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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?
5 Popes who are revered in Orthodoxy (PICS)
How did Pushkin appear on an icon?
6 historical churches of the Russian Cossacks (PHOTOS)
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)
This is where Rus’ was baptized: 5 facts about the St. Vladimir Cathedral in Chersonesos (PHOTOS)
How the Bolsheviks fought religion with propaganda POSTERS
Dionisy’s frescoes: How Old Russia’s most famous iconographer painted a remote northern monastery
Who were the ‘red priests’ & how did they appear in Soviet times?
3 most famous patriarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church
Who were ‘startsy’, the elders of the Russian Orthodox Church?
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)
What icons were called ‘hellish’ or ‘adopisnye’ and where did they come from?
Why was Tolstoy kicked out of the Russian Orthodox Church?
How a Russian saint ‘flew’ on a ‘demon’
10 most beautiful BAROQUE churches in Russia (PHOTOS)
10 cute church cats from Russia (PHOTOS)
10 INCREDIBLE Russian monasteries in black & white (PHOTOS)
How Russia began to venerate its own image of the Mother of God
What is so unique about the Russian icon of Christ with Golden Hair?
How did WHALES end up on 18th century Russian icons?
Why are the Russian icons 'Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine' considered so rare?
5 facts about St. Sergius Trinity Lavra, Russia’s main monastery (PHOTOS)
7 cave monasteries in Russia (PHOTOS)
Which churches didn't close in Soviet times (PHOTOS)
7 of the most BEAUTIFUL churches in St. Petersburg (PHOTOS)
7 of the most BEAUTIFUL churches in Moscow (PHOTOS)
3 WEIRDEST things the Soviets did with churches (PHOTOS)
Where is Russia’s biggest working church bell?
‘An icon is the soul of a Russian’: Trials & tribulations of a young, female icon painter
Did you know there are 3 Churches on the Spilled Blood in Russia?
What do the ‘onion’ domes of Russian churches signify?
10 of the Russian North’s most beautiful wooden churches (PHOTOS)
What happened to the most famous Russian Orthodox churches after the Revolution?
10 MAIN facts about the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow
5 oldest churches in Moscow (PHOTOS)
What is ‘Candlemas’ & why do Russians celebrate it?
What the crescent on the Orthodox Christian cross means
Orthodox Christians celebrate Epiphany (VIDEO)
5 facts about the most esteemed icon of the Romanov dynasty
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)
How Soviets saved frescos from a flooded monastery (PHOTOS)
Russia’s wonderworking icon – even able to overcome bomb explosions
What traditions, rites & holidays were invented in the USSR in place of Orthodox Christian ones?
10 precious icon rizas by Faberge and other Russian jewelers (PHOTOS)
Russian Orthodox churches and icons in the interior of the Moscow Metro (PHOTOS)
7 MAIN Orthodox Christian sites in Russia (PHOTOS)
Churches & monasteries in Russian art (PICS)
Why Nicholas II insisted on canonizing Seraphim of Sarov
Peter & Fevronia – a Russian story of true love
The only floating lighthouse chapel in Russia (PHOTOS)
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