The Popov Brothers—St. Tikhon’s Co-Laborers During the American Period of His Ministry
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

The Popov Brothers—St. Tikhon’s Co-Laborers During the American Period of His Ministry

Priest Stakhiy Trufanov

Fr. Peter became a faithful assistant to His Grace Tikhon during the American period of his ministry.

Two Saints of God
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Two Saints of God

Sermon on the feast of the Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian and St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia

Hieromonk Agafangel (Davlatov)

What unites and distinguishes these two men? It is their love—love for God, love for people, love for the Church and for the whole universe.

Time That Is Lost Forever
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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Time That Is Lost Forever

Artemy Slezkin

Prayers are the unbreakable “steel threads” that we use to “stitch ourselves” to eternity.

The Grandeur of Holy Simplicity. Part 2
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

The Grandeur of Holy Simplicity. Part 2

On the Life of St. Innocent of Moscow, Enlightener of Alaska

Galina Gulichkina

N.P. Rozanov, a professor at the Moscow Theological Seminary, recalled Metropolitan Innocent:“The new metropolitan, himself having come from the ranks of parish clergy, understood their needs. He did not demand absolute silence from the clergy when he spoke and would willingly engage them in conversation—even occasionally joking."

The City of St. Peter: Summer Reminiscence
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Churches and Monasteries

The City of St. Peter: Summer Reminiscence

PHOTOGALLERY

Dmitry Kiryukhin

The Sts. Peter and Paul Fortress, Kazan Cathedral, Nevsky Prospect, the Optina Monastery Metochion, and the St. Petersburg embankments…