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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Only a small group of senior officials, including Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the twin brother of the late president and head of the conservative Law and Justice Party (PiS), and Prime Minister Mateusz ...

President Lech Kaczynski and scores of other senior Polish figures have been killed in a plane crash in Russia. Polish and Russian officials said no-one survived after the plane apparently hit trees ...

The remains of the late Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria have been exhumed as part of a new investigation into the fatal plane crash in Smolensk six years ago. The crash killed the ...