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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
All his life, brother Ioan was neither a priest nor a monk, but a simple shepherd. -
"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. -
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.
Friday, March 22/April 4, 2025. 5th Week of Great Lent. Great Lent.
Monastic rule: xerophagy (bread, uncooked fruits and vegetables).
Hieromartyr Basil, priest, of Ancyra (363).
Virgin-confessor Drosis of Antioch, daughter of Emperor Trajan, and with her five Virgin-martyrs (ca. 104-117). St. Isaac the Confessor, founder of the Dalmatian Monastery at Constantinople (4th c.). New Confessor Schema-abbess Sophia (Grineva) of Kiev (1941).
Martyrs Callinica and Basilissa, of Rome (2nd c.). St. Paul, bishop of Narbonne, Brittany (3rd c.). New Monk-martyr Euthymius of Demitsana and Mt. Athos, at Constantinople (1814). St. Artemon, bishop of Seleucia (1st c.).
Photogalleries
- A Pilgrimage to Lindesfarne. Photogallery
Photogallery - A Northern City Under St. Xenia’s Protection: St. Petersburg
- Yurlovo: The First Hierarchical Liturgy in a Ruined Church
PHOTO REPORT - A Winter Wonderland in Moscow
From New Year’s Eve to Christmas - Winter Arriving in Siberia—A Patronal Feast in Krasnoyarsk Region
A Patronal Feast in Krasnoyarsk Region - New Life in a Siberian Parish
The Church of the Protection in Barkhatovo - Sunny Armenia
Photo Sketches - The Dormition of the Mother of God: Monasteries of Rus’
A Photo Gallery - New Chersonesus: Museum of Crimea and Novorossiya
PHOTO REPORT - Day of the Baptism of Rus’ in Sevastopol: Procession, Divine Liturgy, and Consecration of “New Chersonese” Sites
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Serbian Patriarch honored with Jerusalem Patriarchate’s highest award
Metropolitan of Vilnius prays for fallen American soldiers as Lithuania bids farewell
Holy Trinity Seminary (Jordanville) reports growth in enrollment and financial support
Dozens of monastic tonsures in Ukrainian Orthodox Church during Great Lent
Romanian Church denounces controversial use of Cross in national theater play
Archons of Constantinople to give Mike Pompeo human rights award
Ukrainian Orthodox Church publishes moleben for children suffering from autism
Jerusalem and Serbian Patriarchs concelebrate Presanctified Liturgy at Holy Sepulchre (+VIDEOS)
Costly restoration continues at Cleveland cathedral a year after devastating fire (+VIDEO)
Toronto: Macedonian Orthodox community raises funds for nightclub fire victims
Estonian Church successfully registers new name emphasizing autonomy, but state threat remains
