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[Sretensky Monastery]

Patronal Feast Day celebrations at Sretensky Monastery in Moscow

On Wednesday, September 8, 2010, the Feast of the Meeting of the Vladimir Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary, the Moscow Sretensky Monastery celebrated its patronal feast and fifteenth anniversary since the monastery officially began its existence as a podvorye of the Pksov-Caves Monastery.
[Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]

The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist

St. John of Shanghai

Being born exactly half a year before Christ, John the Forerunner by the exact time of his birth depicted his mission of preparing the way for the Lord. He was born at the time of the year (June 24) when the day begins to grow shorter after the summer solstice, whereas the Nativity of Christ occurs (December 25) when the day begins to grow longer after the winter solstice. These facts are an embodiment of the words spoken later, by the Forerunner, after the beginning of Christ's preaching: He must increase, but I must decrease (John 3:30).
[Theology]

Saint Hilarion (Troitsky). The Unity of the Church and the World Conference of Christian Communities

This brilliant defense of traditional Orthodox ecclesiology by the Holy New-Martyr Archbishop Hilarion — who received a martyr's crown on December 15th, 1929 —, does not seem to be well known, probably owing to its limited publication decades ago by a small monastery press in Canada.
[Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Living the Orthodox World-View. Part 1

A talk delivered by Hieromonk Seraphim (Rose) at the St. Herman Pilgrimage, August 1982, St. Herman of Alaska Monastery, Platina, California.