The Saint Euphrosynos Cafe

Have you ever felt that all the articles on how to identify a sociopath or narcissist didn't apply fully to people you had known in real life ? Or perhaps, did not adequately describe the dynamics of the suspected sociopath's irritating interactions with you ? See if this description, written many ...

https://eeparchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Antony_and_Theodosius.jpg "This year marks the 950th anniversary of the repose of the founder of cenobitic monasticism in ancient Rus’ and abbot of the Kiev Caves from 1062 to 1074." -OrthoChristian ******************************************...

Why is it that you date that pedestal-placing of women to the Renaissance particularly, eish ? About the "nous", i remember the 1st time i read that term. It was paradoxically in a copy of that OCA journal "Ascend", was that the name of it ? Which was edited by the future OCA Me...

Matushka Eugenia Rymarenko wrote a long pamphlet "Reminiscences : Recollections About Elder Nektary of Optina", published in 1993 by Jordanville Monastery. The 1st part is in a diary format with entries for each day that she was able to meet with Elder Nektary, against the backdrop of the...

Some others may not agree, but to me the worst choice of artwork displayed in this National Geographic issue was one which, thankfully, i can not reproduce here. The image is only available for sale by the "artist", whose name is Janet McKenzie. That "artist" rose to "fame&...

Oh, I never knew that ! What an arrogant thought - to inject oneself into a painting of that scene - or as any holy figure. I had no idea this might have happened, but it makes sense, though the Renaissance was of course the opposite of a pious time. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/t...