Paul Gilbert
The much-anticipated, travelling exhibition, The Tsars’ Cabinet: Two Hundred Years of Russian Decorative Arts Under the Romanovs open on October 11th at the Museum of Art in Huntsville, Alabama.
In the latest sign of warming ties between Moscow and Beijing, the Russian Orthodox Church ordained its first Chinese priest in 60 years, with the blessing of China's atheist, Communist rulers.
In the face of heavy Russian airstrikes, a number of ISIS militants have reportedly fled to Turkey from Syria by shaving off theirbeards and dressing as women to pass unnoticed.
Yuri Seretskiy, an immigrant from Moldova currently residing in Sacramento, is going to run for Congress in 2016. Seretskiy, a former mayoral candidate for the city of Roseville, announced the news in an interview to Slavic Sacramento.
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On October 10, 2015, the tenth anniversary of the founding of the Convent of Holy Grand Duchess Elizabeth in Buchendorf, Germany, was celebrated. The nuns began preparations for the event well in advance, and pilgrims from all over Germany, Russia and the “near abroad” began to gather several days in advance to help the sisters. The convent turned into a virtual beehive of activity, in which everyone tended to their assigned tasks, bringing forth the sacrifice of love for St Elizabeth, and garnering the love and grace of the Holy Spirit.