"Not to me, oh Lord, but unto Thy name be the glory!”
Martyrdom – the Crown of the Humble.

An interview with His Eminence Amphilohije by Hieromonk Ignaty from August 25, 2015

The First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad sends condolences to His Holiness Patriarch Irenej of Serbia on the repose of Metropolitan Amphilohije

by St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov)

How close did Dostoevsky’s Zosima come to Ambrose of Optina? What did the famous author take away from his memorable meeting with St. Ambrose?

The Seventh Ecumenical Council, convoked by the Empress Irene and met at Nicaea in 787. The council ended almost fifty years of iconoclast persecution and established the veneration of the holy icons as basic to the belief and spirituality of Christ's Church.

St. Martin, a child of Pannonia, And the great illuminator of Gaul,
Despised the earthly emperor's honors, And became a servant of the heavenly King.

A homily by Bishop Tikhon (Shevkunov)
Delivered October 24, 2010

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

St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov)

St. Nicholas (Mogilevsky; 1877—1955), Metropolitan of Alma-Ata and Kazakhstan
by Hieromonk Yakov (Vorontsov)

by Metropolitan Vitaly (Ustinov) from a recorded conversation held at Lesna Convent in France in 1996.

1917 began the most complex period in the history of the Russian Church. In great measure thanks to St. Tikhon, the Church survived that era.

St Innocent (Veniaminov; 1797-1879), a great missionary, the Apostle of America and Siberia, Metropolitan of Moscow

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.

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

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

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.

Teachings of St. Silouan

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

Sermon of Metropolitan Anthony (Khrapovitsky) (+1936)
Spoken at the Kholmsk Theological Seminary. 1887.

On Saturday, October 24th, God-willing, His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion will preside over the consecration of our church. Once a church is consecrated it should never be used for any other purpose. For this reason, it is wise to make sure that the church property and building is paid off. We are now close enough to paying off our mortgage that we feel it is safe to proceed with the consecration. Here is an article which may help to explain this sacred process.

In 2009, His Grace Bishop Meletiy of Khotin, Ukraine, now Archbishop of Chernovitsy, delivered this sermon at the St. George Church (ROCOR) in Howell, NJ.

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

Even before he came to know Christ, Eustathius performed acts of charity, helping the poor and destitute. Therefore, the Lord did not leave the virtuous pagan to remain in the darkness of idolatry.