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Modern Orthodox Saints and Holy Fathers & Mothers: Ivan Michailovich Kontzevitch

Modern Orthodox Saints and Holy Fathers & Mothers: Ivan Michailovich Kontzevitch

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     Ivan Michailovich Kontzevitch was born in 1893 in Poltava, Ukraine. He was the eldest of five children. His father, Michael Ivanovich, graduated from the Department of Natural Sciences in Warsaw University and became a tax inspector. Ivan’s mother, Alexandra Ivanovna Lisenevskaya was a Carpatho-Russian and the daughter of a judge. Alexandra finished secondary school and then married at a young age. She is described as a “born teacher” and she knew how to bring up her children without…

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Sermon on Holy Pentecost by St John of San Francisco

Sermon on Holy Pentecost by St John of San Francisco

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Source: fatheralexander.org God is a holy Trinity. A Trinity consubstantial and indivisible. Consubstantial, that is, one essence, one nature. A Trinity indivisible: the Son has never been divided from the Father, nor the Holy Spirit from the Father or the Son, and never will be divided. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are not three gods, but one God, since They have one nature. But not only because of this. People also have one nature, one essence. But with people…

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Tonight’s Akathist with Class has been cancelled

Tonight’s Akathist with Class has been cancelled

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Tonight’s akathist and the continuation of the class on “The Unseen Warfare” has necessarily been postponed due to choir constraints and updates from those usually attending the class indicating that they will not be able to be present tonight.  For those of you who wish to attend services this evening, I strongly recommend attending the Vigil tonight at the monastery for Sts. Constantine and Helen, transferred to tomorrow due to Pentecost.

“The Light Always With Us”, An Interview with Archpriest Alexey Ohotin

“The Light Always With Us”, An Interview with Archpriest Alexey Ohotin

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A very interesting interview with Archpriest Alexey Ohotin, the rector of Holy Annunciation Church in Flushing, NY (ROCOR).  I found it especially interesting that his great uncle was the Spiritual Father and Confessor of St. Elizabeth (Feodorovna) the New Martyr and Grand Duchess of Russia. Natalia Volkova, Archpriest Alexey OkhotinThe Light Always With UsIn the Mystery of confession, a person opens his soul, and God forgives him through the priest. Sometimes even after absolution from a sin, a person is…

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The Prayer of the Heart for the Faithful Living in the World

The Prayer of the Heart for the Faithful Living in the World

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By: Elder Joseph of Vatopedi Source: orthodoxinfo.com The question is always being asked, “Is it possible for those living in the world to occupy themselves with noetic prayer?” To those who ask we answer quite affirmatively, “Yes.” In order to make this exhortation of ours comprehensible to those interested, but at the same time to make aware those who are unaware, we will briefly explain this, so that no one will be placed in a quandary by the various interpretations and…

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On Practicing the Jesus Prayer

On Practicing the Jesus Prayer

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By: St. Ignaty Brianchaninov Source: Orthodox Life, vol. 28, no. 5, Sept.-Oct. 1978, pp. 9-14. The correct practice of the Jesus Prayer proceeds naturally from correct notions about God, about the most holy name of the Lord Jesus, and about man’s relationship to God. God is an infinitely great and all-perfect being. God is the Creator and Renewer of men, Sovereign Master over men, angels, demons and all created things, both visible and invisible. Such a notion of God teaches…

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A sermon on Holy Ascension by Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov)

A sermon on Holy Ascension by Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov)

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“It is audacious and sinful before God to be depressed in this beautiful and wondrous world, which the Lord created for us and through which He leads us to an even more beautiful and wondrous world—the Kingdom of Heaven.” In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit! “I am with you, and no one can be against you,” says the Lord to everyone who believes in Him. No sorrows, no temptation, not even the most terrifying catastrophes should…

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