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“If I should forget thee, O Jerusalem…” (Ps. 136:5)

Yanina Alexeyeva

Russian Palestine is a marvelous spiritual and historical phenomenon, headed by the Russian Spiritual Mission in Jerusalem founded in 1847.

[English Edition / Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]

VIDEO: The Feast of the She Who is Quick to Hear Icon of the Mother of God at Dochariou Monastery

Docharious Monastery on Mt. Athos is home to the miraculous She Who is Quick to Hear Icon of the Mother of God, which the monks celebrated on Saturday with Heavenly Byzantine chant.

[English Edition / Orthodoxy Around the World]

An Island of Orthodoxy in the Capital of Ireland

Sergey Mudrov

Irish spirituality, which has not yet become extinct completely and has not yet been eradicated across the country, fills local residents with compassion and kindness, and helps them remain self-sacrificing and not indifferent to the problems of others.

[English Edition / Churches and Monasteries]

“I Feel Warmth Coming From Some People”

Olga Rozhneva, Mother Mariam (Mikladze)

We’re walking around the center of old Tbilisi—the abbess of the Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Matushka Mariam (Mikladze), is waiting for us to come.

[English Edition / Churches and Monasteries]

In Pechory

From Conversations with Pilgrims

Lolita Naranovich

The feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos… The patronal feast of the Pskov Caves Monastery. Thousands of pilgrims are drawn here from the various corners of Russia. Hundreds of colorful scarves, thousands of lit candles…

[English Edition / Churches and Monasteries]

In Defense of Building Orthodox Churches: a Perspective from a Russian Province

Vladimir Basenkov

This just made us wonder why these people are against the building of houses of God, what arguments they are presenting and what lies behind these arguments.

[English Edition / Churches and Monasteries]

Orthodox Church draws close to restoration goal with funding for chapel work

Ben Boettger

“It’s been a journey,” Gray said of restoring the 123 year-old church.

[English Edition / Churches and Monasteries]

This Small Greek Island Is Home to More Than 700 Churches

Gisela Williams

A major pilgrimage site for Orthodox Christians, the Greek island of Tínos has long been overlooked by other travelers.

[English Edition / Churches and Monasteries]

“It was the Forerunner”

Abbess Methodia On Her Path to the Naousa Monastery and On Holy People

Olga Rozhneva, Olga Zatushevskaya

Abbess Methodia of the Convent of the Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John near the Greek city of Naousa, under the spiritual direction of Elder Ephraim, spoke to us about the monastery and about her path there by the prayers of the holy people God had blessed her to meet.

[English Edition / Churches and Monasteries]

Preparing to be a Monastic in the Modern World

Maryina Horka, Bishop Benjamin of Borisov

As a rule, if a person comes to a monastery, at first he behaves almost perfectly. But after a year spent in the monastery, he begins to behave freely and naturally. Then his weaknesses are better revealed, and thus we can make a conclusion, whether this person can live in the monastery or not.

[English Edition / Churches and Monasteries]

The Tobolsk Kremlin: Holy Wisdom in Siberia

William Brumfield

The citadel’s churches connected the distant territory to the capital.

[English Edition / Churches and Monasteries]

The Monastery of the Greatmartyr George the Victorious in Götschendorf (Germany)

Peter Davydov

If you ever find yourself in Germany during your travels across Central Europe, you can visit the Monastery of the Greatmartyr George the Victorious, situated in the eastern part of the country near the Polish border, in the village of Götschendorf.

[English Edition / Churches and Monasteries]

Lone suspect confesses to attacking two OCA churches in Ohio

A lone suspect was taken into custody in the early hours of Tuesday, August 29, 2017, confessing to attacks on two parishes of the Orthodox Church in America on Sunday morning, August 27.

[English Edition / Churches and Monasteries]

Orthodox Churches, Unorthodox Histories in China’s Far Northeast

Ma Te

In icy Harbin, a smattering of crumbling onion domes unmasks the city’s past life as a melting pot of European, Russian, and Chinese culture.

[English Edition / Churches and Monasteries]

Pukhtitsa Dormition Convent: An Uninterrupted Tradition of Female Monasticism

Ekaterina Orlova, Abbess Filareta (Kalacheva)

How does a monastery that was never closed in the Soviet years and that has raised up abbesses for many convents in various dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church live today? Does it preserve the inheritance left by former abbess Mother Barbara? We spoke with the current Pukhtitsa mother superior, Abbess Philareta (Kalacheva) on these questions and on monastic life in general.

[English Edition / Church History]

Athos and Tabor

Archimandrite Emilian (Vafidis)

Throughout the centuries, on the eve of the Transfiguration many monks leave the Great Lavra with pack animals loaded with provisions, vestments, and church vessels, and climb to the top of Mt. Athos, 2033 meters above sea level, higher than the clouds, where there is a tiny chapel of the Transfiguration of the Lord.

[English Edition / Churches and Monasteries]

The Maidens’ Convent of the Kiev Caves

Oleg Kochevykh

Did you know that in old Russia convents for many centuries were located within the walls of monasteries for men? There were almost no separate convents. This practice existed in both the Byzantine Empire and Russia (Rus’), and the most glorious monastery of Kiev was no exception.

[English Edition / Churches and Monasteries]

Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration marks 50th year

Louise Carroll

According to its website, “the Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration is a monastery for women under the jurisdiction of the Orthodox Church in America. It was founded in 1967 by Mother Alexandra (the former Princess Ileana of Romania), whose dream it was to provide a place where American Orthodox women from all ethnic backgrounds could come to live the monastic life and benefit from a liturgical cycle in English.”

[English Edition / Churches and Monasteries]

Lightning strike at Bixby church destroys only word 'death' in mural of Jesus

Mycah Hatfield

The Holy Apostles Orthodox Christian Church is calling the damage done to their facility during Sunday’s storm a miracle.

[English Edition / Churches and Monasteries]

Prayer before and after every work—the recipe for Valaam’s paradisal gardens

The orchards of Valaam… So much has been said and written about them. But the flood continues of exclamations and puzzled questions about how people can grow vegetables and exotic fruits in conditions described as “extremely high-risk agricultural”, and even produce amazingly abundant harvests. What is the secret?

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