As aggression against canonical UOC churches grows in Ukraine, similar tensions are growing in Moldova.
The festival went from July 11 to 13, with events taking place in several locations in Kaluga province—in Optina Monastery, the village of Gubino, and Kozelsk. It was attended by as many as 30,000 people.
Churches in Russia have traditionally been built for bad weather. They tend to be of brick and stucco, with high ceilings and a very high insulation rating.
A new film takes viewers inside America's oldest Orthodox monastery, revealing the daily spiritual life of St. Tikhon's community through beautiful cinematography in rural Pennsylvania.
The raid on the canonical Orthodox Holy Spirit Cathedral in Chernovitsi, Bukovina province of Ukraine has become known around the world, shocking even non-Orthodox U.S. politicians.