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[English Edition / Churches and Monasteries]

Amazing drone flyby: Mount Athos, the ‘Holy Mountain’ of Orthodox Christianity

Bird’s eye view of Mount Athos in Greece which is home to 20 monasteries and an important spiritual site for Orthodox Christians.

[English Edition / Orthodoxy Around the World]

VIDEO: Orthodox Churches of Eastern Poland

Łukasz Puchalski

This video of Łukasz Puchalski presents a beautiful array of aerial filming of several Orthodox temples from rural Eastern Poland.

[English Edition / Churches and Monasteries]

Creating an oasis for faithful

Fr. Barnabas Powell

“This is the most beautiful spot in Pueblo.” These words came from a visitor upon seeing the inside of St. Michael’s Orthodox Church for the first time, during our festival some years ago.

[English Edition / Churches and Monasteries]

The most unusual fresco of Virgin Mary by famous Georgian artist Lado Gudiashvili

If you have ever visited the famous Saint George’s Kashueti Church on Rustaveli Avenue, a mesmerizing fresco of Virgin Mary holding little Jesus in her hands above the altar would have definitely drawn your attention. In comparison with other traditional frescoes of the Theotokos, this one stands out for its earthly appearance and unusual colors. Many people, including locals, may not know that this is the masterful work of an outstanding 20th century Georgian artist, illustrator, graphic painter and theater decorator Lado Gudiashvili.

[English Edition / Orthodoxy Today]

Stories of the great miracles narrated by the rector of St. Elijah’s Church in Chernobyl, Archpriest Nikolay Yakushin

Archpriest Nikolay Yakushin

The first great omen of the Chernobyl disaster, which shook the entire planet in 1986, was revealed at a time of the rapid development of nuclear energy, long before the explosion of the 4th reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Witnesses recall it happened exactly ten years before the accident, on April 26, 1976.

[English Edition / Churches and Monasteries]

New icons at Mount Pleasant church tell story of faith

“It’s a way to remember we are surrounded by the saints. This is heaven on Earth. For the worship service, when we walk in the doors, we’re leaving the world and coming into heaven. Our adornment speaks to the heart in ways words often can’t.”

[English Edition / Orthodoxy Around the World]

“Hope is a walking dream” – Mesmerizing footage from Alaverdi Monastery

The Alazani river valley in Georgia’s Eastern region of Kakheti features the magnificent monastery of Alaverdi built in the sixth century by one of the 13 Assyrian monks, Ioseb Alaverdeli. From the eleventh century the Alaverdi monastery turned into the Episcopal center and residence of the head of the Eparchy. The current Saint George church was built in the eleventh century by king of the Kakhetians, Kvirike, on the place where the former, smaller church had stood. Starting from the same period, the monastery became the ancestral cemetery of the Kakheti royal house.

[English Edition / Churches and Monasteries]

Cathedral of the Annunciation in Voronezh

Paul Gilbert

The church takes its name from the eponymous Ukrainian Baroque cathedral that was built in 1718-35 in place of an earlier church commissioned by St. Mitrofan of Voronezh; it was destroyed by the Soviets in the 1950s. The existing bell tower echoes the one designed for the old cathedral built by Giacomo Quarenghi.

[English Edition / Churches and Monasteries]

VIDEO: Desert Monks: The Orthodox Brotherhood of St. Anthony in Arizona (Full Documentary)

In 1995, a few Orthodox monks left Mount Athos in Greece and came to the US to start an Orthodox Monastery in the middle of the Arizona desert.

[English Edition / Church History]

Ramblings Of An Orthodox Hospice Shepherd

Alexandr Cvejkus

I awoke today with the remembrance of Archimandrite Cyprian in my head. For those who are unfamiliar with the name, Archimandrite Cyprian was the world famous iconographer of Jordanville.

[English Edition / Orthodoxy Today]

Archbishop Joachim of Beroun: “Slavic peoples should stay together”

Archbishop Joachim of Beroun (the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia) talks about the life of this Local Orthodox Church, the difficulties it is faced with, the cooperation among the Slavic Churches and the destructiveness of schisms.

[English Edition / Orthodoxy Today]

“One service completely changed my life”

Archpriest Victor Potapov on the travels of the wonder-working icon and life in America’s Russian parishes

So I stood there awkwardly, no young people near, I couldn’t understand the services, in fact I didn’t even speak very good Russian at the time… But then during the services something in my soul changed. It was just one incident, but it turned everything upside down in me.

[English Edition / Churches and Monasteries]

Miracle at Tsypino: The resurrection of a Russian wooden church

The Church of Elijah the Prophet, which collapsed in the mid-20th century, has been brought back to life through the efforts of restorers.Facebook

[English Edition / Churches and Monasteries]

The Goritsky Monastery: History within a stunning landscape

One of the most picturesque cities on the Golden Ring, Pereslavl-Zalessky offers visitors a number of historic buildings to explore.Facebook

[English Edition / Churches and Monasteries]

Off The Beaten Trail: The Assumption and Annunciation Cathedrals of Moscow's Kremlin

Catherine Tsounis

The Dormition Cathedral was built in 1326 by Ivan I. It is the main cathedral of the Tsardom of Russia. The Cathedral is the burial place of Moscow Metropolitans and Patriarchs.

[English Edition / Churches and Monasteries]

PHOTOS: Inside The 'Holy Mountain': Exploring The Unseen World Of Mount Athos

Mount Athos, in northern Greece, is a place steeped in a truly unique history. The tree-swathed slopes of the “Holy Mountain,” as it is commonly called, encompass 127 miles on the coast of the Aegean Sea. Mount Athos, which operates as an autonomous region within Greece itself, contains 20 separate active Greek Orthodox monasteries, and has functioned as a spiritual center of the Orthodox church since the 10th century.

[English Edition / Churches and Monasteries]

Havana's Russian Orthodox cathedral, an exotic jewel on the Caribbean island

Catapulted into the news by the visit of the Russian Orthodox Church's patriarch, Kirill, to Cuba, the faith's cathedral in Havana breaks the colonial architectural monotony of the Old City, where it is recognized as one of the Caribbean island's rare and exotic jewels.

[English Edition / Churches and Monasteries]

A Miracle of Liturgical Art: The Church of the Protection of the Mother of God at Yasenevo

Andrew Gould

"This past fall I had the opportunity to visit a construction project that is nothing short of a miracle. I saw a group of mostly volunteers and amateurs, working with small donations, building a church to rival any monument in the history of Christendom."

[English Edition / Churches and Monasteries]

Kholki: Cave monastery in the chalk cliffs of Belgorod

This complex, inspired by the Monastery of the Caves in Kiev, struggled through most of its history before being resurrected in 1990 by a former Communist Party official.Facebook

[English Edition / Churches and Monasteries]

Holy Mount Athos in the photographs of British journalists (a photo gallery)

The publication’s author describes these photographs as “striking” and briefly relates the everyday life of the Holy Mountain: church services lasting many hours, the work with ancient manuscripts and church artworks.

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