Priest Alexander Azarenkov, Peter Davydov
The main goal of the events is to develop and strengthen, primarily in children, values that are seemingly obvious and understandable to everyone, for without such things as politeness, mercy, faithfulness and respect for elders, our life would turn into hell.
Svetlana Rayskaya
Like any trial sent by God to the mankind, war weeds out the unfaithful and the hesitant and strengthens the faithful, taking their souls to the new heaven.
Rating: 5.9|Votes: 35
On February 23/March 8 the holy Orthodox Church celebrates the uncovering of the relics of St. Matrona of Moscow, one of the most beloved saints in Russia today. Her relics are kept at Moscow’s Holy Protection Monastery, where believers constantly flock, seeking her intercessions. We present here a collection of stories about help received from Blessed Matrona, sent to the editor of Pravoslavie.ru.
Archimandrite Melchisedek (Artiukhin)
Life today has left many of us behind. One is obliged to do someone else’s work, while another remains without work, unable to realize his talents. To the questions of how this could happen and whether it’s possible to remedy the situation, Archimandrite Melchizedek (Artyukhin), rector of the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul and the Church of the Holy Protection in Yasenevo, Moscow, answers.
Rating: 7.8|Votes: 8
Every year, on the first Sunday of Great Lent, the Orthodox Church celebrates the Triumph of Orthodoxy, when the heresy of Iconoclasm was defeated and the veneration of icons was restored to the Church. In this vein, we also read the Synodikon in which the Orthodox faith is declared to be the one true faith, and we sing eternal memory to those who have defended this faith, and declare anathema all those who have fought against this faith.