The Saint Euphrosynos Cafe

Dear Brothers and Sisters, While surfing the Internet the other day, I ran across a website called pokrov.org, whose stated purpose is, if I'm not mistaken the exposure of those within Orthodoxy guilty of abuse as well as helping the victims of abuse. Can anyone bring me up to speed regarding this o...

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

I am seeking the troparion and kontakion in English for St.
Tamara of Georgia and St. Joasaph of Belgorod. I'm also seeking a short biography of St. Joasaph that I could use on my website which would thus be in the public domain. I thank you for your help.

My general health seems to be getting worse and worse, bit by bit. I suffer from diabetes, hypertension, asthma, degenerative joint disease, sleep apnea, and a few other goodies. Nothing tries the spirit so much as chronic disease and pain. I don't ask for healing so much as the Lord's help in simpl...

Just one thing you might try - If it is a matter of her not believing that the Orthodox Church is a legitimate Church and thus knows what it is talking about, take her to your nearest encyclopedia. If it is a creditable one such as the Britannica, you will find a rather large article explaining just...

Posted by Nicholas:

I too hope to see the day that Fr. Seraphim Rose is glorified.

I simply have to ask: Why? Has our Church or any Hierarch of our Church decided that he meets the criteria set forth for glorification?

First of, I'd like to correct an erroneous impression which I may have given. I am not a monk. I'm not even a novice anymore. I spent three years as a novice at Glorious Ascension Monastery in Georgia and, due to reasons of bad health, had to forego the monastic vocation. It is my fervent desire to ...

Actually, I have pretty much divested myself of everything except my Orthodox library, and my computer repair reference library. I suppose that there are a very few other odd volumes that were given as gifts and thus have a sentimental value but that's it. Pretty amazing when I consider the amount o...