Christian Life Begins Close to Home St Alexis Mechev died in Moscow on 22 June 1923—9 June according to the Old Calendar. During his...

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The Bell That Rang for an Empty Church Moscow at the end of the nineteenth century was a city caught between faith and upheaval....

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Marriage. Children. A new job. Illness. Moving house. Long commutes. Exhaustion. Days that seem too full to hold one more thing. Few Christians consciously...

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Few phrases are more fashionable today than “love yourself.” We encounter it everywhere—in books, podcasts, social media posts, and countless well-meant pieces of advice....

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On 31 May 2026, the Church celebrates one of Her great feasts: Pentecost, also called Trinity Sunday. Fifty days after Christ’s Resurrection, the apostles...

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There is a scene in the Gospel that, at first glance, seems entirely ordinary. Weary from His journey, Jesus sits down beside a well...

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What the Feast of the Ascension Reveals About Christ — and Humanity Before turning to the iconography of the feast, it is worth recalling...

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Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II at the Divine Liturgy in the Dormition Cathedral, marking the 1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus’. Photo:...

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If death has been defeated, why do people still die? Christ did not simply raise the dead—this had happened before, through the prophets and...

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Perhaps every priest carries within him a Paschal story—a true one, when all that remains to say is: Christ is risen! Any other words...

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