There is no other path to salvation but love for God and neighbor.He who loves God strives to fulfill His commandments. He who loves his neighbor strives to serve him.In this simplicity lies the whole mystery of spiritual life. —Schema-Archimandrite Iliy (Nozdrin) On March 15, 2025, in his ninety-fourth year of life, the revered…
A great missionary and preacher of the twentieth century, the “Serbian Chrysostom”, Bishop Nikolai Velimirovich: Serbia’s New ChrysostomWhile the mere facts of Bishop Nikolai’s life inspire awe, such a skeletal portrait does not explain his spiritual magnetism and the soul-penetrating power of his writings. These were the fruit of his life-long striving to know and…
I heard this story in one of the towns of the Nizhny Novrogod Region. We had come there to attend a church-affiliated social event, which also included a luncheon. Once seated at the table, the participants of the event, among them the believers, the church well wishers and probably some who had little to do…
Skopje, North Macedonia, March 18, 2025 Photo: mpc-spe.mk The Holy Synod of the Macedonian Orthodox Church-Ohrid Archbishopric issued a statement yesterday expressing its profound grief over the tragic fire in Kočani that claimed many young lives. While acknowledging the impossibility of adequate human consolation, the hierarchs offer spiritual comfort through faith that the deceased…
Kozelsk, Kaluga Province, Russia, March 17, 2025 Photo: Foma Elder Iliy (Nozdrin), the most beloved and revered elder of the Russian Church, reposed in the Lord on Saturday night, March 15. He was 93 years old at the time of his repose, Optina Monastery reports. Schema-Archimandrite Iliy spent decades laboring in asceticism at Pskov…
