88% of the population professes to believe in God, while the number of agnostics and atheists is constantly dropping: a study examines religion’s comeback in former kingdom of State atheism. By Alessio Schiesari The long slog is over. The exile of the Orthodox Church from Russian society began in ’17 with the October Revolution and […]
An Orthodox Baptism in the Home of John Quincy Adams
From our friends at OrthodoxHistory.org On January 20, 1811, an Orthodox baptismal service took place at the home of the future President of the United States John Quincy Adams and his wife Louisa. At that time they were living in St. Petersburg, Russia. Louisa Adams took an active part as one of the Godparents of […]
Swahili in St. Petersburg
December 16 at 14:30 at the second Winter Orthodox exhibition at the Exhibition Center of the North-West of Russia the priest, Philip Gatari from Kenya, will conduct a prayer service in Swahili, which will be the beginning of the program devoted to the Orthodox Church in this East African country. Father Philip Gatari is priest […]
Another Mass Baptism In Russia
Missionaries performed mass baptism of soldiers at northern Cosmodrome Archangelsk, September 20, 2011 Teachers and students of the St. Tikhon Orthodox Humanitarian University visited the “Plesetsk” cosmodrome near Achangelsk with a missionary program. The trip was made at the invitation of Archpriest Artemy Emke, rector of the Church of Archangel Michael in the town of […]
Encountering Andrew – An Orthodox Convert’s Experience with the Relics of an Apostle
by Misty Duke Prior to becoming an Orthodox catechumen I couldn’t understand why anyone would want to look at the bones of a dead man, even if he were a saint. “What benefit is there to looking at that which belongs whole and hidden in a grave awaiting our Savior’s return?” My Protestant mind so […]