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The Feast of the Annunciation at the Monastery

On April 7, our monastic community celebrated one of the twelve Great Feasts of the church calendar — the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos. This year, the feast fell on Great Tuesday. Photos by Maxim Chernogolov.

Mary of Egypt: Desert Flower, Sinner, Saint

Every Great Lent, the Church remembers the ascetic struggle of St Mary of Egypt. In the scorching heat, thirst, sands, and barren rocks, this remarkable desert flower grew, and her spiritual fragrance comforts us to this day.

A Gentle Song of Springtime Pascha “Easter-Spring”

Through the song “Easter-Spring,” the community invites us into the quiet miracle of Resurrection — not with thunderous declarations, but with the warmth of a shared smile and the rustle of spring leaves.

My three most memorable Easters

"Paschal joy reaches down to the gloomiest, darkest and most hopeless corners; its brings light even to the most sorrowful and unbelieving souls. Here are some highlights of the Great and Holy Pascha at different times of my life," writes Tatyana…

Four Discourses on Pascha

Christ’s Resurrection serves as a display of God’s almighty power in the grand scheme of our salvation. He descended into the depths of hell after death. There, He conquered death as God and Master, rising again on the third day.

My gift of life from God on Pascha

I was working on a scaffold at my church when my fellow workers told me to come down because they thought the scaffolding was strong enough. Careless and proud, I told them to leave me alone to do my work…