Savoniha belongs to the Old Believers a sect of the Russian Orthodox Church that was exiled to Buryatia Siberia a few centuries ago Since then they never ceased to be persecuted Savoniha who was ...

In the 17th century, the Russian Orthodox Church underwent a controversial ... The people who adhered to the original rites were called Old Believers. Old Believers passed down the improbable ...

Mary Kay Zuravleff is the award-winning author of American Ending, inspired by all four of her grandparents, Russian Orthodox Old Believers who lived in the Appalachian mining town of Marianna ...

Orthodox believers are celebrating the ... Palm Sunday is an old tradition in Russia and in many other countries. Until the middle of the 18th century, Russian towns and villages held solemn ...

An initial call for augmenting the Criminal Code with a clause on punishment for injuring the believers’ feelings came from the Russian Orthodox Church. The Right Reverend Vsevolod Chaplin ...

After Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, hundreds of Orthodox priests faced repression because they disagreed with the policies of Russian secular and church officials, ...

Vladimir Putin has marked Russian Orthodox Christmas by attending church ... dear to millions of people all over the world. It gives believers joy and hope, inspires good thoughts, deeds and ...

Christmas is celebrated by the Russian, Georgian, Jerusalemite, Polish and Serbian Orthodox churches, the Athos monasteries in Greece, as well as the Eastern Catholic Church and the Old Believers.