The Saint Euphrosynos Cafe

For those of you who will and can remember, it is our 'duty' as Eastern Orthodox (or maybe that's just for Russian Orthodox ??? I don't know) to pray heavily for the reposed on the 3rd, 9th and 40th day. The 9th day of repose will be here Tuesday the 28th as Fr. Trespatschko reposed in the Lord arou...

Dear Friends, Protopriest Fr. Anatoly Trepatschko peacefully reposed in the Lord Monday, July 20th 2015 at approximately 2:00pm. Church of the Assumption, Stafford, VA The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia - Under the Omophor of His Grace, Bishop STEFAN of Trenton and North America Member of...

In my opinion, I feel the real ROCA is the Vitaly group now under Bishop Vladimir. Meet the team; http://roca-sobor.org +++++ Your post has been abridged to reduce the polemics. Please do not post polemical material in the public forums. Below is the link to your unedited polemical thread, which has...

ROCie, ROCA and who knows how many others became 'cowboys'.. it really confuses me how the present day agafangelites made their choice here in the west.

In my opinion, I feel the real ROCA is the Vitaly group now under Bishop Vladimir. Meet the team; http://roca-sobor.org

I hate to admit I didn't know about the Battle of Kursk at all, let alone that it was the biggest in history. I would have thought Stalingrad would have fit for that dubious title. So Kursk was bigger than Stalingrad ?? No wonder the Kursk Icon was discovered there : the Mother of God's Help would ...

Whereabouts is your father's town in Kaluga oblast ? Anywhere near Kozelsk and Optina by chance ? From reading the Elders' Lives, i have become familiar with a few of those towns, but hardly all of them ! Perhaps a pilgrim was traveling through a village or a visitor to one of the Elders was from t...

About your friends in Moscow's statements, they must not have seen too much of this country on their vacations if they think that there is just a little wrong here ! They were being 'polite' in their comment. They absolutely love the freedom and USA. What they don't fully understand is the amount o...