In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit! Today we celebrate the memory of all saints in Russian land. In saints’ lives we see people of different social position, mentality and talents. But they have one common feature: it’s their tireless spiritual thirst and noble aspiration for complete […]

In the name of the Father and of the Son and the Holy Spirit! I congratulate you all, dear brothers and sisters, with your saint’s day, because today is All Saints Sunday and it is our name-day today. Today the Church glorifies all saints, holy God-pleasers, – both Christians who lived before us and those […]

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit! Once Saint Augustine, the great Father of the Church, decided to comprehend the mystery of the Holy Trinity. While walking along the seashore early in the morning he, being preoccupied by this thought, met a boy who drew water in […]

In the name of the Father and of the Son and the Holy Spirit! Christ ascended into Heaven by His Divine power. The cloud which hid Him from the Apostoles’ eyes wasn’t the means of transference but God’s honor, as the glory of the God of Israel filled the Tent of Meeting in the form […]

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Christ is Risen! Today’s Sunday is called the Sunday of the Blind Man. The event described in the Evangel of Saint John is confirmation of the words said by the Saviour, “I am the light of the world”. But let’s […]

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Christ is Risen! “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” (Mt.5,3). This claim of our Saviour, no matter how familiar and common it seems to us, in fact, is “a stone of stumbling and […]

In the name of the Father and of the Son and the Holy Spirit! Christ is Risen! Today’s Holy Gospel is usually read during blessing of waters, these words are well known to all of us. The Lord Jesus Christ entered Jerusalem and came to the so-called sheep pool (Bethesda), a sad and dirty place […]

Christ is risen! “Christ is risen indeed!” – this joyful answer to the exclamation “Christ is risen” characterizes the Easter days no less than all singing. Sorrow and grief accompany all our life but they are always followed by joy. So on these days joy bursts into our soul after sorrowful tears and great grief […]

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Christ is risen! Our Church devotes the first Sunday after Easter to Evangelic story about Thomas, Christ’s disciple who said he wouldn’t believe the resurrection of Jesus Christ till he touched Him himself. What is the essence of this story? […]