Elena Nasledysheva
During a true pilgrimage on foot, with all its trials and joys and its atmosphere of prayer, one witnesses how all of this transforms people, inspires them, and strengthens their faith; how it unites people from different countries in a common aspiration—to become purer and kinder, and to draw closer to God and to one another.
Vera Andrejuk
How hard it was for the brothers in, the far north! Although autumn brought rain and wind to the brethren, the monks could not help but admire the beauty of the land and praise God despite the harsh weather.
Bishop Prodromos of Toliara and South Madagascar leads an Orthodox mission that rescues vulnerable children while providing healthcare, education, and humanitarian assistance across Madagascar.
I am a product of prison ministry. I often try to distance myself from my past; however, I do not want to be like the healed leper who, after he is healed, does not share what the Lord did for him.
Alexander Kuznetsov
Surprisingly, the path of Soviet hippies to the Church often began with the image of the “nice Jesus” brought from the West through records, samizdat magazines, and rare books.
Rev. Dr. Oliver Subotic
Should contemporary humanity suffer defeat on these three fronts—those directed towards attention, emotions, and identity—the way would be opened for a mental capitulation, ultimately embodied in the acceptance of the ideology of transhumanism.
Ksenia Gubina
We have undertaken our mission of helping children with special needs, and we make every possible effort to fulfill it with dignity—with love for the children and with respect for their parents!
Vladimir Legoida
An interview about mercy in the modern world, the use of artificial intelligence for religious purposes, the risks for preaching and the phenomenon of Orthodox bloggers, as well as about the education of young people, the crisis of the family, the Church’s attitude towards abortion and the protection of traditional values, from the representative of the Synodal Department for Church Relations with Society and the Media V.R. Legoida and TASS.
Priest Tarasiy Borozenets
The modern “Westerner,” Bradbury’s main character, is convinced that changing planets will solve the problem of his suffering on Earth. Changing the scenery does not solve the problem of a corrupted heart.
Evgeny Borisov.
Ceramic artists Anton and Olga Perov create unique porcelain works in their Moscow workshop.
Upon reaching the age of legal majority, Maryam filed a legal claim in January 2025 to have her religious status corrected in the government’s database to reflect her Christian beliefs. The court’s decision affirms her right to choose her religion and have it accurately reflected in the government’s database.
In consumerist consciousness man is the consumer, God is the service provider, the Church is the company providing these services; faith, the sacraments, and prayers are means.
Alexandra Kalinovskaya
Olga Stefanova is a documentary filmmaker, the author of several films and a book about Antarctica. Olga spoke about her journeys to the continent and shared the details of life in such extreme conditions.
Orthodox Christian Prison Ministries knows the unique challenges of prison ministry that keep us from following Christ’s commandment.
Elena Kucherenko
During the eight years I’ve been a mother to a special needs child, I arrived at an amazing conclusion. It is the church-going people who take the birth of a disabled child most heavily.
Epstein Island and the series “Westworld” are two faces of the same reality, two symptoms of a single spiritual illness, the name of which is self-deification.
Nun Kallista (Golik)
Interestingly, in Greece, Small Compline is included in prayer books as the evening prayer rule, so it’s quite common and familiar to everyone. The Russian tradition doesn’t have Small Compline in its prayer books, but you can find it in the Horologion.
Alexander Mosyakin
Marx invented a certain special “Slavic race” forming around the “Russian race,” striving for world domination, which opposes the civilized European peoples (“Germano-Romanic race”) and with which Europe must wage merciless war.
Nun Cornelia (Rees)
Fr. Joseph Gleason is an Orthodox priest from rural Illinois who moved with his wife and eight children to Rostov the Great, Russia. How has his family adapted, what is it like for them in Russia, and what he would advise others who are contemplating a similar relocation—these are the topics of our conversation.
Irina Krikheli
Once, over twenty years ago, an ordinary little mouse saved my life on the feast of Holy Theophany.
