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10/07/2025

10/06/2025

Treat yourself to a short film on the life of St. Innocent, patron saint of our Press, to learn about his love, courage, and faith as we celebrate his glorification today.

https://youtu.be/d75HJ0f8lWI?si=6JnpzVa8zerwpPaq

10/01/2025

The rest of the book is also good!
Contemporary articles and sermons by a bishop who understands the problems facing today's Christians.
"Expanding the Limits of the Heart" akso has a section for those considering monasticism.

https://www.stinnocentpress.com/collections/books/products/expanding-the-limits-of-the-heart

09/28/2025

Today's Monthly Movie is all about the Liturgy. This video covers what happens at the Liturgy, beginning with preparatopm and the proskomedia.

The video is in English. There might be ads, but we endorse nothing, except learning about the Liturgy and coming frequently, with ever increasing love and understanding.

FOUNTAIN OF IMMORTALITY - A SPIRITUAL MEDITATION FROM THE HOLY FATHERS ON THE DIVINE LITURGYProduced by the Media Office of the Eastern American Diocese in c...

09/26/2025

Let us visit the cave of St. John of Prislop today on his feast!

According to his hagiographers, Saint John was a monk of the Prislop Monastery in southwestern Romania at the turn of the sixteenth century. After several years in that place, he went into the mountains to lead a solitary ascetical life, struggling against the assaults of the demons.

One day, while Saint John was making a window in his cell, he was shot and killed by a hunter on the other side of the creek, who mistook him for a wild animal.

Saint John’s holy relics were later brought to Wallachia (southern Romania). He was glorified by the Orthodox Church of Romania in 1992.

His cell has become a place of pilgrimage and spiritual refreshment. You can see photos of it in this article.

Holy Father John, pray to God for us!

09/24/2025

As we remember the Glorification of St. Xenia in 1978, it is good to think back on our hierarchs and pastors who prepared us for the service, and to remember their piety. "Grains of Wisdom and Piety" is a collection of the spiritual wisdom of the first 100 years of ROCOR hierarchs. It is comforting to see their pictures, and edifying to read their words.

GRAINS OF WISDOM AND PIETY from the Reposed Archpastors of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (on the 100th Anniversary of Its Founding) On the pages of this book, the reader will find a treasury of pastoral wisdom: one hundred “grains” from the reposed archpastors of the Russian Orthodox Church...

09/20/2025

This short animation is excellent preparation for the Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos.

Orthodox animation representing The Nativity of The Theotokos

09/18/2025

Courage is contagious.

Whether you call her Rais, Iris, Iraida, Irais, Herais or Rhais, you also have to call her brave.

St. Raisa was drawing water from the well when she saw a boat of Christians being tortured for their faith by a man named Loukianos, under the reign of the Emperor Diocletian in 303 AD. Moved by the suffering of the martyrs and outraged at this abuse, she told Loukianos to stop, but that if he was killing Christians, then he should just kill her, too, as she was a Christian. She was taken into custody and joined the group.

When they arrived at Antinopoulos, she was the first to be killed. It happened like this: Loukianos had said, "I spit on the Christian God!" St. Raisa stepped up, indignant, and instead spat in Loukianos' face, whereupon the tyrant ordered her to be tortured and beheaded. She died a martyr, and is an intercessor and inspiration. Many faithful and feisty Christian women are named for the saint.