Dear Sister in Christ, Nina, Greetings in our Lord Jesus Christ. We (at least I) have still not recovered from the events of the last two weeks or so. Wednesday Vladika Nektary came to us with the Kursk Icon, a moving experience for us all; and then I accompanied the Icon to Etna, where it … Read more

Dear Brother in Christ, Luke [Walmsley], Rejoice in our Lord Jesus Christ! This will be brief, as our summer season is on and we are busier that ever — 19 pilgrims in one day! Still, we thank God, as so far all our pilgrims come for spiritual reasons and there are no “tourists.” Even though … Read more

Dear Dr. Kalomiros, Greetings in our Lord Jesus Christ. We haven’t heard from you since we sent our letter to you on Evolution. Did you receive it? Please let us know. We would very much like to hear your comments, either on the whole letter or on individual points. Since writing it, I have looked … Read more

Dear Brother in Christ, Alexey, We were glad to hear of your joyous Pascha and the spiritual profit from these holy days for the Etna Orthodox community. Do not worry about the increased responsibilities and new souls that come your way; God will not send you more burdens than you can bear, and what can … Read more

Dear Sister in Christ, Nina, Here I promised you an “epistle” in Bright Week, and I’m sending you instead half an epistle the next week. Please forgive my negligence and pray for me and us all so that we won’t be entirely fruitless servants of Christ our risen Saviour. Glory be to God, the last … Read more

Dear Sister in Christ, Nina, Rejoice in the Lord! Will try to answer your questions one at a time. Concerning particular questions like job, people problems — individually they aren’t important and they really can’t be solved one at a time. Instead, try to keep the whole picture in mind. Where is your heart? If … Read more

Dear Brother in Christ, Alexey, Greetings in our Lord Jesus Christ, We have started the new Orthodox Word, so typing on my letter to Kalomiros is just beginning. We just spent four evenings, after evening trapeza, listening to the whole Kalomiros letter and then my reply. I can safely say that the whole Brotherhood was … Read more

Dear Brother in Christ, Alexey, Greetings in our Lord Jesus Christ. I pray this has found you successfully laboring after three weeks of the fast. After the labor of fasting, what joy in the week of Pascha! (The services are also very short — how wise the Church is with our fallen nature!) I have … Read more

Dear Dr. Kalomiros, Greetings in our Lord Jesus Christ. We have received your letter concerning “evolution,” for which we thank you very much. I have read it, trying, as you said, to remove all Western conceptions from my mind. I hope, if God gives me the strength, to study your points carefully and write you … Read more

Dear Brother in Christ, Alexey, Greetings in our Lord Jesus Christ. We received yesterday the long-awaited epistle of Dr. Kalomiros on “evolution” — 40 pages long! I must confess that it is shocking beyond our expectations — giving the “evolutionary” teaching quite unadorned and unqualified, complete with the “evolved beast Adam” and “he who denies … Read more