by Fr. Seraphim Holland

Luke 14:16-24
From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Luke by Blessed Theophylact

"...let us give a vow to ourselves, that from this day, from this hour, from this minute, we shall strive above all else to love God and to do His Holy Will!"
- Saint Herman

St. Spyridon lived his earthly life in righteousness and sanctity, and prayerfully surrendered his soul to the Lord

A film in English about St. Gabriel (Urgebadze) of Georgia

Nicolas Schidlovsky speaks with the HTS Alumni Association

Excerpts from the diary of St. John of Kronstadt on Physical and Spiritual Sickness

From the Christian Classics Ethereal Library

Luke 17:12-19
From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Luke
by Blessed Theophylact

A zealous preacher and valiant defender of the Christian Faith, St Ambrose received particular renown as a Church writer.

by Metropolitan Anthony (Khrapovitsky)

by Metropolitan Avgoustinos Kantiotes (+2010)

The truth of things hath revealed thee to thy flock as a rule of faith, an icon of meekness, and a teacher of temperance; for this cause, thou hast achieved the heights by humility, riches by poverty.

“If There is Prayer and Repentance, the Lord Will Pour Forth His Grace”

Eleven quotations from the Saints

Archpriest John Moses (+2019)

From The Complete Works of the Rector of the Kronstadt St. Andrew Cathedral, Archpriest John Ilyich Sergeyev. Homilies and Instructions given in 1898

From: Teachings and sayings in Kostroma in 1897 by Bishop Vissarion (Moscow: University printers, 1899)

"And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself."

As he called to Peter in days of old, so now he calls to us, "Come, we have found Him for whom we yearned."

Luke 13:10-17
From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Luke by Blessed Theophylact

"Everything we need to know in order to live is there for us in its simplest and clearest form."

In memoriam: Metropolitan Amfilohije (Radovic)

Homily on the Centennial Anniversary
of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia
by Deacon Andrei Psarev

His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion interviewed by Tatiana Veselkina

In 1889, an extraordinary phenomenon occurred in the village of Viliya.

An Excerpt from Wounded By Love: The Life and Wisdom of Elder Porphyrios

The following sermon was probably delivered in the year 368, when most of Asia Minor was struck by a severe drought which caused great hardship.

His military victories in the West and diplomacy in the East kept northern Russia free of foreign domination.

"Do good and avoid evil, and you will be saved.”

A homily on the foolish rich man by Bishop Mitrophan (Znosko-Borovsky) of Boston (+2002)

Luke 12:16-21
From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Luke by Blessed Theophylact

by St. John Maximovitch

A Sermon by Archbishop Platon of Kostroma
"Do not be lazy, O Christians! Read spiritual works so that your soul may not die starved of hearing the word of God"

Lecture by Deacon Andrei Psarev

Homily by St. Gregory Palamas

by St. Philaret of Moscow

St. Nikolai Velimirovch from the Prologue of Ochrid