saints

@BrotherAugustine started a thread in the Orthodox Forum; only Orthodox members can reply in there, so I suggest we move it here so Roman Catholics, Protestants, and Orthodox Inquirers can contribute. I love Augustine. I've read Confessions(Pine-Coffin translation) at least 4 times, The...

I'd like to devote a thread to St. Augustine of Hippo, my Patron Saint. There is a lot of debate in modern Orthodoxy about St. Augustine (far more than there ever was during the ancient world) and it would be nice to have one place to discuss such things if anyone is interested. Particularly I...

I just discovered St. Nikolai Velimirovich. His life is fascinating, and his writing is engrossing. Here's a quote (pardon the formatting, as I had to copy-paste around advertisements): "Enemies have driven me into your embrace more than friends have. Friends have bound me to earth, enemies...

https://www.radioalbion.com/2023/10/the-orthodox-nationalist-elder-paisios.html

You guys may like/appreciate the Manly Saints Substack, which focuses on the lives and examples of Catholic saints. The stories are well written, short, and very descriptive: This is the Substack: https://manlysaints.substack.com/ This is the latest post...