A Moscow Winter Wonderland: Celebrating from New Year’s Eve to Christmas

We offer to our readers this photo gallery of work by photographer Dmitry Kiriukhin, dedicated to wintertime festivity in Moscow. Red Square Gum Shopping Center, the Arbat all dressed up in festive colors; churches, bridges, streets, parks, subway stations, Christmas trees and lighting; joyful Muscovites and guests, folk festivities—all of this made the impression on…

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Sri Lanka: 18 Individuals Baptized, 50 Others Express Interest in Joining the Church

Sri Lanka, January 31, 2025 Photo: sinmis.ru      From January 11 to 26, a missionary expedition of the Russian Orthodox Church took place on the island of Sri Lanka. The expedition’s purpose was to support the spiritual heritage and strengthen ties between Orthodox communities in Sri Lanka and the Russian Orthodox Church. During the trip,…

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Nurturing and Sustaining Children’s Faith in God: Part 3 – Strategies for Preserving and Restoring Faith.

How to Foster and Preserve Children’s Faith in GodA child’s soul, especially one reborn in the Sacrament of Baptism, has a natural ability to know God. “>Part 1How to Foster and Preserve Children’s Faith in GodWe move away from God and find ourselves alone in our egotistical life and with all the ensuing consequences.”>Part 2…

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Orthodox Community Grieves the Burial of Archbishop Anastasios in Albania (+VIDEO)

Tirana, January 30, 2025 Photo: Radio Ngjalla      The funeral for the newly reposed primate of the Albanian Orthodox Church, His Eminence Archbishop Anastasios, was served today in the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Tirana, in the presence of thousands of Orthodox clergy and faithful and various state representatives from throughout the world….

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