The Saint Euphrosynos Cafe

Archbishop Seraphim did indeed condemn sophiology and the teachings of Fr. Sergius Bukgakov, the main proponent of this theology. He also was one of the first to condemn ecumenism and it was largely under his influence that the MP condemned ecumenism in the 40's, after World War II, when he moved to ...

Today I learned of a 7-8th century Orthodox saint from the region where our monastery is located, Haute Normandie. Our Venerable Mother Austreberthe, born around 630, embarked upon the monastic life at an early age. She was tonsured by Saint Omer (or Audomar), one of the enlighteners of this region ...

Thank you, Barbara. Our other parish communities are in Barcelona, Spain (with a permanent priest, Fr. Grefory, and a small monastic dependancy of the Lesna monastery), Strasbourg, in France, on the German border, Guildford in Great Britain, and 2 in Germany: Loeningen, up north, and Hennef, between ...

A few months ago I was "friended" by Metropolitan Daniel Mogutnov on Facebook. Until recently he was with Met. Raphael's of Moscow's group, then he joined a group that seems to have its base in Italy. Today he posted information that he claimed had never been disclosed before, revealing that he had ...

Nun Agnia Orlova-Chesmenskaya was a well-known ascetic. I remeber St. Philaret speaking about her. Besides St. Feofil she was close to the foundress of the Novodevichiy convent in St. Petersburg, Abbess Feofania (Gotoctseva) and her assistant, the nun Varsonofia, who had been a sort of adopted ...

A new priest, Fr. Romaric d'Amico was ordained with the blessing of Archbishop Tikhon (RTOC) for the mission of the Lesna Monastery in Europe by Bishop Nektarije (Ivankovic) of Shumadija (STOC) on the monastery's feast day in honor of the Lesna Miracle-working Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God on ...