Yurij V. Danilets
We present yet another article on the history of Orthodox Carpathian Rus’, and the Carpatho-Rusyn or Transcarpathian Ruthenian people, who hail from mountains of Western Ukraine, Eastern Slovakia, Southern Poland, and the nearby lands.
Svetlana Polivanova
In June 1918, the ship “Red Star” approached the footbridge to the Kondinskoe Monastery, bringing a detachment of Red Guards...
Bishop John (Berzins)
Bishop John (Berzins) of Caracas and South America was born and raised in an Orthodox Latvian family in Australia, studied theology in Jordanville, served in the Holy Land, and later began to govern the Edinoverie parishes of ROCOR. We talked about life abroad, Russian emigrants and the preservation of national identity.
Irina Ratushinskaya
Irina Ratushinskaya was a Russian poet and writer, an Orthodox Christian and at the same time, “an especially dangerous political criminal”. This manuscript written by Irina Ratushinskaya was saved; it describes how her trial was conducted, how the witnesses were intimidated, how even the dead gave evidence against her and the living lost their right to speak.
In September 2019, the Russian Ministry of Culture announced its intention to suggest that regional authorities name streets and squares in honor of Old Believers in connection with Avvakum’s anniversary.