This depiction of the virgin survived wars and occupations before it disappeared during World War II. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Russian chemist and photographer Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky ...

Color photographs from early 20th century show change and continuity in Russia’s cultural treasures. At the beginning of the 20th century, Russian chemist and photographer Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky ...

SMOLENSK, July 15 (Itar-Tass) — Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill who’s paying a two-day visit to the Smolensk region, said on Saturday that the construction of new Orthodox churches and ...

Family members, investigators and a priest went to Wawel Cathedral for the exhumation The remains of the late Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria have been exhumed as part of a new ...

Reuters- Russian Orthodox Christians flocked to pay tribute to Patriarch Alexiy II on Sunday as he lay in state in a cathedral, thanking him for the revival of the faith after decades of communist ...

The Holy Martyr Mercurius of Smolensk was a Slav by birth, probably from Moravia, the descendant of a princely line. Brought up in Orthodoxy, Saint Mercurius in zeal for the true Faith left his own ...