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.
William Brumfield
Rating: 3.9|Votes: 13
This most sacred of Russian Orthodox churches combines Russia's Byzantine heritage with the art and architecture of the Italian Renaissance.
Rating: 6.6|Votes: 5
During the 19th century the hermitage became widely known for its sages who achieved the designation starets, or "elder". Although the concept of starchestvo was brought to the monastery by the Church hierarchy in the 1820s, the starets designation came primarily through popular respect for certain monks who led an ascetic existence at the hermitage and in whom charisma merged with deep spiritual wisdom. The Church venerates all 14 monks known as "starets" at Optina Pustyn.
Rating: 2|Votes: 1
In an interview with MMA News, Emelainenko spoke openly about his Orthodox faith, and in the video below he states that while in America he was excited to travel to San Francisco to visit the Russian Orthodox Holy Virgin Cathedral and venerate the relics of the great wonderworker St. John Maximovitch.
Archpriest Andrei Ovchinnikov
Rating: 9.1|Votes: 20
The Christian truths are woven into many literary works with invisible threads. In order to find the precious pearl of the Gospel truth in the huge field of human thoughts you need to have sharp spiritual sight, a sensitive soul and internal intuition. This path is open for all.