St. John Damascene: “Providence is Divine will which maintains everything and wisely rules over everything.”

St. Luke of Simferopol on the Rich Young Man

A Homily on the Gospel Reading for the Twelfth Week of Pentecost
by Archpriest Alexander Shargunov

If Thou Wilt Be Perfect
From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Matthew by Blessed Theophylact

by Elder Cleopa

Encomium on the Lord, and on that Cloth that touched His Immaculate Body

The Dormition of Our Supremely Pure Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary

by St. Luke of Simferopol

by St. John of Damascus

Homily on the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
by Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh

“I thank Thee, Lord Jesus Christ, that Thou hast accounted me worthy to enter into Thy gates” -- and with these words he gave up the spirit.

Founded in the 15th century, Solovki Monastery was one of Russia's most famous and holy monasteries, and a major pilgrimage destination. In the 20th century it was used as a brutal Soviet prison camp at which over a million prisoners died.

The lives of the founders of the island monastery, Sts. Herman, Zosima, and Sabbatius

The Man Who Owed Ten Thousand Talents
From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Matthew by Blessed Theophylact

by Archimandrite Jovan (Radosavlević)

A Homily by Deacon Andrei Psarev
Delivered at Holy Trinity Monastery
Jordanville, New York
August 6 / 19, 2020

Homily of St. Luke of Simferopol (delivered in 1956)

by St Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica (1296 – 1359)

Being a Christian has never been safe
by Archpriest Geoffrey Korz

by Protopresbyter Michael Pomazansky

Also known as Isaac of Dalmatia. He is known for his struggle against the Arian heresy during the reigns of the Arian emperor Valens and the Orthodox emperor Theodosius.

A Homily by Metropolitan Vladimir (Ikim) of Omsk and Tarsk

The Healing of the Lunatic
From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Matthew by Blessed Theophylact

by New Hieromartyr Archpriest John Vostorgov

Archbishop Seraphim (Sobolev) OF Bogucharsk (+1950)
From the Notes of Archbishop Seraphim’s Spiritual Children

The Dormition fast was established as preceding the great feasts of the Transfiguration of the Lord and of the Dormition of the Mother of God

An American Tree with Russian Roots

Bishop Nathaniel (Lvov)
The possibility of unity between the Paris Exarchate and the Russian Church Abroad can be seen from the speeches given at two diocesan assemblies of the Exarchate in 1948 and 1949.

Leap up, ye waters of Valaam,
be jubilant ye islands of Alaska,
sing, ye peoples of the New world

by Matushka Katherine Baker, who lost her husband and their child 5 years ago. Her 37 year old husband, Fr. Matthew, had just been ordained to the priesthood.

Excerpts from notes made by the Royal Martyr Empress Alexandra Fedorovna

St. Panteleimon continues to work miracles and grant blessings throughout the world. He was especially dear to many of the Saints of our Church.

by Metropolitan Avgoustinos Kantiotes (+2010)

Jesus Walking on the Water
From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Matthew by Blessed Theophylact

“Modern Iconoclasm is the Worst Iconoclasm”

Quarantine & Unrest: Orthodoxy in America amid Crisis

America is in a pre-revolutionary situation like Russia was in 1917

On the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Glorification of Venerable Herman, Wonderworker of Alaska

A Sermon by Archbishop Andrei (Rymarenko) of Rockland (+1978)

One of God’s greatest Prophets is Elijah. His zeal for the true faith led him to resist against the evil queen Jezabel, who abandoned the true God and ordered the Israelites to worship the false god Baal.

By Metropolitan Philaret of Eastern American and New York (+1985)

The Holy Prophet Elijah is one of the greatest of the prophets. He was born in Tishba of Gilead into the Levite tribe 900 years before the Incarnation of the Word of God.

The Miracle of the Five Loaves and Two Fishes
From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Matthew by Blessed Theophylact

On Appearances and Help from St. Seraphim of Sarov in Our Days

A Talk with Elena Chavchavadze on Her New Film

Jordanville, NY: Summer Issue of "Pravoslavnaya Rus’" Now Available for free download