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5 most beautiful churches in Crimea (PHOTOS)
5 most famous naval cathedrals in Russia (PHOTOS)
What is Russia’s Forgiveness Sunday?
Why do parishioners stand in a Russian church instead of sitting, like in Catholic churches?
Why was Ivan the Terrible not allowed into the church?
This small church in Russia made it into the Guinness Book of Records!
The world’s ONLY iconostasis made of crystal is in Russia (PHOTOS)
Orthodox Epiphany: What do Russians celebrate on January 19?
Why was the Russian Tsar considered an emissary of God
5 Russian icons of Our Lady (PICS)
What happened to the most famous Russian Orthodox churches after the Revolution?
How a Swiss man became a Russian beekeeper & an Old Believer
How did the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God become the most popular in Russia?
7 of the most BEAUTIFUL churches in Moscow (PHOTOS)
‘An icon is the soul of a Russian’: Trials & tribulations of a young, female icon painter
How a Russian saint ‘flew’ on a ‘demon’
5 Popes who are revered in Orthodoxy (PICS)
What icons were called ‘hellish’ or ‘adopisnye’ and where did they come from?
What is ‘Candlemas’ & why do Russians celebrate it?
10 most beautiful BAROQUE churches in Russia (PHOTOS)
10 INCREDIBLE Russian monasteries in black & white (PHOTOS)
5 oldest churches in Moscow (PHOTOS)
5 facts about the most esteemed icon of the Romanov dynasty
10 MAIN facts about the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow
What is so unique about the Russian icon of Christ with Golden Hair?
How did Pushkin appear on an icon?
10 cute church cats from Russia (PHOTOS)
6 historical churches of the Russian Cossacks (PHOTOS)
3 WEIRDEST things the Soviets did with churches (PHOTOS)
Orthodox Christians celebrate Epiphany (VIDEO)
Novodevichy Convent & the Romanovs: Symbol of State Power
5 facts about Pskov-Caves Monastery, one of Russia’s most famous
How to convert to Orthodox Christianity
Four lighthouse churches in Russia (PHOTOS)
What the crescent on the Orthodox Christian cross means
Why was Tolstoy kicked out of the Russian Orthodox Church?
How Russia began to venerate its own image of the Mother of God
This is where Rus’ was baptized: 5 facts about the St. Vladimir Cathedral in Chersonesos (PHOTOS)
Where is Russia’s biggest working church bell?
Did you know there are 3 Churches on the Spilled Blood in Russia?
How the Bolsheviks fought religion with propaganda POSTERS
Dionisy’s frescoes: How Old Russia’s most famous iconographer painted a remote northern monastery
Why are the Russian icons 'Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine' considered so rare?
Who were the ‘red priests’ & how did they appear in Soviet times?
3 most famous patriarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church
What do the ‘onion’ domes of Russian churches signify?
7 of the most BEAUTIFUL churches in St. Petersburg (PHOTOS)
Which churches didn't close in Soviet times (PHOTOS)
10 of the Russian North’s most beautiful wooden churches (PHOTOS)
How did WHALES end up on 18th century Russian icons?
7 cave monasteries in Russia (PHOTOS)
Who were ‘startsy’, the elders of the Russian Orthodox Church?
5 facts about St. Sergius Trinity Lavra, Russia’s main monastery (PHOTOS)
7 facts about the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery, the largest in Russia (PHOTOS)
5 most revered Orthodox saints in Catholicism
Why is an Orthodox church consecrated in the name of the Pope?
Modern icon painter creates unconventional art with Jesus Christ (PICS)
5 facts you need to know about Orthodox Christian Christmas
Ilya Muromets: What is known about Russia’s strongest warrior knight?
5 most important Moscow monasteries (PHOTOS)
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