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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. -
"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.
Breathtaking Russian Landscapes
Photogallery
The Russian multimedia project “Russian Roads” www.rusroads.com was created to provide a picture of the Russian land—its nature, culture, and history; its past and its present. It is useless to try to describe this large-scale project—you just have to visit the site and immerse yourself in the tens of thousands of photographs, histories, and multimedia. The best photographers in the country are participating in the project, but its value lies in the fact that anyone can become a co-author, putting hitherto overlooked places on the map.
The organizers of the “Russian Roads” project have chosen the best photos from their section called “Multimedia. Modern Photographs” for Pravoslavie.ru.
Museum of Russian Wooden Architecture, Suzdal
(a city on Russia’s “Golden Ring” around Moscow). Photo: “Airpano” Group. The entire project can be found on the site: «Museum of Russian Wooden Architecture, Suzdal» / Russian Roads.
Sakhalin Island
Photo: Lev Melikhov. Entire project: «Sakhalin Island» / Russian Roads.
Gumbashi Pass, Karachaevo-Cherkessa, Caucasus Mountains
Photo:Vadim Korkin. Entire project: «Gumabashi Pass» / Russian Roads.
Church of the Protection on the Nerl River
Photo: Maxim Evdokimov. Entire project: «Church of the Protection on the Nerl River» / Russian Roads.
Lake Baikal
Photo: Kirill Uyutnov. Entire project: «Lake Baikal» / Russian Roads.
Monument to St. Sergius of Radonezh
Photo: Olesya Tuktabaeva. Entire Project: «Monument to St. Sergius of Radonezh» / Russian Roads.
St. Nicholas Church
Ivanovo Province. Photo: Oleg Paladiev. Entire Project: «St. Nicholas Church» / Russian Roads.
Kubachi Village, Dagestan
Photo: Dimitry Chistoprudov, Nicholai Rykov. Entire Project: «Kubachi Village» / Russian Roads.
Ascension St. David Hermitage, Moscow Region
Photo: Tatiana Belyakova. Entire project: «Ascension St. David Hermitage» / Russian Roads.
St. Isaac of Dalmatia Cathedral, St. Petersburg
Photo: Alexei Denisevich. Entire project: «St. Isaac Cathedral (St. Petersburg)» / Russian Roads.
Priory Palace, Gatchina (St. Petersburg region)
Photo: Alexei Boldychev. Entire project: «Priory Palace, Gatchina» / Russian Roads.
Lake Onega
Photo: Dimitry Pitenin. Entire project: «Lake Onega» / Russian Roads.
Pumice cliffs, Kutkhiny Baty, Kamchatka
Photo: Igor Shpilenok. Entire project: «Pumice cliffs, Kutkhiny Baty» / Russian Roads.
St. Nicholas Monastery, Belgorod
Photo: Vladimir Korovin. Entire project: «St. Nicholas Monastery, Belgorod» / Russian Roads.
National Park-Museum “Borodino Battlefield”
Photo: Sergei Nikitin. Entire project: «National Park-Museum “Borodino Battlefield”» / Russian Roads.
Holy Dormition-St. Joseph of Volokolamsk Monastery, Moscow province
Photo: Maxim Zotko. Entire project: «Holy Dormition-St. Joseph of Volokolamsk Monastery» / Russian Roads.
St. Kirill of White Lake Dormition Monastery
Photo: Maxim Evdokimov. Entire project: «St. Kirill of White Lake Dormition Monastery» / Russian Roads.
Lake Pleshcheyevo, Yaroslavl region
Photo: Svetlana Kuleshova. Entire project: «Lake Pleshcheyevo» / Russian Roads.
Daurian Nature Reserve, Southern Siberia
Photo: Igor Shpilenok. Entire project: «Daurian Nature Reserve» / Russian Roads.
Ascension Church. Metochion of the Dunilov Dormition Monastery, Ivanovo province
Photo: Denis Sorokin. Entire project: «Ascension Church. Metochion of the Dunilov Dormition Monastery» / Russian Roads.
Kronstadt
Photo: Andrei Vasiliev. Entire project: «Kronstadt» / Russian Roads.
Rostov Nature Reserve, southern Russia
Photo: Igor Shpilenok. Entire project: «Rostov Nature Reserve» / Russian Roads.
Church of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God, Bykovo, Moscow province
Arseny Rossikhin. Entire project: «Church of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God, Bykovo» / Russian Roads.
Orenburg National Nature Reserve
Southwest Russia, by the Ural River. Photo: Igor Shpilenok. Entire project: «Orenburg National Nature Reserve» / Russian Roads.
Museum-Park Isborsk, Pskov province
Photo: Roman Dimitriev. Entire project: «Museum-Park Isborsk» / Russian Roads.
Staritsa
An ancient city in Tver province. Photo: Sergei Liudov. Entire project: «Staritsa» / Russian Roads.
“Curonian Spit” National Park, Kaliningrad region
Photo: Alexander Vedernikov. Entire project: «“Curonian Spit” National Park» / Russian Roads.
Tigeresky State Nature Reserve, northwest Altai-Saiana Mountain Range
Photo: Evgenia Smolyakova. Entire project: «Tigeresky State Nature Reserve» / Russian Roads.
State Nature Reserve “Bielaya Marsh System”
Peryaslavl region, Yaroslavl province. Photo: Dimitry Boldyrev. Entire project:: «State Nature Reserve “Bielaya Marsh System”» / Russian Roads.
Golden Gates, Vladimir
Photo: Igor Litviak. Entire project: «Golden Gates, Vladimir» / Russian Roads.
Ferapontov Monastery of the Nativity of the Mother of God
An ancient monastery in the Russian north. Photo: Maxim Zotko. Entire project: «Ferapontov Monastery of the Nativity of the Mother of God» / Russian Roads.
St Tikhon of Kaluga Hermitage
Kaluga province. Photo: Vitaly Belov. Entire project: «St Tikhon of Kaluga Hermitage» / Russian Roads.
On the banks of the Volga River
Kostroma. Photo: Elena Rubinskaya. Entire project: «On the banks of the Volga River» / Russian Roads.
Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God
Istra region, Moscow province. Photo: Maxim Seregin. Entire project: «Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God» / Russian Roads.
Usba River, Perm region
Photo: Vladimir Korobin. Entire project: «Usba River» / Russian Roads.
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