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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. -
"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.
Alina Sergeichuk
9/18/2023
Malye Yasyrki, Where There Was a Secret Convent in the Soviet Era. Part 2
Saved from the communists, and restoration
Malye Yasyrki, Where There Was a Secret Convent in the Soviet Era. Part 1
Saved by the Mother of God and Great-Martyr Barbara
Built with the Blessing of Fr. John of Kronstadt, and the Help of Tsar Nicholas II
Hieromonk Theodosy (Khomenia) on the construction and restoration of the Archangel Michael Church in Zarubinki. Part 2
How Could We Give Up on Such Beauty?
Hieromonk Theodosy (Khomenia) on the construction and restoration of the Archangel Michael Church in Zarubinki. Part 1
In an Atmosphere of Wonder. Part 2: People Helping for the Glory of God
Nadezhda Ignatova on God’s help accompanying the restoration of a church
In an Atmosphere of Wonder. Part 1: Miraculous Healing
Nadezhda Ignatova on God’s help accompanying the restoration of a church
New material
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The “Chernobyl Savior” Icon
Remembering the Disaster, reverence for the labors, a call to repentance
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Christ Is Risen, Let None Disbelieve!
St. John (Maximovich) of Shanghai and San Francisco
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For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved
Metropolitan Luke (Kovalenko)
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The Celebration of Life
Ariadna Nefedkina
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Elder Gabriel (Urgebadze) Hears Our Prayers and Helps Us
Yulia Kulakova
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Rejoice!
Metropolitan Vladimir (Sabodan)
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We Must Resurrect While Still Here
A Paschal Homily
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Paschal Greeting from Metropolitan Tikhon of Crimea
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Homily on the Day of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God
Hieromartyr Thaddeus (Uspensky)
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Archpastoral Message of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, Pascha 2025
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