Elder Gabriel (Bunge): I deeply admire the Ukrainian faithful under Metropolitan Onuphry
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Orthodoxy Today

Elder Gabriel (Bunge): I deeply admire the Ukrainian faithful under Metropolitan Onuphry

Jesse Dominick

The 84-year-old elder, who holds a doctorate in history, receives regular information about the situation in Ukraine through the Union of Orthodox Journalists.

Orchestra of Bells: Hearing the Symphony in the Peal of Bells
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Churches and Monasteries

Orchestra of Bells: Hearing the Symphony in the Peal of Bells

Natalia Malakhova

Bell ringing is not merely a part of church services, but a special language through which the inhabitants of Ancient Rus communicated.

Greatmartyr Catherine: a Good Example of Christian Upbringing
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Greatmartyr Catherine: a Good Example of Christian Upbringing

Archimandrite Diodor (Didkovsky)

It is reckless to teach children many skills and sciences while neglecting their upbringing in the commandments and teaching of our Lord and Savior.

What Love There Was Then!
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Churches and Monasteries

What Love There Was Then!

It’s Difficult to Live in a Monastery, but Salvific, Part 2

Abbess Olympiada (Baranova)

How we loved Mother, how we all wanted to do something nice for her, to at least make her smile.

We Have to Strengthen Genuine Faith
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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

We Have to Strengthen Genuine Faith

Schema-Archimandrite Mikhail (Krechetov)

All the truths that are given to us in the Gospel, that the Church presents to us in the Apostolic Epistles, in the Church’s typikon, speak of one and the same thing: that saving your soul, and even more so the souls of others, takes time and struggle.