25th anniversary of canonization of St. Matrona celebrated in Moscow

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25th anniversary of canonization of St. Matrona celebrated in Moscow

The celebration on Bright Tuesday was held at the Holy Protection Convent in Moscow, which has been home to her relics since 1998.

The Assurance of the Apostle Thomas

Sermon on Thomas Sunday

Igumen Pavel (Polukov)

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

The Assurance of the Apostle Thomas

Sermon on Thomas Sunday

Igumen Pavel (Polukov)

There is a very important question of faith in today’s Gospel.

The Source of Living Water

Natalia Bondarenko

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

The Source of Living Water

Natalia Bondarenko

The Mother of God is the Source of Life, as Christ sprang forth from Her, and He is the Way and the Truth and the Life.

Let Everything That Has Breath Praise the Lord!

A Paschal Stork

Svetlana Rybakova

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Let Everything That Has Breath Praise the Lord!

A Paschal Stork

Svetlana Rybakova

The wonderful stork walked in procession right with the faithful along the side of the road as far as Belynichi—over seven miles!

A Different Pascha – 1928

Fr. Stephen Freeman

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A Different Pascha – 1928

Fr. Stephen Freeman

In the great images of the Holy Week services, the horror of man’s sin and the suffering of the Creator leading to the great triumph of the resurrection, I suddenly discovered that eternal, indestructible beginning, which was also in that temporarily quiet spring, hiding in itself the seed of a total renewal of all that lives.