Archpriest Valentin Basyuk (New Zealand): “The Challenge of the Times for the Church is to Overcome the Triumph of Evil in the World”
Archpriest Valentin Basyuk (New Zealand): “The Challenge of the Time for the Church is Overcoming the Triumph of Evil in the World”After that incident, clarity of mind…
The Feat of One Proud Woman
Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Olga enters the church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople. Artist: Igor Mashkov Everyone knows only one thing about holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Olga: how she got…
The Gergesene Demonaic, and Zeal Not According to Knowledge
I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God—but not according to knowledge. Beloved, today’s Epistle opens with these words from the St Paul…
“There were spiritual fathers in those times”
Archimandrite Ambrose (Yurasov): September 10, 1938—May 7, 2020 I met with Archimandrite Ambrose (Yurasov), the father-confessor of the Convent of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos…
Ideologues: A Zeal Which is Not Enlightened
Photo: sobory.ru For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but it is not enlightened. For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness,…
Peter Mamonov: “If Only I Could Have Time to Prepare!”
Peter Mamonov A genius, a stunning actor, a Russian Orthodox man—Peter Mamonov has died. His transformation in life and art was a revelation for many. When…
How an American and a Russian Saved a Florida Church
The journey to America of Blessed Matrona of Moscow, one of the Russians’ most beloved saints, began at the end of February, when, with the blessing…
Emulate Their Faith
This sermon was given in on this day in 2006 by the namesake of St. Vladimir, Metropolitan Vladimir (Sabodan) of Kiev, of blessed memory. Photo: azbyka.ru By…
We Have to Come to God Before We Die
“There were spiritual fathers in those times”With simple, often popular and ingenuous words, Fr. Ambrose not only denounced sin, but penetrated into the penitent’s soul, expelling tears…
Father Isaac-Atallah (†7.16.1998): “I won’t become tempted even by all riches in the world. My life is in the monastery.”
Hieromonk Isaac-Atallah Hieromonk Isaac-Atallah, originally from Lebanon, one of the elders of the Holy Mountain especially revered in the Antiochian Orthodox Church and a disciple of Venerable…
It’s not just you, streaming the Olympics is a mess
Figuring out how to watch the Olympics this year has been frustrating. NBC holds broadcasting rights to the Games in the US, so it naturally seized on…
Scarlett Johansson is suing Disney over Black Widow’s streaming release
Scarlett Johansson is suing Disney over the simultaneous streaming release of Black Widow, which debuted the same day in theaters and on Disney Plus through its Premier…
Perspex screens ‘unlikely’ to block Covid, warns Sage
Perspex screens used as “Covid-safe” partitions in the workplace, beauty salons, barbers and shops may actually increase the spread of the virus if positioned incorrectly, Sage scientists…
Information Commissioner accused of chasing headlines instead of tackling nuisance calls
The investigation into Cambridge Analytica and its parent company SCL Group that prompted raids of offices, and led to fines for Facebook (£500,000), Vote Leave (£40,000) and…
Robinhood’s public trading is off to a rocky start
Robinhood started trading at $38, dropped about 10 percent, recovered, but still closed down 8 percent at $34.90 on its first day of trading. It’s the worst…
The summer Intel fell behind
In the summer of 2020 Intel seemed poised for triumph. Then it all went wrong. “To put it briefly: Intel blew it,” explains Glenn O’Donnell, a research…
U.S. approves potential sale of $3.4 bln helicopters to Israel
WASHINGTON, July 30 (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Friday it has approved the potential sale of 18 CH-53K heavy lift helicopters to Israel in…
How to use transitions to make your TikTok videos more interesting
If you’re a TikTok creator, then you know how quickly those minutes of video can fly by. One of the ways you can move storytelling along is…
Tesla agrees to pay $1.5 million to settle battery throttling lawsuit
Tesla agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the company used a software update to reduce the maximum battery voltage for some of its…
A three-pack of Google Nest Minis is only $64 at eBay right now
Like Amazon’s Echo Dot, the Google Nest Mini is a miniature take on the larger smart speakers that came before it. The compact device doesn’t boast the…
How Facebook became a lifeline for immigrant bike messengers
It was a Monday night in June when César Solano Catalán heard that two of his fellow delivery cyclists had been robbed on the Willis Avenue Bridge,…
Microsoft is facing a subpoena for millions of documents in Google’s antitrust case
The sweeping federal antitrust case against Google has given rise to a significant fight over data held by Microsoft, and the company is now facing a subpoena…
‘Yobbish’ estate agent admits assaulting Chris Whitty in viral video
A “yobbish” former estate agent left Professor Chris Whitty “humiliated” after he put him in a headlock when England’s Chief Medical Officer declined to take a photo…
Elon Musk calls Apple’s App Store fees a ‘de facto global tax on the Internet’
Elon Musk has had a busy Friday on Twitter. After flatly denying that he has ever spoken to Apple CEO Tim Cook in response to a wild…
June heatwave was the ‘most extreme’ on record for North America
The devastating heatwave that struck the Northwest US and southwest Canada in June was “the most extreme summer heatwave” ever recorded in North America, according to a…