Saint Lazarus died in the year 857 while returning from Rome, where he had been sent in a delegation on church matters to Pope Benedict III (855-858). His remains were taken to Constantinople and buried in the church of Saint Evandrus.
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Super Jump—a Jump into the Abyss
Priest Tarasiy Borozenets
“Super Jump” is not just a commercial pyramid selling a dubious method of personal success, but a networked neo-pagan sect with its own doctrine and cult practice. -
A “Mission Possible” to the Ancestors of the Magi: Orthodox Kurds and Other Iranian Peoples
Hieromonk Madai (Maamdi)
Today there are thousands of Christian Kurds and hundreds of Iranians who have converted to Orthodoxy on their own. It was from these new converts that the initiative to establish a mission began. -
Australia. Convent. Repentance
Abbess Maria (Miros)
Mother Maria was born in Australia and obtained a degree in medicine. But feeling a special call from God, she became a nun. We talked about the convent, choosing the monastic path, and repentance. -
Orthodoxy in India: Missionary Activity
Priest Clement Nehamaiyah (Nehemiah)
Indian culture appreciates deeds more than words, so preaching unsupported by deeds in India will not bear fruit and will not attract people’s hearts that way silent deeds can. -
The Church of Christ Cannot be Closed or Cancelled
Metropolitan Luke of Zaporozhye
What options do the clergy and laity of our Church have after its ban? -
Ioan David, the Shepherd of God
Cristian Curte
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"When I came to Russia in 1958, I could see that the Russia I had been reading about was still alive."
An interview with Dr. James H. Billington
Dr. James H. Billington, the distinguished scholar and Librarian of Congress, recently visited the Moscow Sretensky Monastery. We asked Dr. Billington about how he came to love Russia, about Christianity in America, and about his impressions of the Sretensky Monastery Choir and the book, Everyday Saints and Other Stories. -
Invisible Ascetics of the Bukovina Mountains
Part 1. Climbing Giumalau Mountains
The tradition of eremitic life in Romania has never been interrupted: it is still alive, and monks continue to struggle in gorges and precipices. -
Celebrating Thirty Years of Sretensky Monastery
A Photo Gallery
We present this chronological photo collection from the monastery's first days of rebuilding and renewal under the leadership of Metropolitan Tikhon (Shevkunov), to the present day.
Venerable Lazarus the Iconographer, of Constantinople
Commemorated on November 17
The Orthodox Church in America
11/28/2017
New material
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Holy and Great Thursday
Irina Dmitrieva
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The Source of Eternal Life
Hieromonk Ignaty (Shestakov)
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The Two Paths: Lessons from the Sinful Woman and Judas
A Homily on the Anointing of Jesus
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Each Day of Holy Week Sanctifies Each Day of the Year
Sermon on Holy and Great Wednesday
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Archimandrite John Maitland Moir—His Life and Work
Gabriel Augustine Galeano
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May the Lord Enter Our Hearts and Souls!
A homily on the Entry of the Lord Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, Palm Sunday
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About Those Who Deceive
Archpriest Viacheslav Reznikov
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The Power of the Divine Word
St. Innocent of Kherson
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Joseph the Fair and Christian Paradigms
Metropolitan Serafim (Joanta)
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He Was Lost, and Is Found (Lk. 15:24)
Hierodeacon Daniel (Sikoev)
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