19 Sept, 2014

Harbin, China

In 1935 the Chinese Eastern Railway was sold, and the Russians were forced to return to Russia. With this came a great destruction of icons. Icons were … more

As was the custom in Metropolitan Vitaly’s day, the Holy Transfiguration Monastery once again celebrated its feast day on the first Sunday in Transfiguration.  Pilgrims gathered from … more

Word of Saint John of Kronstadt on the first week of the Great Lent, Week of Orthodoxy

Hereafter ye shall see heaven open. (John 1, 51)

I congratulate myself and many of you, my beloved … more

Beloved in Christ brothers and sisters.

Today the Holy Church celebrates one of the most beloved and respected saints of the Russian people, St Nicholas the Wonderworker. The words of the … more

Each of the Great Orthodox Festivals contains within itself both its historical origins, and also, most importantly, the annual repetition of its Divine Grace together with all its inherent power. … more

I was born in 1942 in Dairen, China and baptized in the Church of the Archangel Michael, by Father Innocent Patelim, who followed in the path of the new martyrs of Orthodoxy.

Prior to my … more

Today in the ROCA we often find the need to baptize adults coming to the Church from other Orthodox denominations, often Sergianist. This should not be seen as re-baptism; in other words a … more

 (From the letters of Hieromartyr Nectary, Bishop of Iaronsk)

Beloved!

I wish to write a few lines for our mutual edification and strengthening in Holy Orthodoxy.

Five years have … more