Holy Land Pilgrimage 2022

We now have the program and prices put together for our pilgrimage to Jerusalem later this year. Please see the attached pamphlet and the video presentation below for details. Video presentation:   Some important things to note are: 1. We’re…

New Monastic Martyr Abbess Margaret of Menzelinsk

by Dr. Vladimir Moss  Abbess Margaret, in the world Maria Mikhailovna Gunarodnoulo, was born in 1865 or 1866 in a family of Greek origin. Before becoming a nun she lived in Kiev. Her spiritual father was Protopriest Alexander Korsakovsky, the…

Sermon on the Seven Maccabee Brothers (1 August)

by + B. P. Today, we begin a period of fasting. In some ways, this brings a certain sadness to us due to the solemnity and struggle of holy fasting. However, the Holy Church today finds a way to bring…

The Repose of St. Columba, Apostle of Scotland

Commemorated June 9, the day of St Columba’s repose in 597.      “While the blessed man was living in Iona, his holy countenance one day was lighted up suddenly with strange transports of joy; and raising his eyes to heaven…

SAINT MAXIMUS THE GREEK

By Dr. Vladimir Moss St. Maximus the Greek was an Athonite monk who was sent, according to Sir Steven Runciman, “by the Patriarch Theoleptus I to Russia in response to [Great Prince] Vassily III’s request for a skilled librarian. Maximus,…