History

Russian Church Remains Vibrant in Ancient Crimea

Global Orthodox October 8, 2021 146 Comments

Last Russian Emperor: Myths and Reality

Paul Gilbert October 6, 2021 229 Comments

Russia Resumed Canonizing Saints in Late 19th c. After 200 Year Pause

Global Orthodox October 6, 2021 106 Comments

The Beautiful German Princess Buried Alive by Bolshevik Psychopaths

Global Orthodox October 2, 2021 957 Comments

The Last Tsar was a Great Leader - and the Most Slandered Man in History

George Michalopulos September 21, 2021 949 Comments

The Frightful Story of a Priest Who Commemorated the Antichrist During the Holy Liturgy

Pyotr Krasnov September 10, 2021 782 Comments

Another Saint from the Romanov Family. St Anastasia of Kiev

Anastasia Parkhomchik September 5, 2021 158 Comments

State Funds Allocated for Preservation of 14th-Century Russian Monastery

Orthodox Christianity August 31, 2021 96 Comments

Faith vs. The World: The Story of St. Marinus

Fr. Gabriel Bilas August 24, 2021 130 Comments

The Local Saints of Central England Part 1: Betti, Hardulph, Modwenna

Dmitry Lapa August 22, 2021 149 Comments

5th Century Frescoes From a Church Built Into a 1st Century Roman Aqueduct

David Clayton August 21, 2021 189 Comments

Israeli Archaeologists Find Evidence of an Earthquake Described in the Old Testament

Kelly Valencia August 20, 2021 93 Comments

First Church Named for Saints of Rus’ Consecrated 1,000 Years Ago

Orthodox Christianity August 15, 2021 89 Comments

How Much Spending Money Did Russian Emperors Have?

Georgy Manaev August 14, 2021 90 Comments

Saint Eudocia the Empress, Wife of Emperor Theodosius the Younger

John Sanidopoulos August 13, 2021 115 Comments

The COMPLETE List of Russian Tsars, Emperors and Presidents

Russia Beyond August 5, 2021 136 Comments

Pope Paul and Saul Alinsky . . . Who’da Thunk It?

George Michalopulos August 1, 2021 446 Comments

Before and After: St. Basil's Cathedral 100 Years Ago and Now

Russia Beyond July 31, 2021 91 Comments

These countries are NOT in Russia

Russia Beyond July 30, 2021 202 Comments

The GREATEST Victory in the History of the Russian Navy

Boris Egorov July 20, 2021 102 Comments

The Murder of God's Anointed

Orthodox Christianity July 17, 2021 256 Comments

Clashes on the Temple Mount And What Lies Behind Them Explained in 3 Minutes

Priest Evgeny Murzin, Alexander Zanemonets July 11, 2021 521 Comments

Stele of Merneptah: Archaeology in Agreement that the Events in the Book of Exodus Truly Took Place

Sergey Kovach July 11, 2021 147 Comments

10 Facts About the Man Who Made Crimea Part of Russia

Georgy Manaev July 4, 2021 307 Comments

7 Popular Legends About Stalin

Yekaterina Sinelschikova July 3, 2021 399 Comments

Enchanting Shrines in a Brooding Forest: Saminsky Pogost

Professor William Brumfield July 2, 2021 64 Comments

Florovsky on Christian Community

July 1, 2021 128 Comments

Royal Companions Who Influenced Russian Politics

Georgy Manaev June 30, 2021 57 Comments

Igor Sikorsky, the Inventor of the Helicopter, as a Religious Visionary and Philosopher

Stanislav Minakov June 28, 2021 608 Comments

Why Was Russia Ruled by So Many Non-Russians?

Georgy Manaev June 26, 2021 227 Comments

The Colors of the Russian Flag EXPLAINED

Russia Beyond June 18, 2021 194 Comments

7 Facts about the Savior’s Crown of Thorns

Editor of The Catalogue of Good Deeds June 18, 2021 154 Comments

Christian Culture is Reviving in Russia, 30 Years After the Fall of the Soviet Union

LifeSiteNews staff June 17, 2021 391 Comments

How a Piece of Tsarist Russia Appeared in Jerusalem

Ajay Kamalakaran June 15, 2021 81 Comments

The Seventh Sunday After Pascha. The Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council

Orthodox Christianity June 13, 2021 134 Comments

The Dark Church: A Unique Orthodox Church That Has Been Carved Out of a Rock

Orthodox Times June 11, 2021 147 Comments

Visions and Intercessions of the Holy Theotokos During Wartime

Andrew Segeda June 8, 2021 111 Comments

The Tomb and Relics of Saint Cyril the Apostle to the Slavs

John Sanidopoulos June 6, 2021 180 Comments

Portrait of a Parish: St John of San Francisco Orthodox Church in England

Fr. Andrew Phillips June 1, 2021 387 Comments

St Nilus of Sora and the Dispute about Monastic Property Rights

Archpriest Vladimir Dolgikh May 29, 2021 69 Comments

How Can You Reach the Kremlin by Phone?

Yekaterina Sinelschikova May 25, 2021 163 Comments

Did Soviet Cosmonauts Believe in God?

Nikolay Shevchenko May 23, 2021 377 Comments

The Surprising Things Currently BANNED in Russia

Nikolay Shevchenko May 22, 2021 327 Comments

The Pleasure of Domes: Russia’s Towering Wooden Shrines

Professor William Brumfield May 21, 2021 90 Comments

7 Things Ridiculously BANNED in Tsarist Russia

Georgy Manaev May 19, 2021 212 Comments

The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Larry Romanoff May 18, 2021 340 Comments

Stained Glass Windows in Orthodox Churches: Do They Exist?

Dmitry Trofimov May 16, 2021 180 Comments

The Medieval Russian Holiday of a Lifetime Awaits You! (VIDEOS)

Tim Kirby May 2, 2021 308 Comments

Were the Russians Actually Baptized TWICE?

Georgy Manaev May 1, 2021 155 Comments

Streets in Russia Named After Americans

Georgy Manaev April 29, 2021 107 Comments

Why Didn't Russian Women Take Their Hats Off Indoors? (PHOTOS)

Eleonora Goldman April 20, 2021 217 Comments

Church Music in the Creativity of Russian Composers at the Turn of the XIX-XX Centuries

Elena Dodonova April 18, 2021 155 Comments

Was Prince Philip Really Orthodox, While Married to Queen Elizabeth?

Fr. Andrew Phillips April 12, 2021 1,552 Comments

The First Russian Submarine

Boris Egorov April 12, 2021 173 Comments

Saint Seraphim of Vyritsa (April 3 /March 21)

V.P. Filimonov April 4, 2021 58 Comments

The Weirdest Food Russian Tsars Ate

Georgy Manaev March 29, 2021 219 Comments

Archaeological Evidence of the Prophet Jeremiah - Ancient Seals Unearthed in Israel

Pravmir Team March 14, 2021 182 Comments

Vybuti: Homeland of the Holy Princess Olga

FOMA March 12, 2021 154 Comments

Lost Languages Discovered in One of the World’s Oldest Continuously Run Libraries

Brigit Katz March 9, 2021 258 Comments

This Saint's Prescience Was Noticed by the KGB

Archpriest Igor Ryabko March 5, 2021 331 Comments

How the Last of the Romanovs Became a Popular Deck of Cards (PHOTOS)

Anna Sorokina March 3, 2021 182 Comments

Sacred Sewing in Russian Churches

Елена Додонова February 22, 2021 212 Comments

RUSSIAN SAINT: “Adapt Your Life to Your Faith, Not the Other Way Around”

Anastasia Parkhomchik February 20, 2021 228 Comments

Russian Emperors Ordered the First Faberge Eggs

(The Catalog of Good Deeds) February 17, 2021 101 Comments

5 Important Bible Findings by Contemporary Archaeologists

Oleg Karpenko February 16, 2021 200 Comments

Translation of the Relics of St. John Chrysostom

St. Dimitry of Rostov February 9, 2021 63 Comments

What do Russian and Old Slavonic have in common?

Svetoslava Tsvetkova February 7, 2021 211 Comments

Reformed Church Buildings with Icons of Saints and Religious Images

Robert Arakaki February 7, 2021 218 Comments

On Celtic Orthodoxy

Fr. Stephen Freeman November 13, 2020 646 Comments

Saint Macrina, the Fourth Great Cappadocian?

John Nichiporuk November 3, 2020 92 Comments

Altar Wall of a 9th Century Church Discovered

(Pravlife) November 3, 2020 138 Comments

Was Dracula an Orthodox Christian?

Anastasia Parkhomchik October 29, 2020 779 Comments

Is It True That Christ Was “Invented” by Cult Members Hundreds of Years before Christianity?

IGOR TSUKANOV October 27, 2020 175 Comments

How Religious Freedom of Conscience Was Born

Vladimir Gurbolikov, Roman Makhankov October 25, 2020 251 Comments

St. Martin of Tours: The Life Story of One of the Most Well-Known Western Saints

John Nichiporuk October 25, 2020 147 Comments

Saint Edwin of Northumbria, King and Martyr, and Saint Ethelburgh, Queen and Abbess of Lyminge

Dmitry Lapa October 18, 2020 145 Comments

The Irish Church in the Eighth Century

Archpriest Vladislav Tsypin October 16, 2020 269 Comments

Former Revolutionaries, Finally Repenting of Slandering Tsar Nicholas II

Paul Gilbert October 7, 2020 317 Comments

Saint John Maximovitch Was Not a Schismatic

Fr George Maximov September 25, 2020 576 Comments

How a Russian Saint's Miracle Touched the Brazilian Imperial Family

100 Mitos da Revolução Russa September 18, 2020 289 Comments