-shaped pastries on the Feast of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste.Why skylarks?
42 hours ago
Part 3: Living on one’s own land
Olga Orlova
A person living on the land becomes self-sufficient. It is here that one can more deeply feel how God blesses human labor, and this becomes his way of life.
61 hours ago
A Homily for the Second Sunday of Great Lent
Igumen Seraphim Bell
Fr. Seraphim spoke of how the Church confirmed that St. Gregory’s teaching was, in fact, what the Church has always experienced and taught—that “our Orthodox life is union and communi...
66 hours ago
St. Gregory of Shlisselburg
It’s natural for a living Christian soul to aspire to God. The aspiration for God finds its expression first of all in prayer to God. But it’s very hard to pray well.
66 hours ago
Part 2. Mount Athos
Olga Orlova
Life on Athos is always an ascetic struggle.
For the revival of traditional liturgical arts in the Orthodox Church
404 hours ago
In this long-format interview, Andrew Gould discusses numerous aspects of liturgical arts and architecture with Anglican organist Matthew Wilkinson. Our conversation touches upon church architecture, Eastern and Western rites, American cultural ...460 hours ago
If only we could speak to ourselves from the future! How many valuable insights and skills could we have shared with our past selves! On the other hand, how would we have learned these things if not through the mistakes we make today? Is there a...605 hours ago
Gould: You’ve only recently started making icons using chasing and repoussé, yet your first projects are nothing short of magnificent. Can you tell us something about your background, to put this work in context? Wilson: I am a married father of...3746 hours ago
This video features a discussion I had with Dr. Timothy Patitsas. We discuss liturgical arts, patronage, culture, and the experience of the artist. We delve deep into the practical difficulties of realizing good art in the modern age. If you enj...4784 hours ago
This text is not just an article – it’s also a call for a combined effort. We invite you to support our documentary film the on Svaneti frescoes and the dedicated people who maintain them. Help us to preserve Svaneti’s invaluable treasures of Or...6195 hours ago
Continuing my photojournalism series highlighting Balkan churches, this post features an especially beloved monastery in North Macedonia – The Monastery of Saint Naum. Saint Naum was a disciple of Saints Cyril and Methodius, and participated i...1415 hours ago
Four people were baptized in the waters of the Pacific Ocean in the Philippines. Photo: Orthodox churches across the world welcomed new members this past weekend as mass Baptisms were held, timed to the feast of Theophany, commemorating Christ’s...
3799 hours ago
The Orthodox Church of St. John of Shanghai in Belfast (Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia) festively celebrated its patronal feast of the Uncovering of St. John’s Relics over the weekend. And this year, the joy of the feast was augment...
4608 hours ago
Gwytherin, Conwy County Borough, Wales, September 10, 2024 Ajoyous event for Orthodox Christians living in the West occurred on Saturday, September 7, 2024, as the Orthodox Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the ancient Church of St. Winifred of ...
6654 hours ago
The Orthodox Church in North America is in the middle of a worsening clergy crisis. Statistically enduring a deficit of over 100 priests per year, it is time to ask the Holy Spirit to actively recruit men who are willing to serve, suffer, and die ...
10128 hours ago
from New Martyr Press Today, we’re going to be speaking to Justine Alter, the author of Outside of the World. Justine is an ex professional psychic, ceremonial magician, lecturer, occulture political cartoonist, and used to be a director of a nonp...
12362 hours ago
Another amazing account of the journey to Orthodoxy. ?
12386 hours ago
Enjoy this beautiful account of one woman’s spiritual journey. You won’t regret it.
14809 hours ago
GreatMartyr Euphemia Orthodox Theological Academy Greetings friends! This fall will mark our 5th year of educating and helping train others, like you, in the Orthodox theological Tradition. It’s hard to believe that 5 years have already gone by, b...
33138 hours ago
“Not as the world gives, do I give unto you” (John 14:27). But does this promise of our Lord apply not only to His peace, but to other blessings as well. Could it be, for example, that the self-confidence of a Christian needs to be very different ...
34104 hours ago
Many readers will recognize Metropolitan Tikhon (Shevkunov) as the author of the buoyant, inspiring, and irresistible book “Everyday Saints and Other Stories,” which sold record numbers of copies in Russia and has been translated into 17 languages...
34736 hours ago
We are now well into the Holy and Great Fast of Lent, but for many of us it may have already begun to seem tedious: a routine and perhaps even empty exercise. This article by Fr Steven Ritter addresses this state of mind, offering fresh, thought-p...
35147 hours ago
"Ayosha, the "angelic brother" of Dostoevsky’s novel. Aloysha the monastic novice. Alyosha the compassionate. Alyosha, who has chosen to live only for God. Yes. But Alyosha the depraved? Alyosha the corrupt. . .Alyosha the insect? Christos Yannara...
35553 hours ago
The insights of Dan Buxhoeveden (J.D from Loyola University, PhD from the University of Chicago) into the relation between natural sciences and the mystery of nature are no mere armchair speculation. He is an Orthodox Christian who teaches at the ...
36293 hours ago
In this short review, Dr. David Ford writes that The Ethics of Beauty by Dr. Timothy Patitsas "...has already brought for many people life-changing healing and personal reconciliation with God and with others." Patitsis covers a wide range of topi...