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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. -
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
All his life, brother Ioan was neither a priest nor a monk, but a simple shepherd.
Metropolitan Tikhon of All America and Canada
1/19/2015
Archpastoral Message of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon
Pascha 2022
“Islands Dedicated to God.” The Sunday of Orthodoxy
A word from Met. Tikhon of the OCA in the Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral, San Francisco, California
Witnessing Christ in a “Progressive” Country
An interview with Metropolitan Tikhon of the Orthodox Church in America
We Support the Need For Dialogue at Every Level
Primate of the OCA issues Archpastoral Letter concerning recent developments in Ukraine
Metropolitan Tikhon (OCA) addresses Bishops Council of ROC (+ VIDEO)
Metropolitan Tikhon (OCA) issues Archpastoral Letter, Public Statement on the Orlando shootings
OCA Holy Synod releases Position Paper on Canonical Regional Planning
New material
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The Happiness of the World Is Built Within the Human Soul
For the feast of St. Nikolai (Velimirovic) of Zica
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“I saw my Guardian Angel”
A true story
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Elder Schema-Archimandrite Iliy (Nozdrin) of Optina Has Reposed in the Lord
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Dwelling In Prayer
Fr. James Guirguis
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Being a Christian
From the Homilies of St. Gabriel of Imereti
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Sermon on the Second Sunday of Lent. St. Gregory Palamas
Hieromonk Nikolai (Letunovsky)
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Under the Protection of the Mother of God
Nun Tatiana (Sokolova)
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The Stern Warning of the Prophet Isaiah
Metropolitan Luke (Kovalenko)
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St. Eudokia of Heliopolis: a Path from Sin to Sanctity
Elena Detinina
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On Humility, Non-Condemnation, and Social Media
Bishop Joseph (Korolev)
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