An American Tree with Russian Roots

Bishop Nathaniel (Lvov)
The possibility of unity between the Paris Exarchate and the Russian Church Abroad can be seen from the speeches given at two diocesan assemblies of the Exarchate in 1948 and 1949.

Leap up, ye waters of Valaam,
be jubilant ye islands of Alaska,
sing, ye peoples of the New world

by Matushka Katherine Baker, who lost her husband and their child 5 years ago. Her 37 year old husband, Fr. Matthew, had just been ordained to the priesthood.

Excerpts from notes made by the Royal Martyr Empress Alexandra Fedorovna

St. Panteleimon continues to work miracles and grant blessings throughout the world. He was especially dear to many of the Saints of our Church.

by Metropolitan Avgoustinos Kantiotes (+2010)

Jesus Walking on the Water
From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Matthew by Blessed Theophylact

“Modern Iconoclasm is the Worst Iconoclasm”

Quarantine & Unrest: Orthodoxy in America amid Crisis

America is in a pre-revolutionary situation like Russia was in 1917

On the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Glorification of Venerable Herman, Wonderworker of Alaska

A Sermon by Archbishop Andrei (Rymarenko) of Rockland (+1978)

One of God’s greatest Prophets is Elijah. His zeal for the true faith led him to resist against the evil queen Jezabel, who abandoned the true God and ordered the Israelites to worship the false god Baal.

By Metropolitan Philaret of Eastern American and New York (+1985)

The Holy Prophet Elijah is one of the greatest of the prophets. He was born in Tishba of Gilead into the Levite tribe 900 years before the Incarnation of the Word of God.

The Miracle of the Five Loaves and Two Fishes
From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Matthew by Blessed Theophylact

A Talk with Elena Chavchavadze on Her New Film

On Appearances and Help from St. Seraphim of Sarov in Our Days

Jordanville, NY: Summer Issue of "Pravoslavnaya Rus’" Now Available for free download

Spiritual Instructions of Archimandrite Justin (Parvu)

A Russian Choir in London, 1939-1940

St Alexander was a medical student during World War II and one of the founding members of the anti-Nazi group, the White Rose.

An Ecumenical Council is the Church's supreme authority, and possesses the competence to resolve major questions of church life.

The Holy Fathers of the Ecumenical Councils are honored by the Church because, based upon the preaching of the Apostles, they have established one faith for the Church.

A talk with Archpriest Andrei Goryachev, minister to Moscow's Blind, Deaf, and Mute.

by Metropolitan Merkury of Rostov and Novocherkassk

Healing of the Two Blind Men
From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Matthew by Blessed Theophylact

Archpriest John Moses
Father John was rector of the Holy Myrrhbearers Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He reposed in the Lord on July 25, 2019

Secularism and the Fate of Truth in Contemporary America
by Dr. Amir Azarvan

by Monk Theodore (Stanway)

A Homily by Bishop Mitrophan (Znosko-Borovsky) of Boston (+2002)

The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
by Archbishop Andrei (Rymarenko, 1893-1978)

Thy Sins Be Forgiven Thee
From The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Matthew by Blessed Theophylact

This is a story of Archbishop Agapit and the “Ekaterinburg remains”— which recent investigations have shown with near certainty to be those of the Royal Family.

The Role of Bishop Gregory Grabbe in Establishing Parishes of the Russian Church Abroad in the Canonical Territory of the Moscow Patriarchate (1990–1995)