St. Elizabeth the New Martyr: from Palace to Mine Shaft
by Lily Emilia Clerkx Elizabeth Feodorovna was born in 1864, a German Hessian princess. Her maternal grandmother was Queen Victoria. At age... Read More
Wisdom from St. John Chrysostom
As it is not to be imagined that the fornicator and the blasphemer can partake of the sa- cred Table, so it... Read More
Good Reading
Mother Maria Skobtsova: Essential Writings Orbis Books, 2003, pp 192, $15 ISBN: 1-57075-436-5 edited by Helene Klepinin-Arjakovsky preface by Olivier Clement, introduction by... Read More
Post-Holocaust theology
The relevance of Western post-Holocaust theology to the thought and practice of the Russian Orthodox Church a paper given at the second... Read More
The Asceticism of the Open Door
by Mother Maria Skobtsova This is an extract from an essay, “The Second Gospel Commandment,” in Mother Maria Skobtsova: Essential Writings, published... Read More
Mother Maria Skobtsova Bibliography
This bibliography of works by and about Elizaveta Skobtsova is a work in progress. Additions and corrections are welcomed. Kris Groberg ,... Read More
The example of five saints
Jim Forest’s talk for the Sourozh Diocesan Conference in Oxford, presented 31 May 2004 Becoming the Gospel: the example of five newly... Read More
Icons of Saints Maria of Paris and those canonized with her plus prayers
Here is a small collection icons of St. Maria of Paris and those canonized with her. The Tropar and Kontak for the... Read More
Mother Maria of Paris: Saint of the Open Door
On January 18, 2004, the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul recognized Mother Maria Skobtsova as a saint along with... Read More
Becoming the Gospel: the example of four saints
by Jim Forest We should try to live in such a way that if the Gospels were lost, they could be re-written... Read More