August 15, 7533
This year, according to the civil calendar, marks 1,000 years since the martyric death of the holy passion-bearers Princes Boris and Gleb. A thousand years is an immense span of time that erases both the bad and the good from memory. However, there are enduring values over which time should have no power—at least, it…
HOW VLADIMIR WAS BAPTIZED, AND BAPTIZED HIS CHILDREN, AND THE WHOLE RUSSIAN LAND FROM END TO END, AND HOW BEFORE VLADIMIR, VLADIMIR’S GRANDMOTHER OLGA WAS BAPTIZED. WRITTEN BY JACOB THE MONK Father, bless! Paul, the holy apostle, teacher of the Church and light of the whole world, sending a letter to Timothy, said: “My child…
Venerable Father Afanasiy of Athos (Vigil). Holy Martyrs Anna and Kiryla.Finding of the Honorable Relics of the Venerable and God-bearing Father Sergiy, Wonderworker of Radonezh (Vigil). The relics of Venerable Sergiy (commemorated on September 25) were found 30 years after his repose, on July 5, 1422, during the time of Venerable Nikon, Abbot of Radonezh….
(To the Monk Olympius) This composition, though in form bearing the appearance of a letter according to its heading, exceeds the limits of a letter by its length and takes the shape of a long written narrative. Yet the subject about which you commanded me to write justifies this—being far broader than the scope allowed…