Anton Pospelov
Rating: 10|Votes: 11
In 2015 Al-Maghtas was added by UNESCO to the World Heritage list as a site associated with the Baptism of Jesus Christ.
Nadezhda Shelepova
Rating: 9,9|Votes: 20
At the Pskov Caves Monastery, Elder Hippolytus absorbed the monastic tradition of both the Valaam and the Pskov Caves elders. They guided and taught by the example of their good deeds, which is much more effective than just verbal instructions.
Rating: 10|Votes: 6
She is 85 and has been living in a monastery since the age of 8.
Metropolitan Nikolaos of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki
Rating: 9,6|Votes: 27
I wish everyone to feel that it’s the greatest thing that faith gives—a meeting with God—His presence in our lives—and nothing else in the world!
Nadezhda Terekhova
Rating: 8,8|Votes: 65
Always a place of singular beauty, Solovki is especially illumined by the grace and joy of the Lord’s Nativity. Feast your eyes on this unearthly yet cozy beauty!
Sergei Geruk, Hieromonk Gabriel (Avdeyev)
Rating: 9,7|Votes: 34
We can’t stand down from our Christian principles, because on them depends our salvation and our eternal lot. We can’t stand down like the politicians, moving to the left or to the right, or making compromises. What compromises can there be? There is either paradise or hell: What compromise can there be here?
Brian Walker
Rating: 9,8|Votes: 36
For years, Elene Schumacher has wanted to donate land for a quiet place of worship for the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Archpriest Andrew Phillips
Rating: 7,8|Votes: 21
Much remains to be done and, building on the foundations of old, we ask God’s blessing on ourselves. Below we recall the history of our Orthodox Eastern England, our present and our hopes for the future.
Anton Pospelov, Archbishop Tikhon (Dorovskikh)
Rating: 9,9|Votes: 29
We are talking with Archbishop Tikhon about the life of residents of Sakhalin Island and the Kuril Islands, whether Orthodox or non-religious; about the issues, challenges and joyful events of the diocese which has celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary this year; and the region’s spiritual make-up.
Rating: 9,3|Votes: 37
In this photogallery we would like to take our readers on a pilgrimage tour of Moscow’s St. Nicholas Churches.
Anatoly Goryanov
Rating: 9,2|Votes: 33
Founded in 1398 by St. Savva of Storozhev, this monastery located in the Moscow suburb of Zvenigorod, the history of which is inextricably linked with that of the Russian state, has remained for six centuries the main contribution by one of the disciples of St. Sergius of Radonezh to the spiritual treasury of Holy Rus’.
Nicholai Bulchuk, Monk Dosifey (Gorbachevsky)
Rating: 9,6|Votes: 24
We commune from the same chalice of the Eucharist; and there is the same undivided Christ in millions of chalices all over the world!
Yuri Pushchaev, Nun Gabriela (Kvastiani)
Rating: 9,2|Votes: 21
A distinctive feature of Samtavro is, above all, that it was precisely here that Christianity became the state religion, that is, the spiritual foundation of social and political life was laid here, based on Orthodoxy.
Nadezhda Dar
Rating: 9,7|Votes: 44
He dug a cave, cleaned the spring near the mountain and began to live and pray, imitating the ancient monastic fathers.
Fr. Joseph Farooq
Rating: 9,4|Votes: 18
With the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, on November 21, 2018, the feast of Saint Michael the Archangel was joyfully celebrated in Pakistan.
Olga Rozhneva
Rating: 10|Votes: 21
From ancient times until 1868 the Convent of the Kazan icon of the Holy Theotokos in the city of Kaluga [around 100 miles southwest of Moscow] was the only convent in the diocese of Kaluga. Closed after the Bolshevik Revolution, its revival began in 1991. Its sisters have experienced very much over these years and are willing to share some of their stories—sad, funny, and edifying ones.
Deacon Andrei Psarev, Priest Job Watts
Rating: 9,4|Votes: 51
The Orthodox Christian should be the funniest man in the room. He should have all the best stories. He should have the most joyous and largest heart. He should be the most giving.
Archpriest Oleg Vrona
Thanks to the intercessions of St. Nicholas, the church on Vene street in Tallin continues not only to adorn the city, but also continues to warm its people’s souls, ever in need of such warmth in our difficult day and age.
Alexander Adomenas
Rating: 9,6|Votes: 48
When people hear that I am from Kazakhstan, many are surprised and ask, “Are there really Orthodox Christians there?”
Alexandra Nikiforova, Metropolitan Pavel of Vyshgorod and Chernobyl
Rating: 9,8|Votes: 23
Metropolitan Pavel (Lebed) of Vyshgorod and Chernobyl is known as a staunch defender of the Kiev Caves Lavra in modern history. He has served as its abbot for twenty-five years. Not only have the Lavra’s buildings risen from ruins in their former glory thanks to his labors and wisdom, spiritual life has been revived here as well.
