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Russia in winter

The Pravoslavie.ru website is offering you a gallery of selected photographs of Holy Russia (Rus’) in winter—its nature, people and churches. We wish our readers to spend the Christmas holidays to the benefit of body and soul.

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The Great and Holy Monastery of Vatopaidi

December 17/30 the holy Orthodox Church commemorates Sts. Athanasius, Nicholas, and Anthony, the tenth century founders of Vatopaidi Monastery, one of the twenty great monasteries on the holy mountain of Athos. As with all of the monasteries on the mountain it has a deep and rich history, with a number of saints, and today it houses several miraculous icon and relics.

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Endangered Site: Visoki Decani Monastery, Kosovo

The fate of the 14th-century abbey has been darkened by ethnic violence in the Balkans.

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Climbing Holy Mount Sinai

A photo gallery

Mount Sinai is a special place for Christians. Here God appeared to Moses, spoke with him and gave him ten commandments; here St. John the Climacus, Abbot of Mount Sinai, lived at the Monastery of St. Catherine, at the foot of the mountain. And the mount itself with its steep steps is a visible symbol of asceticism.

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The “Trier Sandal” of Apostle Andrew

Anatoly Kholodiuk

According to tradition, holy Empress Helen brought to Trier the sandal worn on the right foot of the Apostle Andrew the First-Called.

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The Moldovan Monastery of the Great Martyr St. James the Persian

In the heart of Bessarabia, 16 km far from Chişinău, opening up in the middle of a green field as an eye in the sky is the monastery of the Great Martyr St. James the Persian, a contemporary monastic foundation that desires not to bring shame to the Tradition, but to continue it creatively.

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Novgorod’s Icon—St. Sophia Cathedral and the Mother of God “Of the Sign”

The cathedral was completed in 1050, which makes it the oldest stone church in Russia. It was built by both Russian and Byzantine masters, who succeeded in combining the Byzantine style with the character of northern climes and peoples. It became the only stone building in Novgorod at the time.

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Why a British photographer is saving churches in Russia's Far North

Historian Richard Davies on his mission to protect unique landscapes.

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The Fiftieth-Anniversary Celebrations of the Cathedral of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow”

On Friday, November 6, 2015, the feast day of the Moscow Icon of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow,” His Eminence Archbishop Kyrill of San Francisco and Western America, Secretary of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, celebrated Divine Liturgy at San Francisco’s cathedral dedicated to the icon, and performed all-night vigil the evening before. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the great cathedral, which contains the uncorrupt relics of St John of Shanghai and San Francisco the Miracle-Worker.

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Divine Liturgy Has Been Celebrated Daily in Our Cathedral for 50 Years

Archpriest Peter Perekrestov

November 6, 2015, was the 50 th anniversary since the first Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the Cathedral of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow” in San Francisco, CA. Protopriest Peter Perekrestov, Senior Priest of the cathedral, granted an interview to Zhurnal Moskovskoj Patriarchii (Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate).

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Appeal By the Clergy and Parish Council of the Cathedral of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow" in San Francisco

Our cathedral is the only parish church in North America where evening services and Divine Liturgy are celebrated daily, uninterruptedly for the last 50 years.

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Autumn photo sketches of Rila Monastery

The main holy place of Bulgaria is Rila Monastery at which the relics of Venerable John, the Wonderworker of Rila and patron-saint of this Orthodox country, rest.

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The Russian Orthodox Diaspora: Copenhagen 1987-1988

Archpriest Nicholas Artemov

The Church of St. Alexander Nevsky in Copenhagen was established back in Tsarist times. In fact, Danish Royalty and the Russian Royal House have been closely connected—Tsar Nicholas II's mother, Tsarina Maria Feodorovna, was a Danish princess. Archpriest Nicholas Artemov, who served there from 1987-88, published on the website ROCOR Studies his memoirs of that historical parish.

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Two Churches of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God

Paul Gilbert

Our Lady of Kazan church in Kolomenskoe park in Moscow, and the Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg are two unique and well-known churches in Russia named in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God which we celebrate today.

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Mologa. A Story

Nun Evfimiya (Aksamentova)

In my youth, when, as things turned out, I was leaving my parents’ house forever, I had a dream that for some reason became fixed in my memory.There was absolutely nothing special in it and it is strange that I memorized it.

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Video about the Opening of Saint Silouan's Monastery, Sonora, CA

The Western American Diocese (ROCOR) site is featuring a new video on the consecration of the new St. Silouan's Monastery which took place on September 24, 2015.

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Take Your Cross and Follow Me!

Thoughts on the pilgrimage by foot of the Diocese of Chicago and Mid-America

On September 4-7, 2015, forty-five pilgrims formed a procession of the cross for twenty-two miles from Holy Dormition Convent in Rives Junction, Michigan, to the St. Vladimir Church in Ann Arbor.

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1990: A Pilgrimage to Optina Monastery

Much has happened since 1990 when an American recently converted to Orthodoxy made a pilgrimage to the famous home of the Optina Elders—all of the original churches have been rebuilt, new ones added, and the brotherhood is flourishing. Nevertheless, we can wistfully remember those blessed days when Russian Orthodox Christians were sacrificing their time and talent to rebuilt Optina. Here are the impressions of that pilgrim, published in the Orthodox Word.

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A short history of Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow

Ryan Hunter

"After over 40 years of initial construction paid for by donations from across the Russian Empire and with imperial patronage, the cathedral was first consecrated on 26 May 1883 in the presence of Emperor Alexander III and senior members of the Imperial Family along with numerous Church and foreign dignitaries."

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Dochiar. Honoring "Her Who is Quick to Hear"

On October 1/14, when the Russian Church celebrates the Protection of the Mother of God, on the Holy Mount Athos the honor was for one of the most well-known holy shrines of the Orthodox world—the icon of the Mother of God, "Quick to Hear".

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