June 9, 2023 282 0 Dwelling and Prayer Place of St. John the Russian St John of Russia is revered in Orthodox Greece no less widely than St Nicholas the Wonderworker and the Venerable Seraphim of Sarov are…
May 30, 2023 1232 7 Orthodox Antarctica A wooden Orthodox church was consecrated in 2004 in the harsh ice of Antarctica. Since then, the Divine Liturgy has been celebrated year-round in…
May 9, 2023 651 4 A Testament to Faith: The Life of Archpriest Nikolai Golubtsov Archpriest Nikolai Golubtsov is an influential and beloved figure in the spiritual landscape of Moscow. Father Nikolai was at the very core of religious…
March 17, 2023 1273 5 The Concept of the Heavenly Liturgy in Scripture, the Apocrypha and Ancient Frescoes After years of regularly attending Divine Liturgy and having experienced the Communion of the Blessed Sacrament many times, many of us are well familiar…
March 1, 2023 1218 6 The Athonite Schemamonk Ilya Spending the Final Years of His Ascetic Life in a Godless Country The Venerable Ilya of Makeyevka lived a life of imitating Christ, for which the Lord rewarded him with rich spiritual gifts. Little is known…
January 20, 2023 663 0 Setting an Orthodox Church Afloat in the Twentieth Century. Why Was It Necessary and How Was It Possible? We have already devoted one of our earlier articles to unusual shapes of Orthodox churches. This time we would like to tell you about…
January 4, 2023 866 3 Two World Famous Russian Emigrants who Carried the Beauty of Orthodoxy with Them While in Exile In the beginning of the twentieth century, when the Russian Empire ceased to exist, many prominent figures left their homeland. These people emigrated because…
November 22, 2022 922 2 “Thanks to the Prison,” Elder Pavel (Gruzdev) Often Repeated, Thanking the Harsh Jail Conditions that Led Him to a Holy Life Archimandrite Pavel (Gruzdev) is one of the remarkable 20-century elders who embraced the act of professing their faith in the Gulag camps and were…
November 8, 2022 164 2 Incorporate Almsgiving into Your Gift Shopping: Order from Our Online Catalogue Visitors to our online catalogue will be impressed by our wide variety of offerings, ranging from church objects to vestments and gifts for the…
November 8, 2022 1055 1 Who Sang at the Ancient Divine Services and How? History of the Eight Ecclesiastical Modes The history of liturgical singing begins in the Heavenly world, where the angelic ranks sing praise to God. Their song originates from before the…
