Україною триває хресний хід миру «Україна під Покровом Богородиці» з чудотворною іконою Плащаниці Божої Матері з Єрусалима. Він розпочався в Києві 31 жовтня, пройде багатьмам містами і завершиться 27 листопада в Дніпропетровську

Escape from the mental prison of earthly vanity

We constantly struggle for earthly comfort, forgetting that the spirit breathes in the vertical dimension. The true Ascension will begin the moment our mind finally falls silent.

Righteous anger burns the heart to ashes

We have grown used to justifying malice as the defense of holy things. But an honest conversation with a righteous man strips away our illusions, leaving us alone with the scorched emptiness of our own heart.

A mirror over the icon: the trap of “proper” piety

We hide from anxiety in the church rule, pore over rubrics and akathists – and may fail to notice the moment we begin praying to our own reflection rather than to Christ.

Babylonian сonstruction on the Dnieper bank and the collapse of power unity

The state is trying to legitimize the seized churches. But the attempt to replace the living Church with an administrative standard exactly repeats the mistake of the builders in the land of Shinar.

Spiritual blindness and the cost of true freedom

The Gospel miracle of healing exposes the abyss between living faith and social fear. An immersion into mystical theology and the mysteries of true sobriety.

The feat of Boris and Gleb against the cult of war

The memory of the first saints of Rus’ exposes a terrifying distortion of meaning. Their refusal to shed a brother’s blood shatters modern propaganda of violence beneath church vaults.