13 ноября 2015 года в Запорожье состоялась канонизация 15-го запорожского святого – последнего кошевого атамана Запорожской Сечи праведного Петра Калнышевского. Чин прославления возглавил Блаженнейший Митрополит Киевский и всея Украины Онуфрий

The Weeping Queen of Blachernae

On the night of the Feast of the Protection, only two people witnessed the miracle in the Church of Blachernae. Everyone else prayed and saw nothing. Yet they, too, received grace.

Deadly spiral of human hatred

The tragedy of Lebanon's civil war lays bare how dehumanization and fear can turn human beings into monsters.

Woe to expectant mothers – or to those of little faith?

God commanded one prophet not to have children, yet told his people in exile to bear sons and daughters. What does this apparent contradiction tell us today?

The help God never asked for

Uzzah wanted only to keep the Ark of the Covenant from falling into the dust. Why did this well-intentioned act cost him his life, and who was really responsible for his death?

Freedom begins when there's nothing left to take

Fear of persecutors takes root in our attachment to possessions. We turn to St. Basil the Great to understand why the prefect's threats held no power over him.

The bride in the window frame

The author of the earliest account of St. Thecla’s life was defrocked. Yet it was his book that preserved the only ancient description of the Apostle Paul’s appearance.