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„Living water” as freedom in a fallen world

St. Theophan the Recluse The Lord said: If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed (John 8:36). Here is where freedom is! The mind is bound with bonds of ignorance, delusions, superstitions, and uncertainties; it struggles, but cannot get away from them. Cleave to the Lord and He will enlighten your darkness…

Dostoevsky for Parents and Children: (IX) Foma Danilov – The Russian Hero Tortured To Death

Previously in the Dostoevsky for Parents and Children series:   Varenka’s Memoirs (from the novel Poor Folk, 1846 [1883, 1887, 1897, DPC I])   An Honest Thief (from Stories of a Man of Experience, 1848 [suggested by the Introduction to the 1897 anthology, DPC V]   Nellie’s Story (from The Insulted and Injured, 1861 [1883, 1887, DPC VI]   At The Select Boarding School (from the…

Kontoglou on Understanding the Military Saints

Saint Demetrios, together with Saint George, are the two brave young lads of Christendom. They are down here on earth, and the two archangels Michael and Gabriel are in heaven. In ancient times they were painted without arms, but in later years they were depicted armed with swords and spears and dressed in iron shirts.…

Dostoevsky for Parents and Children: (VIII) A Centenarian

Previously in the Dostoevsky for Parents and Children series:   Varenka’s Memoirs (from the novel Poor Folk, 1846 [1883, 1887, 1897, DPC I])   An Honest Thief (from Stories of a Man of Experience, 1848 [suggested by the Introduction to the 1897 anthology, DPC V]   Nellie’s Story (from The Insulted and Injured, 1861 [1883, 1887, DPC VI]   At The Select Boarding School (from the…

Dostoevsky for Parents and Children: (VII) A Little Boy at Christ’s Christmas Tree

Previously in the Dostoevsky for Parents and Children series:     Varenka’s Memoirs (from the novel Poor Folk, 1846 [1883, 1887, 1897, DPC I])   An Honest Thief (from Stories of a Man of Experience, 1848 [suggested by the Introduction to the 1897 anthology, DPC V]   Nellie’s Story (from The Insulted and Injured, 1861 [1883, 1887, DPC VI]   At The Select Boarding School (from…

Dostoevsky for Parents and Children: (VI) Nellie’s Story

Previously in the Dostoevsky for Parents and Children series:  Varenka’s Memoirs (from the novel Poor Folk, 1846 [1883, 1887, 1897, DPC I]) An Honest Thief (from Stories of a Man of Experience, 1848 [suggested by the Introduction to the 1897 anthology, DPC V] At The Select Boarding School (from the novel The Adolescent, 1875 [1883, 1897, DPC II]) The Merchant’s Story (from the novel The Adolescent, 1875…

Dostoevsky for Parents and Children: (V) An Honest Thief

Previously in the Dostoevsky for Parents and Children series:  Varenka’s Memoirs (from the novel Poor Folk, 1846 [1883, 1887, 1897, DPC I]) At The Select Boarding School (from the novel The Adolescent, 1875 [1883, 1897, DPC II]) The Merchant’s Story (from the novel The Adolescent, 1875 [1897, DPC IV]) The Peasant Marey (from The Diary Of A Writer, January 1876 [1883, 1897, DPC III]) {In square brackets…

Dostoevsky for Parents and Children: (IV) Merchant Skotoboinikov’s Story

Previously in the Dostoevsky for Parents and Children series:  Varenka’s Memoirs (from the novel Poor Folk, 1846 [1883, 1887, 1897, DPC I]) At The Select Boarding School (from the novel The Adolescent, 1875 [1883, 1897, DPC II]) The Peasant Marey (from The Diary Of A Writer, January 1876 [1883, 1897, DPC III]) {In square brackets we indicate the original Anna Grigorievna…

Dostoevsky for Parents and Children: (III) The Peasant Marey

Previously in the Dostoevsky for Parents and Children series:  Varenka’s Memoirs (from the novel Poor Folk, 1846 [1883, 1887, 1897, DPC I]) At The Select Boarding School (from the novel The Adolescent, 1875 [1883, 1897, DPC II]) {In square brackets we indicate the original Anna Dostoevskaya anthologies in which the story appeared, followed by its order of posting in…