Rating: 9.8|Votes: 11
In 2017, we mark the centennial anniversary of the tumultuous events that would radically alter the historical course of the Orthodox Church throughout the world, particularly in Russia and North America. The main cataclysmic event that precipitated these changes was the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia in late 1917.
St. Hilarion (Troitsky)
Rating: 10|Votes: 8
In honor of today's celebration of the centenary of the enthronement of St. Tikhon (Bellavin) as the first occupant of the renewed Russian patriarchal throne, we offer here the speech of Hieromartyr Hilarion (Troitksy), given October 23, 1917 at the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, in which he passionately argued for the restoration of the patriarchate to the Russian Orthodox Church, detailing the history and development of Church administration to make his case.
Archpriest Andrew Phillips
Rating: 9.2|Votes: 43
Since this sensitive soul could not accept the lie of Uniatism, in 1905 and 1906 Alexander visited the Lavras in Kiev and Pochaiev, where he met both the elderly Metropolitan of Kiev, Flavian, and the dynamic Archbishop Antony (Khrapovitsky), who was to play a vital role in Fr. Alexis’ later life.
Metropolitan Anthony (Khrapovitsky)
Rating: 9.4|Votes: 30
This sermon was delivered by Metropolitan Anthony (Khrapovitsky) of blessed memory, later first hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, in the cathedral of Zhitomir, Ukraine, on April 20, 1903.
Kristin Romey
Rating: 8.3|Votes: 12
Construction materials date to Roman times, suggesting the original holy site's legacy has survived despite its destruction 1,000 years ago.