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Religion in Russia
5 Popes who are revered in Orthodoxy (PICS)
5 facts about Pskov-Caves Monastery, one of Russia’s most famous
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
What’s life like for a California priest & his family in the Russian South?
Modern icon painter creates unconventional art with Jesus Christ (PICS)
Why was Tolstoy kicked out of the Russian Orthodox Church?
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?
5 facts about Russia's biggest synagogue
How did WHALES end up on 18th century Russian icons?
5 facts about Russia's largest Catholic church (PHOTOS)
How Russian Orthodox monks tricked the Soviet authorities
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)
5 facts about Russia’s LARGEST Buddhist monastery (PHOTOS)
Which churches didn't close in Soviet times (PHOTOS)
5 facts about Europe's LARGEST mosque (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)
‘An icon is the soul of a Russian’: Trials & tribulations of a young, female icon painter
How to find Belovodye, the promised land of the Russian Old Believers?
What happened to the most famous Russian Orthodox churches after the Revolution?
10 contemporary Russian icon painters (PICS)
5 facts you need to know about Orthodox Christian Christmas
3 pagan holidays that are still celebrated in Russia
How Soviets saved frescos from a flooded monastery (PHOTOS)
The ‘Book of Veles’: How a false doctrine gained thousands of followers in the 1990s
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)
7 MAIN Orthodox Christian sites in Russia (PHOTOS)
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)
10 most beautiful synagogues in Russia
7 Orthodox churches in neo-Gothic style (PHOTOS)
10 most beautiful Christian churches of the North Caucasus (PHOTOS)
The story of an American Orthodox Christian priest who moved to Russia (VIDEO)
Alexander Nevsky’s shrine: Why Petersburg relic is leaving the Hermitage
Russia's main pilgrim route: How one woman walked this 120km...17 TIMES!
10 biggest places of worship in Russia
Why did Russian priests participate in pagan rites?
5 facts about Sergius of Radonezh, Russia's most venerated saint
Why were these Soviet icons made out of wrappers & pioneer ties? (PHOTOS)
What does a Russian Orthodox church look like inside? (PHOTOS)
Divnogorye: A BEAUTIFUL monastery built into limestone rocks (PHOTOS)
Blessed Xenia: How a ‘holy fool’ from St. Petersburg became a beloved saint
10 ancient masterpieces from Vladimir-Suzdalian Rus’ (PHOTOS)
Paradise and Hell in Russian art (PICS)
Why did Russians mount crosses with ‘roofs’ on graves?
This BANNED book helped Old Russians understand the universe
Why Russians venerate Saint Olga who burned down whole cities
5 facts about how the Catholic and Orthodox churches became divided
Andrei Rublev’s famous ‘Trinity’ icon EXPLAINED
5 Russian Orthodox churches in Germany on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
5 things the Soviet government fought against
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