Articles

Two Deaths

Written by Sophocles Printed in Issue 22 Every so often it happens to me that my past love of Punk Rock is renewed and brought[…]

Saint Feofil of the Kiev Caves

From Issue #23 Here we re-print the life of a lover of truth that has become known as the Patron of lost things. Today, more[…]

Letter From Exile

by Saint Theodore of Studios This article was posted because we have learned that the ancient Monastery of Studios (which this great Saint was the[…]

The Nuns of Shamordino: Prisoners of Solovki

The Nuns of Shamordino Printed in Issue 22 Upon him who labors— God sheds mercy; but he who loves acquires consolation.        Elder Ambrose of[…]

Elder Nikolai Guryanov

Elder Nikolai With a deep love for God and the Heavenly Queen, a monk once asked in his sincere prayer, “show me what mortal in[…]

The Impossibility of Aloneness: When Christ Found Me in the Himalayas

By Subdeacon Joseph Magnus Frangipani Printed in Issue 24 I’m an Orthodox Christian living in Homer, Alaska and experienced Jesus Christ in the Himalayas, in[…]

Exorcisms in Russia: From an Eyewitness

By Nun Cornelia Originally Printed in Issue 6, 1995 No Orthodox Christian in Russia doubts the existence of Demons, and that they wage brutal war[…]

Beyond Torture: Communist Prisons of Romania

“In Communism there were some special prisons which were laboratories–laboratories in which they believed they could create a Communist personality. When you said ‘I still[…]

St. Nino: Enlightener of Georgia

The virgin Nino of Cappadocia was a relative of Great-martyr George and the only daughter of a widely respected and honorable couple. Her father was[…]

St. Peter the Aleut

Saint Peter: The First American Born Martyr The holy martyr Peter the Aleut (or Cungagnaq in his native tongue) was a native aleut of Kodiak[…]

Death Is Unnatural

+Saint Nikolai Velimirovic Originally printed in Issue 18. Death is not natural; rather it is unnatural. And death is not from nature; rather it is[…]