On December 19, the Orthodox Church celebrates St. Nicholas, Russia’s most popular saint. There is no Orthodox house without its…

On December 13, the church honors the memory of the saint who first responded to the call of Christ to…

The Gospel mentions Jesus’ close friends: sisters Martha and Mary and their brother, Lazarus. It is with the name of…

Shortly after Jesus’ execution and resurrection, a rebellion began in Judea. The Romans brutally suppressed him, destroying the temple and…

So called in Russia the feast of consecration of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Jerusalem. It is…

In the New Testament we learn about Mary, already chosen by the Lord, but there is nothing about her birth…

The church calendar is different from the conventional calendar. It begins in September with one holiday dedicated to the Virgin,…

This is the full name of the holiday of the Russian Orthodox Church, which is celebrated on September 11.The event…

The festival is set in honor of the event of the year 944, but the history itself began much earlier,…

Little is known about the life of the Virgin after the resurrection of Jesus. She was with the apostles in…