While praying before His passion, the Lord Jesus asked God the Father to preserve His people, saying, “I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one” (John 17:15). That is because, in His divinity, He knew that the world would fight…

Our first vespers in a hotel room. Our little mission of Holy Apostles began in 2008, I believe. My husband Kevin and I had been Orthodox for nearly a year, driving to Nashville every Sunday with our four little girls to attend Liturgy. We realized that our kids would be growing up without any other…