History

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

August 3, 2022 349 Comments

The Shroud Is 2,000 Years Old, Not a Medieval Forgery - According to the Newest Study

Hélène de Lauzun August 2, 2022 585 Comments

Russian Emperor Who Left the Throne, Staged His Death, and Became a Saint

Anastasia Parkhomchik August 1, 2022 806 Comments

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

August 1, 2022 146 Comments

Brave Abbess & Her Nuns Who Sacrificed Themselves to Care for the Imperial Family on the Verge of Their Murder

Paul Gilbert July 31, 2022 170 Comments

AUDIO: St. Basil on the Six-Day Creation of the World (Hexaemeron)

St. Basil of Caesarea July 29, 2022 1,182 Comments

Brilliant Russian Admiral & Saint: 40 Naval Battles - He Won Them All

Matfey Shaheen July 27, 2022 213 Comments

The Cosmic Significance of the Tsar's Murder: From the Old to the New World Order

Fr. Zechariah Lynch July 25, 2022 594 Comments

American Tsarism - A Sermon for the Feast of the Royal Martyrs of Russia

Paul Gilbert July 17, 2022 388 Comments

The Saint of San Francisco: First US-Born Orthodox Priest & Monk (PART I, VIDEO)

July 17, 2022 220 Comments

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

July 16, 2022 141 Comments

The Orthodox Church in WWII - St. Luke of Crimea & Russian Christians in the Military

Artemy Schmidt July 8, 2022 615 Comments

Satan's Kingdom Now Develops Unimpeded, Having Removed What Withheld It

July 8, 2022 852 Comments

When this Orthodox Priest Preached, Even Red Army Soldiers Came To Hear Him, to the Great Distress of the Soviet Authorities

Fr. Dimitry Vorsa July 7, 2022 188 Comments

Why Did Medieval Russians Build 'One Day Churches' During Epidemics?

Valentina Novikova July 4, 2022 809 Comments

How the Vikings Found Christianity

Artem Perlik June 30, 2022 1,101 Comments

St. Maria the Grand Duchess - A Model Russian Woman

June 27, 2022 312 Comments

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

June 25, 2022 350 Comments

Why Was This Saint Canonized Twice? - St. Anna of Kashin

June 25, 2022 98 Comments

Orthodox Christianity - The True Hope and Heritage of the West (Fr. Seraphim Rose)

Fr. Zechariah Lynch, Fr. Seraphim Rose June 19, 2022 1,970 Comments

Historic Meeting Between Two Sovereigns: The Last Tsar of Russia & The King of the United Kingdom (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

Paul Gilbert June 10, 2022 129 Comments

The Historic Rehabilitation of the Last Russian Tsar - When a Nation Repents Publicly

Paul Gilbert June 6, 2022 287 Comments

The Forgotten Mass Murder of “Anti-Gay” Martyrs

June 5, 2022 687 Comments

How Russian Peasant Families Lived as Christians in Centuries Past

June 5, 2022 274 Comments

Why Did the Last Tsar's Favourite Motorcar Sport a Swastika?

Paul Gilbert June 4, 2022 204 Comments

Iconic Northern Russian Cathedral that Was a Hostage and Survivor of the Soviets (PHOTOS)

Professor William Brumfield May 28, 2022 78 Comments

The Russian Regicide and the Beginning of the Mystery of Iniquity - Explained by Orthodox Saints

Bishop Nektarios (Kontsevich), Fr. Seraphim Rose May 22, 2022 479 Comments

Lutheran Reformers Missed the Opportunity of a Millennium - On Why Lutherans Didn't Become Orthodox When Breaking with the Pope

Fr. Panayiotis Papageorgiou May 22, 2022 297 Comments

End Times Prophecies of an 18th c. Orthodox Saint - Most Were Already Fulfilled

Saint Cosmas Aitolias May 17, 2022 812 Comments

Three Russian Orthodox Nuns, Three War Heroes

Anastasia Parkhomchik May 14, 2022 173 Comments

WW2 Veteran Met Christ at the Front and Became a Much Revered Russian Saint

Anastasia Parkhomchik May 13, 2022 306 Comments

Short Profile of the Main Cathedral in Yaroslavl, Near Rostov Veliky, Russia (VIDEO)

May 12, 2022 172 Comments

KARL MARX: Revolutionary, Russophobe & Atheist

Michail Smolin May 10, 2022 185 Comments

St. George Ribbon: Symbol of Slavic Valor

Vasilisa Nikolaeva May 9, 2022 464 Comments

Debunking the Most Common Myths About the Byzantine Empire

Pavel Kuzenkov May 7, 2022 1,908 Comments

WATCH: Animated History of the Middle Ages - Six Episodes of The Russian Primary Chronicle

Matthew Adams May 1, 2022 2,630 Comments

Scientific Evidence Jesus Offered a Priestly Blessing at the Moment of Resurrection

Rod Dreher April 26, 2022 1,633 Comments

Why Were There Several New Year Days in Russia?

Georgy Manaev April 25, 2022 103 Comments

Russia’s Goliath-Slaying Christian Warrior Monks

Matfey Shaheen April 23, 2022 2,475 Comments

Church of the Holy Sepulchre's Ancient Altar Rediscovered (VIDEO)

April 20, 2022 151 Comments

Russian Monarchs: Guardians of Orthodoxy in Russia Through the Centuries

Nikolai Dmitrievich TALBERG April 19, 2022 216 Comments

Holy Moon: Craters on the Moon Named after Orthodox Saints and Russian Believers

Dionysius Redington April 18, 2022 233 Comments

March 14, 1904 - Priest Sent From Russia Becomes Bishop of Brooklyn, Three Women Faint During Ceremony

The Saint Paul Globe (Minnesota) April 18, 2022 1,161 Comments

A Charismatic Movement in the Early Church

Fr. Zechariah Lynch April 13, 2022 1,209 Comments

Why Did the Russian Emperor Not Have Lenin Executed?

Paul Gilbert April 12, 2022 591 Comments

Religious Marches Are a Big Part of Russian Christianity

Michael Tare April 10, 2022 1,246 Comments

The Memoirs of One of the Russian Tsar's Most Loyal Subjects Soon to be Published in English

Paul Gilbert April 6, 2022 253 Comments

Pre-Schism Convent Ruled by a Royal Abbess Was Unearthed in England

Sarah Cascone March 30, 2022 154 Comments

Candid Letters from the Young Heir of the Russian Empire - Written from a Siberian Prison

Ludmila Huhtiniemi March 29, 2022 278 Comments

700 Years Ago a German Came to Rostov, Became a Russian Saint

John Sanidopoulos March 28, 2022 842 Comments

Pop Legend Bobby Farrell Dropped Dead After Blaspheming Russian Empress, Rasputin (VIDEO)

March 25, 2022 1,225 Comments

A Rare 16th Century Cross Was Found Under the Ancient Russian City of Rostov

March 22, 2022 188 Comments

Emperor Nicholas II’s Favorite Sport (PHOTO)

Boris Egorov March 19, 2022 216 Comments

How a Russian Orthodox Bishop Was Awarded the Stalin Prize

Alexandra Guzeva March 18, 2022 213 Comments

Cows are Vegetables in a Condensed Form, Claimed Fifty Ancient Bishops

Lives of the Saints March 9, 2022 881 Comments

Globalism and Brief History of Ukraine

March 5, 2022 1,743 Comments Church Persecution

How Russian Christians Appeared in China

Georgy Manaev February 19, 2022 505 Comments

5 Russian Rulers Who Became Orthodox Saints

Alexandra Guzeva February 16, 2022 504 Comments

Ukraine and Russia: History Matters

Karsten RIISE February 11, 2022 2,324 Comments

Anointing with Oil in Antiquity and in the Christian Church

Reader John Malov February 3, 2022 315 Comments

The Explosion of English Monasticism During Saint Bede's Time

January 29, 2022 294 Comments

The Spiritual Worldview of Gregory Rasputin

RF Staff January 21, 2022 991 Comments

Moscow's Holy Lake and the Church that Disappeared Beneath the Waters

Elena Zoubareva January 17, 2022 277 Comments

Orthodox Christianity in the British Isles

Fr. Andrew Phillips January 15, 2022 598 Comments

Renunciation of Orthodox Monarchy Is Rebellion Against Divine Authority

January 7, 2022 720 Comments

Rasputin Was a Slandered Saint - 1925 Book by British Expert Confirms Claims of Modern Russian Historians

Fr. Andrew Phillips December 23, 2021 878 Comments

The Pious Orthodox Christian who Tried to Prevent Chernobyl Disaster

Irina Krikheli December 18, 2021 261 Comments

Prayers to Saints Originated with Jews, not Pagans

Fr. Gabriel Ridenour December 17, 2021 1,660 Comments

5 Russian Cities that Have DISAPPEARED from the Face of the Earth

Anna Sorokina December 17, 2021 200 Comments

Two Outstanding Russian Relics Close to Where US Orthodox Immigrants to Russia Are Settling (Rostov Veliky)

Anastasia Parkhomchik December 5, 2021 510 Comments

In 1917 Freemasons Marched in Rome to the Vatican, Singing Songs to Satan

John-Henry Westen December 3, 2021 827 Comments

How Many Churches Are There in Russia?

Alexandra Guzeva December 1, 2021 269 Comments

The Departure of Two Famous Russians — a Writer and a Saint

Anastasia Parkhomchik November 29, 2021 295 Comments

The Prophesies of Grigory Rasputin

Paul Gilbert November 29, 2021 1,280 Comments

Beloved Priest Murdered by Islamic Fanatics 11 Years Ago Is a Hero in Russia to this Day

Nina Kaishauri November 22, 2021 533 Comments

Book Review: Life and Wisdom of 3 Russian Martyrs Killed by a Satanist

November 21, 2021 178 Comments

Apostate Roman Emperor's Story Is a Proof God Destroys Church Persecutors

Marina Borisova November 14, 2021 297 Comments

The Spilled Blood of the Russian Royal Family Has Reappeared for Years Since Their Martyrdom - Eyewitness Account

October 29, 2021 832 Comments

The Orthodox Christian Code of Honor of the Russian Officer (1904)

Стоглав October 24, 2021 349 Comments

Rostov's Ancient Cathedral Bell Tower: Beloved Treasure of the Russian North

William Brumfield October 10, 2021 175 Comments