Sermon delivered in 1958. Bishop Nektary was a spiritual son of the venerable Elder Nektary of Optina.

St John Chrysostom (347-407), is famous for his eloquence, his denunciation of abuse of authority in the Church, and the Divine Liturgy attributed to him.

Luke 10:25-37
From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Luke
by Blessed Theophylact

Reminiscences of a Spiritual Daughter of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco

Interview with Bishop Agapit of Stuttgart

There is hardly a malady that has not been cured through his prayers

Remembrances of Fr. Daniel Sysoev by Archimandrite Melchisedek (Artiukhin)

The feast established in the fourth century at the Council of Laodicea, several years before the First Ecumenical Council.

A Talk Given by Fr. John Townsend at the 1998 Southern Orthodox Conference, Atlanta, Georgia

A bold letter written by Patriarch Tikhon to the new rulers of Russia a year after the revolution.

Luke 8:41-56
From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Luke by Blessed Theophylact

Archbishop Andrei (Rymarenko) from the book, The One Thing Needful

A Sermon given by St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco in 1948, when once again there seemed to be absolutely no hope for the deliverance of Russia from the Communist Yoke.

As divine siblings, Zenobios most glorious, and Zenobia most pure, together you suffered, and you were made worthy to shine in the world, the grace of healing

Luke 8:26-39
From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Luke
by Blessed Theophylact

Sretensky Monastery was founded in 1397

James is called the Lord's brother because he was the son of the righteous Joseph, the betrothed

Selected Quotes

Luke 16:19-31
From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Luke
by Blessed Theophylact

The Chosen of the Mother of God by Archpriest Victor Potapov

a brief exhortation to overcome the secular phobia of death and suffering

St. John of Kronstadt
His Life and Works