December 2, 2020 In Search of Royal Presbyter John In the middle Ages, there was a sensational legend about the powerful Christian state existing in India and headed by Presbyter John. Information about…
November 23, 2020 How Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh Had to Be Devious with the BBC In the mid-1950s, when the future Metropolitan Anthony began speaking on the BBC, broadcasting was done strictly according to a previously approved text simply…
November 20, 2020 Thorvald the Far Traveler. The Forgotten First Saint of White Russia? Everyone has heard about St Vladimir the Great baptizing Rus. It is also known that Christianity existed in Russia long before the reign of…
November 5, 2020 Edith Piaf: Miraculous Healing and Conversion to Orthodoxy In December this year, the world will celebrate the 105th anniversary since the birth of the world-famous French singer and film actress Edith Piaf….
November 3, 2020 On His Final Journey… It was on the feast day of the Iberian Icon of the Mother of God that we received the sad news that in the…
October 27, 2020 Was Dracula an Orthodox Christian? The name of Count Dracula may be familiar to many from the films and books, in which he is portrayed as a gruesome, blood-thirsty…
September 15, 2020 Prohibition Was Introduced in This Russian Monastery Village Kostylevo, Sverdlovsk region. Half a thousand kilometers to Yekaterinburg. A little more than 10 years ago, a monastery was established here — Kosminskaya…
September 6, 2020 French Actor Gerard Depardieu Converted to Orthodoxy Gerard Depardieu was baptized in the Russian St. Prince Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Paris. On September 4, 2020, Gerard Depardieu, the French actor, a…
August 30, 2020 Fr. Edward’s Path from Episcopalian to Orthodoxy It was easy to get from San Francisco to Berkeley, CA., by high-speed train. It took me half an hour to reach Ashby Station,…
July 27, 2020 “I Was Afraid to Tell My Jewish Father that We Were Baptized.” I was born in a Jewish family. My father was an Assistant Rabbi. We didn’t go to synagogue often, but celebrated the feast days…
