The Saint Euphrosynos Cafe

"By God’s mercy we have again acquired the opportunity to renew our glorification of the King of Glory for His great condescension toward us sinners. The King of the Archangels and Angels, the Creator of heaven and earth descends from the heavens and becomes the Son of Man. The uncontainable Go...

Yes, see if you can have your best friend advise him to look into attending an Orthodox Church there ! There must be a good selection, so perhaps even a True Orthodox parish would be possible. That's a good thought, Handmaiden, and we will add our prayers to yours. Let us know if you hear more about...

Of course, what was to follow in their lives would qualify for the most severe form of "PTSD". Suddenly having to do the work of maids and menial servants during their stay at the Governer's Mansion in Tobolsk, the dirt, the incredible cold, the isolation from friends or supporters, linger...

If we are trying to understand the 4 Grand Duchesses, I think the distance from their mother as well as the lack of experience of life in the world is the most important. Why did they not seem to exude independent identities [ at least, until this book appeared ! ] One could almost say that they wer...

Here is this year's. Amazingly, the Cathedral sculpture is put at the very end of the 22 images ! Such a statement. There is also a different date given this year in the slideshow notes. While the title says "31st Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival", the notes claim that the Festiv...

What does get analyzed is the influence of Rasputin, and possible views of the 4 Grand Duchesses toward him. For example, Olga made a statement after his murder which did not sound as though she regretted that he was gone from Russia. Up til then, readers have the impression that the children were a...

Continued : In making these points about the perhaps warped upbringing of the 4 Grand Duchesses, the author is not ever criticizing. She is merely letting us, the readers, have a glimpse into the girl's real world. It would not be believable if they had had every last thing in their lives to perfect...