On Pascha night, the clergy communed 300 people from five chalices. They share their joy with our readers as well in these photographs by Subdeacon Yuri Gripas.
Alexandra Kalinovskaya
Olga Stefanova is a documentary filmmaker, the author of several films and a book about Antarctica. Olga spoke about her journeys to the continent and shared the details of life in such extreme conditions.
Despite the horrors and restrictions of earthly wars, the miracle of the Holy Fire has happened again in the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
The building itself is still under construction. Ground was broken on the dirt lot chosen for the church’s location in April 2025.
Peter Davydov
God will conquer any sin. We simply shouldn’t quit working. And we should never get depressed if we don’t succeed right away.
Priest Anthony Rusakevich
The modern perception of Lent is often reduced to a strict diet, but its original essence in early Christian practice was fundamentally different.
Marina Tsolina
The church is grand and with a unique architecture—the only one in the Ryazan region built in the style of Northern Art Nouveau.
Archimandrite Jerome (Testin)
The greatest sacrifice, the sacrifice of love, was made here and; owing to it, we can live today.
Mother Magdalena’s great-nephews warmly called her, “Grandma-Matushka,” and the locals called her “Dobrynikha,” which in Russian means “the kind one”—because she was so loving and kind to the simple folk.
Protodeacon Vladimir Vasilik
The Armed Forces of Ukraine struck the church during the Liturgy of the Faithful. At the very moment Fr. Vadim was praying for the Patriarch: “Our great Lord and Father, His Holiness Kirill...”, drones exploded nearby.
Svetlana Rybakova
Miracles from this icon occurred at the Church of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki and still continue. Most often, young mothers and those who about to have children seek its help.
Varvara Kashirina
At Vysha, St. Theophan prepared translations of Patristic writings and wrote theological works and hundreds of letters where he reflected on the Christian life, overcoming temptations and faintheartedness, and the final fate of mankind.
The monastery has gone through many periods throughout its long history: It was closed and abolished, but then, against all odds, like a mighty warrior, it rose again from oblivion.
Medieval wall paintings long hidden beneath plaster and limewash are reappearing inside the Byzantine monastery church of Agios Nikolaos (Saint Nicholas) in Mesopotamos, Albania, after conservators uncovered previously unknown frescoes during a continuing restoration programme.
Fr. Photios Parks
Between new calendar and old calendar Christmas, a time of great grace and mercy, we spoke with Fr. Photius Parks, priest of the St. Anthony the Great Orthodox Mission Parish in Hernderson, North Carolina about the mission’s origins, its life, and its hopes for the future.
"Its exterior is so majestic and its location so picturesque that you can’t help but regret its desolation, for this place seems as if purposely created for a monastery."
The blessed monastery is quiet and simple in appearance. The church services are quiet and peaceful. The reading and singing is slow and smooth. Everything is imbued with a spirit of deep humility and penitential compunction. Everything is so proper, according to the typikon, and yet so simple.
Sergei Mudrov
Orthodoxy is actually one of the three faiths, whose representatives have the right to teach the foundations of their faith at secondary schools.
Hieromonk Joasaph (Kurakulov)
Liturgy is a common work—I’m sure of it. Some amazing people, some amazing helpers have gathered around me.
Natalia Malakhova
Bell ringing is not merely a part of church services, but a special language through which the inhabitants of Ancient Rus communicated.
