Christmas Stories from a Urals Monastery

Olga Rozhneva

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Orthodoxy Around the World

Christmas Stories from a Urals Monastery

Olga Rozhneva

That’s how Misha—thin and lanky, with faded eyes and an unhealthy pallor—wound up in the monastery. He looked around the remote monastery in horror, and in his eyes lurked an unchildlike melancholy: He didn’t have his beloved computer here.

Syrian children with disabilities receive wheelchairs from Russian Church

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Orthodoxy Around the World

Syrian children with disabilities receive wheelchairs from Russian Church

The Russian Orthodox Church made another donation to Syrian children yesterday with the help of a generous benefactor.

Athonite elder speaks about prayer against COVID

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Churches and Monasteries

Athonite elder speaks about prayer against COVID

Speaking at trapeza on the great feast of the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ, Elder Parthenius, the abbot of St. Paul’s Monastery on Mt. Athos, spoke about a prayer against the coronavirus that he reads at the end of his prayer rule.

Caroling Kids

Vladimir Krupin

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Caroling Kids

Vladimir Krupin

“So why did you come here, only for candies? You’re going out on Christmas, you’re supposed to carry the good tidings of the birth of the Son of God! That’s what Christmas caroling is all about!"

Russian Church spent more than $250,000 to help the poor and homeless in 2020

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Orthodoxy Around the World

Russian Church spent more than $250,000 to help the poor and homeless in 2020

“This year, there was a rise in social services. Many people had the desire to do good, to help others,” the department head, His Grace Bishop Panteleimon of Orekhovo, told journalists last week.