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
Cherishing enemies
The law used to demand that your neighbor be loved and allowed hatred against an enemy. Faith, rather, requires that enemies be... Read More
Elisabeth Behr-Sigel, 1907-2005
by Jerry Ryan On November 26, Elisabeth Behr-Sigel died while reading in bed. She was 98. Until the end she was alert,... 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
St. Nicholas the Wonder-Worker
St. Nicholas of Myra was born in about 280 AD in the town of Patara within the Province of Lycia, Asia Minor.... 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