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Matushka Eugenia Rymarenko wrote a long pamphlet "Reminiscences : Recollections About Elder Nektary of Optina", published in 1993 by Jordanville Monastery. The 1st part is in a diary format with entries for each day that she was able to meet with Elder Nektary, against the backdrop of the...

Some others may not agree, but to me the worst choice of artwork displayed in this National Geographic issue was one which, thankfully, i can not reproduce here. The image is only available for sale by the "artist", whose name is Janet McKenzie. That "artist" rose to "fame&...

Oh, I never knew that ! What an arrogant thought - to inject oneself into a painting of that scene - or as any holy figure. I had no idea this might have happened, but it makes sense, though the Renaissance was of course the opposite of a pious time. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/t...

Elder Savvas of Mt. Athos to Fr. Nikodemos: A Letter of Confession Against the "Resist From Within" Heresy By Elder Savvas (Trichakis) Introduction The respected Elder, Father Savvas (Trichakis), had followed the policy of the nineteen ruling monasteries of Mount Athos, which believed, as...

Great !Thank you, eish. To clarify, in case any readers are not 100% clear, Archbishop Andrew [Maklakov] is a contemporary figure, the head of the American diocese of the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church headquartered in the classic city of Suzdal, part of what's called the Golden Ring of histori...

There are varied, interesting references to Elder Nektary here at Euphrosynos Cafe, but until now, he has not had his own thread ! Here is perhaps the fullest explanation of Elder Nektary's mysterious movements in the last five or six years of his life. It is from the book "Elder Nikon of Opti...

Information USED to be available, though it was minimal. I guess things have changed quite a bit during the time that this thread was "asleep" ! I suspect Met Filaret has no Bishop under him currently. Birmingham COULD BE his own place of residence. Many Australians move to the UK. This i...