Monasteries

10 Reasons Why You Should Visit an Orthodox Monastery

January 18, 2022 278 Comments

18 Orthodox Churches and Monasteries of Pennsylvania (Photo Essay)

December 31, 2021 672 Comments

Ancient Convent Restored In Rostov The Great

December 15, 2021 116 Comments

Holy Russian Elders on the Coming of Antichrist

Optina Patericon December 4, 2021 1,255 Comments

How Many Churches Are There in Russia?

ALEXANDRA GUZEVA December 1, 2021 243 Comments

Stunningly Beautiful Monastery Where Family Members of Russian Emperors Were Buried

Professor William Brumfield November 30, 2021 161 Comments

Greek Monk Dies From Heart Failure After 3rd Dose of the Covid Shot

November 26, 2021 2,276 Comments

Ancient Orthodox Monastery Beautifully Restored in Tula Region of Russia

Global Orthodox October 5, 2021 121 Comments

Russian Government Rebuilding Orthodox Christian Monastery in Sochi

Global Orthodox October 3, 2021 208 Comments

Putin Rebuilds Remote Monastery He Stumbled Upon on Vacation (VIDEO)

Vesti September 19, 2021 1,207 Comments

What Russian Orthodox Churches Looked Like Across the Ages (PHOTOS)

ALEXANDRA GUZEVA September 15, 2021 90 Comments

Church Architecture in America: A Look at the Sanctuary from a Missionary Perspective

Fr. John Finley September 11, 2021 257 Comments

Mt. Athos Fresco Depicts St. Anthony of Kiev Caves with Schismatic Tomos of “Autocephaly”

Orthodox Christianity September 7, 2021 127 Comments

BRAVE: Orthodox Patriarch Lands in Hostile Apostate Town To Consecrate New Bishop

Orthodox Church September 6, 2021 124 Comments

Romanov Crypt Church in Moscow To Be Restored

Orthodox Christianity September 4, 2021 226 Comments

State Funds Allocated for Preservation of 14th-Century Russian Monastery

Orthodox Christianity August 31, 2021 94 Comments

False Teachers on Mount Athos: Vatopedi Monastery Declares Support for Patriarch Bartholomew

Orthodox Christianity August 20, 2021 325 Comments

‘An Extraordinary Experience of Holiness’: Pilgrimage Through Orthodox Ireland Successfully Concludes

Orthodox Europe August 14, 2021 126 Comments

Ferapontov Monastery: Treasure in the Russian North

William Brumfield August 11, 2021 77 Comments

St. Herman's Monastery and St. Xenia’s Skete Again Threatened By Wildfires

Orthodox Christianity August 6, 2021 115 Comments

The Holy Trinity - St. Sergius Lavra, Where Fates Are Decided

Archimandrite Ilya (Reyzmir) June 18, 2021 98 Comments

Biblical Visions: Exterior Murals at the Monastery of the Transfiguration (PHOTOS)

Hélène Bléré May 13, 2021 80 Comments

Apocalypse Now: The Trinity-Danilov Monastery in Pereslavl Zalessky, Near Rostov

Professor William Brumfield March 23, 2021 101 Comments

Ancient Russia in All Its Glory by Drone 4K - Rostov, Yaroslavl, Sergiev Posad and more

RBTH February 17, 2021 1,643 Comments

Russia's Golden Ring - Everything You Wanted to Know

Russia Beyond February 16, 2021 182 Comments

Everyday Life in a Beautiful Skete on Mt. Athos (St. Andrew Skete)

Orthodox Christianity June 11, 2020 119 Comments

New Men, Revealing Beauty That Will Save the World

Iben Thranholm May 27, 2020 668 Comments

Rival to Moscow’s Kremlin: Exploring the Savior Monastery in Suzdal

Professor William Brumfield May 21, 2020 119 Comments

Miracles in the Kiev Caves Lavra: From Its Foundation to the Present Day

Arseny Kindeyev May 20, 2020 87 Comments

English-Language Virtual Tour of Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra Launches Online (+VIDEO)

April 26, 2020 313 Comments

600 Yr Old Monastery Being Restored in Moscow Region

April 21, 2020 308 Comments

Russia's Ten Most Stunning Monasteries (Photos)

ALEXANDRA GUZEVA March 26, 2020 534 Comments

What Does the Biggest Monastery in Europe--and Russia--Look Like?

February 27, 2020 283 Comments

Amazing Footage of the Birthplace of St. Sergius, Russia's Greatest Monastic Saint (Varnitsky Monastery)

February 19, 2020 582 Comments

Breathtaking Cathedral, Bombed in 1930, Finally Restored -- See Photos

Michael Tare October 28, 2019 1,016 Comments

The Monastery of Valaam, the Renaissance of a Great Tradition

Patrice-Hans Perrier September 2, 2019 814 Comments

Orthodox School of Bethany - Russia's Prestigious Girl's School Near Jerusalem (VIDEOS)

RF Staff July 28, 2019 1,000 Comments

Solovki in Winter

Orthodox Christianity July 2, 2019 272 Comments

350 Yr Old Monastery, Destroyed by Nazis, Finally Restored – And it’s Mesmerizing (Photo Essay)

Ruslan Ward November 9, 2018 4,974 Comments

Putin Travels to 700 Yr Old Monastery on Largest Lake in Europe

(Vesti) September 25, 2018 1,123 Comments

The History of a Beautiful Ancient Monastery Told Through Photos: St. Nilus Monastery

Professor William Brumfield July 29, 2018 298 Comments

84,000 Sign Appeal to Rebuild Huge Monastery in Moscow's Very Center (Pushkin Square)

Ortho Christian June 21, 2018 378 Comments

Russian Gov't Gives $8 Mil to Restore Amazing Medieval Monastery in North

Ortho Christian June 8, 2018 670 Comments

Diveevo: the Hidden Capital Of Holy Russia

Roman Iliushenko April 16, 2018 980 Comments

Crimean Monastery Carved into Mountain Where Legendary Dragon was Slain [Photo Essay]

Matfey Shaheen December 18, 2017 1,149 Comments

Miracle in Upstate New York - a Russian Seminary From Another World (Jordanville)

Liza Ivanov November 28, 2017 3,537 Comments

A Seminarian's Day in America's Legendary Russian Monastery (Trailer)

RF Staff November 27, 2017 289 Comments

President Putin Visits Stunning, Recently Restored “New Jerusalem” Monastery [Russian TV News]

Matfey Shaheen November 22, 2017 2,301 Comments

The Battle of Pochaev - a Tale of Cossack Glory, Part 1

Matfey Shaheen November 18, 2017 1,997 Comments

The Trinity-Ipatiev Monastery in Kostroma: Refuge for the Romanovs

Professor William Brumfield November 15, 2017 260 Comments

Gorgeous Russian Monastery’s ‘Cave of Repentance’ – Where The Worst Sinners of the Empire Found Peace

Liza Ivanov November 6, 2017 669 Comments

This Amazing Island Monastery in Russia Has Finally Been Noticed by the West

Matfey Shaheen October 30, 2017 280 Comments

Optina Monastery: A Russian Spiritual Center Beloved by Famous Authors

Ivan Kontzevitch October 24, 2017 186 Comments

A Brief Account of a Russian Monastery Outside Seattle

Chris Hoke October 21, 2017 790 Comments

Raw Footage (1986) of the Holy Men From Russian Bestseller 'Everyday Saints'

Michael Tare October 19, 2017 3,046 Comments

The Spiritual Memory of Russia's North: the Solovetsky Islands (Video)

Pavel Inzhelevsky October 19, 2017 366 Comments

One of Russia's Most Sacred Monasteries Threatened by Kiev Nazis (Kiev Caves Lavra)

October 18, 2017 186 Comments

New Interactive Map of 300 Ukrainian Monasteries (Available in English)

RF Staff October 16, 2017 88 Comments

Putin: It Is Impossible to Imagine Russia Without Christianity (Video)

Michael Tare October 10, 2017 1,266 Comments

Legendary Modern Saint - Top 8 Ways to Become a Better Person

Haralambos Joiner October 7, 2017 2,619 Comments
Simonopetra "Simon's Rock" Monastery, Mount Athos, Greece

American Monk from Greek Monastery: "The World Should Listen to Russia"

RF Staff October 4, 2017 2,636 Comments

The Fascinating Story of the Most Legendary Icon of Ukraine

Matfey Shaheen October 3, 2017 809 Comments

Enormous 17 Ton Bell is Hung in Moscow Monastery Bellfry

RF Staff October 1, 2017 149 Comments

Athos Monks Against Greek PM's Visit: 'Keep Antichrists off the Holy Mountain'

RF Staff September 30, 2017 385 Comments

Athos Monks' Visits to Greece Restricted in Latest Ecumenism Row

Ruslan Ward September 28, 2017 1,801 Comments

The Cossacks, Part 2: Protecting Pochaev Monastery from Fascists and Heretics

Matfey Shaheen September 26, 2017 2,305 Comments

Monastery of Sts. Boris and Gleb in Torzhok: in Memory of Murdered Princes

Professor William Brumfield September 20, 2017 130 Comments

Gigantic New Church Opens Next to KGB Prison in Moscow

Ruslan Ward September 18, 2017 3,752 Comments

Pochaev - Amazing Ukrainian Fortress-Monastery: 800 Years of War and Prayer

Matfey Shaheen September 12, 2017 1,261 Comments

New Russian Monastery in NW Germany is Spreading the Faith

August 31, 2017 119 Comments

Russian Monasteries Used to Be Co-Ed

Oleg Kochevykh August 31, 2017 193 Comments

Atlas of American Orthodox Christian Monasteries a 'First'

Pravoslavie.ru February 11, 2016 355 Comments