Martyr Olga (Olga Vasilyevna Evdokimova) was born on July 11, 1896, in the village of Novo-Rozhdestvenskoye, Ramenskaya Volost, Bronnitsky Uyezd, Moscow Province. Her father worked as a forester on the estate of landowner Ilyin. Olga completed her education at the village school and married a peasant, Pyotr Matveyevich Evdokimov. During the Russo-Japanese War of 1905,…
Hieromonk Kirill (Popov) In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit! Beloved Christians—children of God! God reveals Himself to each person in His own way. Thus, God revealed Himself to the holy Prophet Elias in a still small voice, and to the holy Prophet Moses in the…
The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (18:10-14) What is the heart of prayer? What is it’s purpose? What is it’s goal? Do we pray in order to “look religious or spiritual?” Do we pray because that’s just what we are supposed to do? Do we pray because we feel that…
If, fathers and brothers, all our knowledge were to put together, it would be nothing compared to the knowledge of John Vasilievich.” Archbishop Hilarion (Troitsky) on the New Martyr John Popov Popov: this surname, one of the most common in Russia, does not necessarily connect the family of its bearer with the priesthood. There are…
Pyanteg, Perm Krai, Russia, February 7, 2025 Photo: chitaitext.ru A wooden church in the Urals that dates back hundreds of years has been restored. In fact, the Church of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God is the oldest wooden structure in the Urals. According to an administrative document from 1707, the church…
