Homily of Metropolitan Avgoustinos Kantiotes

from the Prologue of Ochrid by St. Nikolai

Excerpts from the diary of St. John of Kronstadt

Despite the fact that the kingdom was enjoying a period of prosperity, its religious life was in crisis

A sermon of St. John of Kronstadt

According to Church tradition, Longinus was that soldier, who with a spear pierced the side of the Crucified Saviour

During the persecution of Diocletian, St Lucian was sent to prison, where for nine years he encouraged other Christians to remain steadfast in their confession of Christ

On October 24, 2015, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill presided over the consecration of Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov) as bishop of Egorevsk

Venerable Mother Paraskeva lived as a monastic in the 11th century. She is beloved in Romania as Parascheva and in Serbia and Macedonia as Petka. Commemorated October 14/27

On October 13/26, 1957, an outstanding hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, Archbishop Gregory (Boriskevich) of Chicago and Detroit reposed in the Lord.

Luke 7:11-16
From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Luke by Blessed Theophylact

In 604 there was only one kingdom in the whole of England that had been converted to Christianity—the Kingdom of Kent. The rest of the country was still pagan.

What the Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council Have Done For Our Salvation and Sanctification.
Delivered October 14/27, 1991 by Archimandrite John (Krestiankin)

Saint Cuthbert is not well known outside of the United Kingdom, but those who have heard his story cannot help but be inspired by his love for and dedication to God - Trisagion Films

Spiritual Disciples of St. Paisius (Velichkovsky)

St. Ambrose of Optina

Let us bless James, praising him as the messenger of God,
for he filled the souls of the pious with wise dogmas.

On the 90th anniversary of his repose
April 17, 1888 – October 20, 1925

From the Conversations of Metropolitan Gregory of Novgorod
Translated from “Dushepolezny Sobesednik”, periodical of St. Panteleimon’s Monastery on Mt. Athos, January 1899

An excerpt from the Prologue of Ochrid (by St. Nikolai Velimerovic)

Archbishop Alexei was a ROCOR Bishop from the time of the 1935 reconciliation with the North American Metropolis, to 1945, when he joined the Moscow Patriarchate

Luke 6:31-36
From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Luke by Blessed Theophylact

Celebrating the memory of the Sainted-Hierarchs on a day in common, the Church offers each of them equal honour, as heavenly protectors of the city of Moscow and prayerful intercessors for the Fatherland.

Born in the Russian province of Saratov, He came to the Holy Mountain in 1901

On Friday October 9, 2015, HTOS commenced its symposium, entitled “Saint Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow (1865-1925): His Life and Times.”

A lecture delivered by Archimandrite Luke on May 6, 2014

Two articles by Rev. John Parker and one by Fr. Dumitru Staniloae consider the witness of the Church itself.

Archimandrite Luke, Abbot of the Holy Trinity Monastery, was recently invited to Slovakia

“We Christians Are Not of This World and Should Not Adapt to It.
We have one duty, to be Orthodox Christians.”

A Sermon on the Feast of the Protection of the Mother of God by Archimandrite John (Krestiankin)

The help of the Most-holy Mother of God has been clearly shown numerous times, to individuals and to nations, in peace and in war, in monastic deserts and in densely populated cities.

Today the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia celebrates the uncovering of the relics of Holy Hierarch John 

"I will remain faithful to the Orthodox Church to death itself."

Luke 5:1-11
From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Luke by Blessed Theophylact

He who Brought the Saints Close to Us

Highlights of the Rector of Saint Tikhon's Orthodox University Archpriest Vladimir Vorobyov's annual conversation with first-year students.

Bishop Antony (Dashkevich) is perhaps the least known Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.

"We must help those in need, must develop in ourselves compassion and love"

On the 15th Anniversary of the Repose of Archbishop Anthony