Byzantine frescoes from the 15th century at the Church of Saint Paraskevi in Paphos, built in the 6th century.

My first friend that I met through X – Fadi Hawwa. Thank you very much for the warm interaction last night. God bless you! Fadi Hawwa 🇨🇾☦️🇱🇧 Ορθοδοξία - IC XC ☦ NIKA

I have observed that many people react vehemently when they hear about the demons’ assaults on the soul after death and about the scale weighing good deeds against evil ones. But is this not proof that they harbor passions fed by demons, passions they refuse to abandon, and

"The angels announce to people the mysteries of God and even His smallest wills, guiding them to live in love, in good deeds, and with righteousness, fulfilling in all things the will of the Lord. The angels are appointed to guard every believer, for from baptism, every

Saint Archangel Michael Icon, 14th century Mount Sinai, Egypt.

"Without winter there would be no spring, without spring there would be no summer. So it is in the spiritual life: a little consolation, then a little pain, and thus, little by little, the path of salvation is formed. The Lord could comfort us all the time, but ceaseless

"The greatest punishment God can give you is to leave you to your own will, with only the counsel of your own mind.” Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov

O great Leaders of the heavenly hosts, we, the unworthy, beseech you, that through your prayers you may shield us with the shelter of your immaterial wings of glory, guarding us who fall down with fervor and cry out: “Deliver us from perils, as Commanders of the Powers above.”

Once upon a time, in the grey autumn of 2019, far away in the land of Poland, there lived a young footballer named Marko Jovanović. He was swift as a swallow and strong as a young oak, but one day a cruel shadow crept into his body. The doctors, with their long white coats and

An unexpected miracle of Saint Nectarie at the Parish in Draxeni, Vaslui, Romania. The parish has the feast day of Saint Nectarie and houses a silver reliquary containing a particle from the holy relics of Saint Hierarch Nectarie of Aegina. When the priests came out with the

"God will not give you the people you want, but the people you need: to help you, to hurt you, to leave you, to love you, and to transform you into the person you were meant to be." St. Nectarios of Aegina

“When your soul is heavy, do not let it sink into silence, but lift it up through prayer and song.” Saint John Chrysostom

“If we do not hate the things worthy of reproach, we cannot sense the foul stench of their deeds, nor the corruption they spread, as long as we carry them in our souls. Until you cast out from yourself what is unfit, you will not know with what shame you are entwined, nor will

13.11.2025 – Veneration of the 100,000 Martyrs of Tbilisi at their place of martyrdom. Holy Martyrs, pray to God for us!

My dear Bucovina, the place with churches and mountains.❤️

When we feel the presence of the devil through despair, disorder, or temptation, we should make the Sign of the Holy Cross - for there is no more powerful weapon against evil forces than the Sign of the Son of Man. The Holy Cross reminds the devil of his defeat and proclaims the

Saint Hierarch Gregory the Wonderworker Icon from Constantinople, 12th century. 53 × 81 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

The true spiritual shepherd has the courage to pull the sheep from the wolf’s mouth, the patience to carry it on his shoulders, and the love to heal its wounds.