A short photo insight into the Orthodox Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts - a service that takes place during the Lent: on Wednesdays and Fridays
The ability to keep silent is very highly valued in human society. Not without reason is it said that silence is golden, but the word is silver. A silent person is able to control his thoughts, ...
An acquaintance of mine was having some very serious problems and she frequently travelled to see a spiritual person to seek advice. Once she said to him, ‘I have voluntarily undertaken the obedience ...
His Grace the Right Reverend Bishop Basil (Rodzianko) of San Francisco was a prominent Orthodox personality through his religious radio programs that were broadcasted to the Soviet Union over a ...
Time flows irrepressibly, like a runaway river, constantly placing man in new situations. We recognize that we are powerless over time. It seems that we only just celebrated the Nativity of Christ, ...
Ivanovo Convent. The Sunday of Forgiveness. Priests, nuns and parishioners ask for forgiveness, prayers and wish each other strength during the Lent
Most of us realize that prayer, fasting, and almsgiving are the three basic Christian and lenten necessities, but we often realize as well that we cannot keep the strictest lenten regulations of the ...
The Russian Church expressed its condolences over the assassination of Pakistani Minister for National Minority Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti
