In the 13th century, during the dreadful period of the Tartar invasion of Russia, the devastated province of Kursk was emptied of people and its principal city, Kursk, became a wilderness. Now, the residents of the city of Rylsk, which had been preserved from invasion, often...

St. John of Kronstadt

“Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire” (Ps. 104:4). These are the words of the King and Prophet David. With these words, he said that God created the wisest minds,...

22 October / 4 November

The celebration of the Most-holy Theotokos, in honor of her Icon known as the Kazan Icon, was established in thanks for the saving of Moscow and all Russia from the attack of the Poles in 1612. The late 16th and early...

S.I.Fudel

Chapter 11

"Let us, who mystically represent the Cherubim, and chant the thrice-holy hymn unto the life-creating Trinity," now lay aside all earthly cares, that we might lift up the King of all, who comes invisibly upborne on the spears...