Saturday, August 8, 2026

My Grandmother was a Whisperer, and now they've Refused to Hold a Funeral Service for her

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Question for a priest. Archpriest Andrei Efanov My grandmother died. In life, she was a “whisperer” (sorcerer). The priest didn...
Friday, August 7, 2026

Unwilling to Speak "from himself", a Priest May Remain Silent if God has not Revealed anything to him

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From a conversation with Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh. Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh (1914 - 04.08.2003) There are two examples...
Thursday, August 6, 2026

In a Passionate State, Tears should not be Trusted

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Venerable Macarius of Optina. "Edifying Teachings" (from letters). Venerable Macarius of Optina (1788-1860) You inform me...
Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Pride Combined with Prayer can even Lead to Mental Disorders

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Archimandrite Sergius (Shevich) (1903 – 25.07.1987) S. Devyatova. "Elders and Ascetics of the 20th-21st Centuries. Biographies,...
Monday, August 3, 2026

Freedom is Given by God to those who Cut out their Own Will

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Saint Silouan the Athonite (1866 - 24.9.1938) Saint Silouan the Athonite. We all suffer on earth and seek freedom, but few know what fr...
Sunday, August 2, 2026

With what Attitude toward Pride should one Deliver Sermons?

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Elder Paisios of the Holy Mountain (1924 – 12.7.1994) Elder Paisios the Athonite. "Words." Vol. 5. Only humble thoughts bri...
Tuesday, June 30, 2026

It's Risky to Desire to See Apparitions of Saints

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Elder Paisios of the Holy Mountain (1924 – 12.7.1994) Venerable Elder Paisios the Athonite. "Words." Volume VI. The presence o...
Monday, June 29, 2026

The Villagers Believed the False Elder who Predicted the End of the World for the Following Day

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Archimandrite Pavel (Gruzdev) (1910 - 13.1.1996) Hegumen Peter (Pigol). "Archimandrite Pavel (Gruzdev)." From Father Pavel...
Sunday, June 28, 2026

On the Signs of Delusion

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Bishop Vasily of Kineshma (1876 - 13.08.1945) Bishop Vasily of Kineshma. "Conversations on the Gospel of Mark." If, without...
Saturday, June 27, 2026

Examples When One Can See That There Is No Will of God (For Marriage or Monasticism)

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Archpriest Vladimir Vorobyov Archpriest Vladimir Vorobyov. But you still need to seek God's will. How? You need to pray. You need t...
Friday, June 26, 2026

A Nun Boasted that she had never Experienced the Carnal Passion

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Archimandrite Gennady (in schema Gregory) (1911 – 19.7.1987) "Great Russian Elders." Archimandrite Gennady (in schema Grego...
Thursday, June 25, 2026

Insistently Asking for a Blessing is Fulfilling one's Will

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Archimandrite Raphael (Karelin) Archimandrite Raphael (Karelin). "On the Path from Time to Eternity." Hegumeness Angelina rec...
Saturday, June 20, 2026

Delusion via Night Dreams

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Saint Macarius of Optina (1788-1860) Letters of St. Macarius of Optina. ...Your dream cannot be trusted precisely because it disturbed ...
Friday, June 19, 2026

A Demon, Disguised as an Angel, Began Waking a Monk for Services

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St. Leo of Optina (1768 - 1841) From the life of St. Leo of Optina "In the first days after joining the monastery," recounted...
Wednesday, June 17, 2026

When Heaven is Silent, one should not do anything

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Schema-Archimandrite Michael (Krechetov) (1937 - 14.11.2025) From a conversation with the elder Archpriest Valerian Krechetov. (before h...
Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Many of those who Fell into Delusion Prayed with Prayer with Imagination

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Archimandrite Raphael (Karelin). "On the Path from Time to Eternity." Saint Seraphim (Romantsov) Schema-Archimandrite Serap...
Saturday, June 6, 2026

On Tears Before Cleansing from Passions

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Venerable Ambrose of Optina. From Letter 391.  St. Ambrose of Optina (1812 - 1891) You also write that Peter Damascene confused you w...
Friday, June 5, 2026

Falling into Sins that Reproach the Conscience Can be Due to Subtle Mental Demeaning of Others

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Saint Macarius of Optina (1788-1860) "Great Russian Elders." Venerable Macarius of Optina. Consider the actions of your heart...
Sunday, May 31, 2026

An Example of How a Person Found an Elder Who Revealed God’s Will to Him

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Archpriest Vladimir Vorobyov From a conversation with Archpriest Vladimir Vorobyov. I can only tell you one thing from my own experienc...
Saturday, May 30, 2026

Who Can Teach Others

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St. Theophan the Recluse (1815 - 1894) Apophthegmata Partum as translated by St. Theophan the Recluse. Chapter X. About reasoning. 115...
Wednesday, December 31, 2025

You Cannot Trust Yourself either During Peace or During Temptations

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Venerable Isaac the Syrian of Nineveh. "Spiritual Alphabet". Venerable Isaac the Syrian (~ VI - VIII cent.) Distrust. In...
Tuesday, December 30, 2025

A Priest was Suspended for Excessive Asceticism

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From the memoirs of Hegumen Nikon (Vorobyov). Hegumen Nikon (Vorobyov) (1894 - 7.9.1963) “I began serving as a priest, and the bette...
Thursday, December 25, 2025

One shouldn't Choose a Priest as a Spiritual Father, if he Disobeys or Strongly Criticizes his Superiors

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Bishop Kirill (Zinkovsky) Question to the bishop. Bishop Kirill (Zinkovsky), Sergiev Posad. From the answer to the question "How ...
Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Bishop on Daily Communion

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  Metropolitan Longin of Saratov and Volsk Question to the Bishop. Dear Vladyka! I ask for clarification on how to properly prepare f...
Sunday, December 14, 2025

Father Dimitry on how to Get Rid of Vanity

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Russian Hour with Archpriest Dimitry Smirnov (October 3, 2005). Radio Radonezh. Archpriest Dimitry Smirnov (1951 - 21.10.2020) Listen...
Thursday, December 4, 2025

The Girl Did Not Listen to the Elder Not To Get Married, and Her Husband Killed Her

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Saint elder Sebastian of Karaganda (1884 – 19.4.1966) Alexey Fomin. "Holy Seers. The Gift of Clairvoyance". Elder Sebastian of...
Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Fear of the First Confession After a Dissolute Lifestyle

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Question to a Priest. SPAS TV, September 17, 2024 Archpriest Alexander Nikolsky Archpriest Alexander Nikolsky is in the studio. View...
Tuesday, December 2, 2025

At the Sight of the Terrible Demon, the Elder Continued His Prayer Rule

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Hegumen Philaret (Danilevsky) (1777 - 1841) Lives of Russian Ascetics of Piety of the 18th-19th centuries. March. Hegumen Philaret fr...
Monday, December 1, 2025

How to Avoid Moralizing when Giving Instructions

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St. Theophan the Recluse (1815 - 1894) Apophthegmata Partum as translated by St. Theophan the Recluse. 139. The elder said: when you gi...
Saturday, October 25, 2025

It is Impossible to Love your Enemies without God's Grace

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Saint Silouan the Athonite (1866 - 24.9.1938) Archimandrite Sophrony (Sakharov). "Saint Silouan the Athonite". When the sou...
Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Is It Possible To Be Admonished by God During Prayer?

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Archpriest Dimitry Smirnov (1951 - 21.10.2020) Question on air of Radio "Radonezh" to Archpriest Dimitry Smirnov on March 28,...
Tuesday, October 21, 2025

The Elder did not Allow those who Fasted without Permission to Receive Communion

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Saint elder Sevastian of Karaganda (1884 – 19.4.1966) Maxim Yanyshevsky. "Characteristics of Religious Life in Soviet Kazakhstan in...
Friday, October 17, 2025

On the Harm of "General Confession"

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Archpriest Vladimir Vorobyov. Archpriest Vladimir Vorobyov So what to do then? How to confess everyone? And all the people are unkno...
Sunday, October 12, 2025

Saint Macarius the Great Did Not Believe Himself Even After Death

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From the life of Saint Macarius the Great. Saint Macarius the Great (300 - 390) Serapion, the writer of the life of the Saint, adds the...
Monday, October 6, 2025

Should Complete Obedience Be Only in Relation to the Elder?

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From an interview with Archpriest Vladimir Volgin Archpriest Vladimir Volgin – Father Vladimir, in your opinion, should we have impe...
Sunday, August 24, 2025

Saint Sergius Drove Away a Demon That Came to a Woman in the Guise of Her Husband

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Saint Anthony of Radonezh. "Letters from the Monastery". Saint Anthony of Radonezh (1808 - 1873) March 20, 1851 <...>...
Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Elder Silouan about the Signs of Grace and Delusion

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Archimandrite Sophrony (Sakharov). "Saint Silouan, the Athonite". Saint Silouan the Athonite (1866 - 24.9.1938) In our desire...
Monday, May 19, 2025

If You Teach, Then Don’t Say That It Is From Your Own Experience

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Hegumen Nikon (Vorobiev) (1894 - 7.9.1963) Hegumen Nikon (Vorobiev). "Unpublished letters". Don’t lecture anyone, and if you ...

The Elder, Out of Love, Took Upon Himself the Infirmities of Those Who Came

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Elder Mikhail (Pitkevitch) (1877-1962) From the book "By the God-Created Caves”, from the story about Elder Mikhail (Pitkevich). ...
Friday, May 16, 2025

Don’t Be Too Right

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Schema-Archimandrite Michael (Krechetov) (1937 - 14.11.2025) From a conversation with the elder Archpriest Valerian Krechetov (Schema-Arc...

What Is the Difference Between a Layman and a Monk in Terms of Obedience?

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Bishop Methodius (Kondratiev) Bishop Methodius (Kondratiev) of Kamensk and Kamyshlov. What is the difference between a layman and a mo...
Sunday, May 11, 2025

If Left Unchecked, People Will Receive Communion Several Times a Day

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Archpriest Vladimir Vorobyov. Archpriest Vladimir Vorobyov It must be said that in the East, in Greece and other Balkan countries, Con...