Elder Sophrony was born in Moscow on the 22nd of September 1896 and named Sergei Simeonovich Sakharov. Sergei Sakharov grew up in a large Orthodox family with four brothers and four

THE HOLY APOSTLE PETER Peter was the son of Jonah and the brother of Andrew, the First-called. He was of the tribe of Simeon, from the town of Bethsaida. He

ICON OF THE MOST HOLY MOTHER OF GOD OF “THE THREE HANDS” The Icon of the Mother of God, “Of the Three Hands”: In the ninth century during the time

THE HOLY GREAT-MARTYR MARINA Marina was born in Pisidian, Antioch of pagan parents. At the age of twelve, Marina learned about the Lord Jesus Christ: how He became incarnate of