stainedglassinc.com Father, I have sinned against Heaven, and before thee (Lk. 15:18) Beloved brethren, who among us has not and does not work for sin every day, voluntarily or involuntarily, consciously or unconsciously, knowingly or unknowingly? Who has not angered the Lord, Who is boundless On Truth and LoveThe hardest thing is to preserve…
In 1868, Priest Dorimedont Protopopov was sent to the Tungus people on account of his knowledge of the Yakut language and wide popularity among the natives. Since there were no chapels or churches on their territory, they themselves sent messengers on reindeer for Fr. Dorimedont to come to one of the rivers where they…
February 17 is the feast-day of Priest Eustace (Yevstafy) Sokolsky. He prayed to God, served at the same church for forty-two years, loved and pitied people, raised his children, cultivated a garden, but he did not conform to the Soviet Government. The priest’s fate is one of many, but it is a true example of…
Holy Schema-Abbess Sophia of Kiev (1873–1941)Sonya broadly made the sign of the cross over the wolf and began praying aloud. The wolf stood as if listening, then slowly retreated and disappeared into the ravine. “>Part 1 The Holy Protection Convent in 1912 The Holy Protection Convent was founded in 1889 by Grand Duchess Alexandra…
Website of the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and Kuril Diocese It is not the promised land but deserted, with nomadic herds of wild goats freely breeding in the valley of the great Amur River. From ancient times it belonged to a small Tungus tribe that lived peacefully in its vast steppes until the Yakut Cossacks came to…
