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From Baptist to Byzantium: A Letter From My Spiritually Disoriented Friend in Russia

Fr. Joseph Gleason June 24, 2025 86 Comments

Is it True that the Sun Never Sets over Russia?

Yulia Khakimova January 15, 2024 40 Comments

Adventures of an American Traveler Lost in Russia

Elena Deshko November 21, 2023 62 Comments

Orthodox Ireland

Vladimir de Beer November 11, 2023 410 Comments

5 Influential & Miraculous Icons that Russians Venerate

Oleg Yegorov November 6, 2023 134 Comments

Finding God on a Skateboard: A Seminary Student in Russia

Daria Aminova, Anastasiya Karagodina September 29, 2023 143 Comments

What do Orthodox Churches in Japan look like? (PHOTOS)

September 29, 2023 305 Comments

The ‘Glory of Russia’ is in the United States! Wait, what!?

Yulia Khakimova September 28, 2023 290 Comments

The Most Impressive Russian Orthodox Churches Outside Russia (PHOTOS)

Sofia Polyakova September 14, 2023 430 Comments

5 Ancient Greek cities that you can visit… in Russia!

Alexandra Guzeva September 8, 2023 157 Comments

Russian Artist Finds Out He is Dying, Paints 1000 Images of Christ

Liza Ivanov July 7, 2023 3,187 Comments

Homosexuals Persecuting Christians in America - Do You Feel The Walls Closing In?

Fr. Joseph Gleason July 7, 2023 9,998 Comments

7 Reasons You Should Never Date a Russian Woman

Marina Vinogradova July 5, 2023 3,774 Comments

Finally, Orthodox Church Music that Sounds Truly American

Fr. Ernesto M. Obregón June 25, 2023 6,350 Comments

Why God is "He", Not "She"

Fr. Johannes Jacobse June 13, 2023 3,949 Comments

The Legacy of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire in Russia [Masterpiece Documentary]

Matfey Shaheen June 10, 2023 4,601 Comments

Atheists and Leftists Infiltrated Russia's Schools in the 19th c., Mortally Wounding the Country - a Lesson for America

Michael Spreng June 10, 2023 3,659 Comments

The Lives of These Russian Christian Military Heroes Will Blow Your Mind

Matfey Shaheen June 8, 2023 4,040 Comments

Magnificent Prayer Composed By Tchaikovsky, Sung By Incredibly Talented Russian Choir

RF Staff June 2, 2023 10,478 Comments

Our Top 10 Favorite Russian Christian Paintings (A Very Subjective List)

RF Staff June 1, 2023 20,597 Comments

Before and After: The Amazing Restoration of Russia's Churches and Cultural Heritage

Pravmir.com May 29, 2023 3,850 Comments

Olga, the Viking Queen of the Rus

Nicholas Kotar May 28, 2023 3,087 Comments

Legal Handguns are Good for Society - Orthodox Christians Explain Why

RF Staff November 27, 2022 4,234 Comments

VIDEOS: Ditch Disney, Watch Russian Cartoons with Traditional Christian Values

Matthew Adams November 22, 2022 8,024 Comments

Dostoevsky’s Dazzling Drafts: Windows into a Labyrinthine Writing Process

Liza Ivanov November 19, 2022 4,917 Comments

The West’s Quest to ‘Save the World Through Degeneracy’

James George Jatras November 18, 2022 4,225 Comments

This Famous Catholic American Bishop Stood Up for Russians During the Cold War [Video]

Matfey Shaheen November 17, 2022 3,239 Comments

How Modern Psychology Destroyed Traditional Christian Morality

Vladislav Ershov November 17, 2022 2,981 Comments

A Conservative Russian Lion With Real Mass Influence – The Painter Ilya Glazunov

Charles Bausman November 16, 2022 8,187 Comments

New Book on Russian Empire

Mikhail Smirnov November 15, 2022 261 Comments

Meet the Carpatho-Russians - the Slavs from Nowhere

November 9, 2022 4,542 Comments

From Catherine II to Vladimir Putin: Russia's Christian Foreign Policy

Thierry Meyssan November 5, 2022 3,114 Comments

Fyodor Dostoevsky’s ‘The Brothers Karamazov’: A short summary

November 1, 2022 266 Comments

16 Most Amazing Russian Orthodox Sites Outside Russia

Boris Egorov September 29, 2022 1,165 Comments

Blessed Russian Paintings That Will Dispel the Post-Modern Darkness Out of You

Liza Ivanov September 28, 2022 1,502 Comments

Why Humanism is the Mortal Enemy of Christianity

Fr. Zechariah Lynch September 17, 2022 1,351 Comments

Russian Nationwide Christian TV - New Series on Religious Faith in the Military

September 13, 2022 194 Comments

Acclaimed US Film About 19th c. Orthodox Saint Hits UK Cinemas

September 10, 2022 271 Comments

8 Destinations for Orthodox Tourists in Russia

September 6, 2022 143 Comments

How To Maintain the Faith During Extreme Evil

Roosh Valizadeh September 4, 2022 1,228 Comments

Legendary Russian Author's Chilling Warning to the West (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)

Chris Banescu September 4, 2022 10,080 Comments

Putin's Christian Vision

Iben Thranholm September 3, 2022 7,216 Comments

The Heresy of Theistic Evolution - An Abscess on the Body of the Church

Fr. Alexis Shlyapin September 1, 2022 2,245 Comments

'The Tsar's Cavalry' (Pavel Ryzhenko, 2004) - GREAT RUSSIAN CHRISTIAN ART

Pavel Ryzhenko August 26, 2022 934 Comments

World-Famous Russian Writer Was Inspired by Orthodox Saint to Create Unique Character in His Novel 'Demons'

August 26, 2022 134 Comments

Gorgeous Russian Monastery’s ‘Cave of Repentance’ – Where The Worst Sinners of the Empire Found Peace

Liza Ivanov August 25, 2022 929 Comments

This Fall: English-Language Orthodox Liturgical Music Symposium in Tennessee

August 22, 2022 173 Comments

Raising Eleven Children in Russia - “A Wife Needs to Feel a Man’s Strength”

Archpriest Alexei Kim, Irina Kim, Anna Berseneva August 16, 2022 1,189 Comments

The Baptism of Russia 1000 Years Ago Is a Major Summer Holiday - How Russians Celebrate It

August 11, 2022 140 Comments

3 Striking Village Churches Being Restored NW of Moscow Where Orthodox Immigrants from US, EU Are Settling

August 3, 2022 349 Comments

Major Festival of Orthodox Song to Be Held in Idyllic Russian Town Connected to Beloved Saint

August 1, 2022 146 Comments

Christian Conservative Activists Are Advising the Russian Gov on Strengthening Traditional Values

July 30, 2022 220 Comments

'Jesus Among the Teachers' (Vasily Polenov,1896) - GREAT RUSSIAN CHRISTIAN ART

Vasily Polenov July 24, 2022 1,100 Comments

Russian Church Promotes the Veneration of Ancient British Saints, Aiming at Preserving Local Christian Legacy

July 23, 2022 371 Comments

Why Do You Consume Secular Content?

July 19, 2022 315 Comments

Mosaic of Biblical Saints Found in Old Synagogue (4th-5th c.), Confirming Once Again Iconographic Tradition

July 16, 2022 141 Comments

Sublime Glimpses of the Beauty of the Orthodox Christian Tradition and a Christianized Culture (PHOTOS)

Hieromonk Ignaty (Shestakov), Goran Vlahovic July 15, 2022 240 Comments

Great Early 20th C. Russian Christian Philosopher on the Devil's Role in History

Ivan Ilyin July 12, 2022 1,583 Comments

Famous Trinity Painting Reflects the Depth of Russian Orthodox Christianity

July 9, 2022 88 Comments

Russia’s Traditional Art of Building Wonders in Wood

Professor William Brumfield July 8, 2022 74 Comments

Russians Need Large Families & Many Children to Save Russia's Future

Fr. Vitaly Rybakov July 1, 2022 743 Comments

Russian Diaspora Is Witnessing for Christ, Conveying Culture and Beauty to the West

June 29, 2022 67 Comments

How Did a Mosaic of Christ Get Featured in a Soviet Subway?

June 25, 2022 350 Comments

Some Alaskan Families are Divided by the US-Russia Border

Emily Schwing June 23, 2022 914 Comments

'Western Science Is a [Tool] in the Hands of the Antichrist' - Famous Orthodox Saint

St. Nikolai Velimirovich June 20, 2022 1,142 Comments

Russians and Americans Gather to Pray Together in English Near Moscow

Fr. Joseph Gleason June 20, 2022 1,309 Comments

Why This U.S. Entrepreneur Came to Russia and Converted to Orthodoxy

RICHARD BURGUNDER June 16, 2022 239 Comments

Review of a Classic of Russian Literature - Soon To Be Banned in Ukraine - by a Popular Orthodox Podcaster (Roosh V.)

June 11, 2022 273 Comments

'Herod's Daughter' (Ivan Kramskoy, 1886) - GREAT RUSSIAN CHRISTIAN ART

Ivan Kramskoi June 7, 2022 898 Comments

How Russian Peasant Families Lived as Christians in Centuries Past

June 5, 2022 274 Comments

It Was Proposed in Russia that Schools Should Eliminate "Ideological Clichés" Against the Last Russian Emperor

May 26, 2022 198 Comments

Russian America: Celebrity Priest's Documentary on Russian Orthodoxy in the US

Archpriest Artemy Vladimirov May 21, 2022 329 Comments

Buying and Selling the Souls of Men - How Corporations Use Marketing Techniques to Deceive Us

Sergei Komarov May 21, 2022 1,087 Comments

'The Choice of Faith' (Pavel Ryzhenko, 2005) - GREAT RUSSIAN CHRISTIAN ART

Pavel Ryzhenko May 10, 2022 1,548 Comments

St. George Ribbon: Symbol of Slavic Valor

Vasilisa Nikolaeva May 9, 2022 464 Comments

Dostoevsky's Prophecy: Man's Rebellion Against God Will Lead to Total Anarchy

Mark Hackard May 3, 2022 3,089 Comments

New Film about Orthodoxy in Alaska Coming Soon (TRAILER)

April 30, 2022 202 Comments

'Religious Procession in Kursk' (Ilya Repin,1883) - GREAT RUSSIAN CHRISTIAN ART

Ilya Repin April 28, 2022 1,174 Comments

Orthodox Fresco that Travelled in Space and Became Universally Famous

Anastasia Parkhomchik April 27, 2022 121 Comments

12 Great Russian Orthodox Feasts (other than Easter)

Alexandra Guzeva April 23, 2022 150 Comments