On Saturday in the fifth week of Great Lent, the holy Church solemnly proclaims the prayer singing of the akathist., or thanksgiving praise to the Blessed Virgin Mary. As a result, the holiday itself is called "Praise to the Most Holy Theotokos"; this name is already used in Old Russian...
Veneration of the Kursk Miraculous Image from a local one gradually turned into an all-Russian one. We've already mentioned, that in Kursk and in the Root Desert by the time of the removal of the Icon flocked worshippers from all over Central Russia. Twice Icon visited...
There was a wonderful elderly couple at our Russian Washington Temple., who came to the service every Sunday. The wife so touchingly helped her husband, And he, appreciably older than her, even at first glance was the same...
Russian Tsarina Irina Godunova, independently ruled the country for a little more than a month, made an invaluable contribution to the development of the state. Being an influential politician and a prominent public figure, she actually ruled Russia with her husband.. Early life...