Monastic Life

Simonopetra "Simon's Rock" Monastery, Mount Athos, Greece

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

RF Staff November 15, 2022 2,960 Comments

Son of Famous British Nobility Became Orthodox After Talk With Russian Monk in 1932

September 8, 2022 153 Comments

Orthodox Abbess Gives Straight Talk on Life: 5 Minutes That Can Awaken Your Soul to God (VIDEO, Transcript)

Mother Ilaria August 7, 2022 393 Comments

Russian Emperor Who Left the Throne, Staged His Death, and Became a Saint

Anastasia Parkhomchik August 1, 2022 733 Comments

Ancient Wisdom of the Christian Hermits: Hunger, Silence and Toil

July 31, 2022 142 Comments

What Was Life Like at the First Ever Christian Monastery?

Reader John Malov July 29, 2022 113 Comments

The Saint of San Francisco: First US-Born Orthodox Priest & Monk (PART I, VIDEO)

July 17, 2022 214 Comments

Am I Called To Be a Monk? - Orthodox Answers

Elder Ephraim of Arizona June 8, 2022 164 Comments

Why Do the Orthodox Clergy Wear Black? - Orthodox Answers

Fr. Evgeny Murzin June 1, 2022 123 Comments

Orthodox Hermits Still Inhabit the Wilderness Just Like in the 4th Century - Evidence of Unchanged Tradition

Bogdan Lupescu May 25, 2022 760 Comments

Three Russian Orthodox Nuns, Three War Heroes

Anastasia Parkhomchik May 14, 2022 154 Comments

Russian Orthodox Bestseller: Review by Famous Podcaster (Roosh V.)

May 13, 2022 169 Comments

Russian Saint Who Predicted the Outcome of WWII, Also Prophesied about Foreigners Moving to Russia

April 12, 2022 1,071 Comments

Became Monk at Age 16, Spent More than 10 Years in a Soviet Camp, and Was a Gifted Preacher

Anastasia Parkhomchik March 17, 2022 159 Comments

The Explosion of English Monasticism During Saint Bede's Time

January 29, 2022 285 Comments

St Antony and His Encounters with Demons

Marcelo P. Souza January 14, 2022 309 Comments

Beautiful Documentary Film about Orthodox Monastery in Nova Scotia, Canada

December 16, 2021 297 Comments

Orthodox Elder Prophesied: America Won't Remain a Superpower, Christians Will be Martyred in It

Metropolitan Neophytos of Morphou November 7, 2021 2,043 Comments

Father Tikhon, the Last Russian Elder on Mount Athos

November 5, 2021 292 Comments

What is the Importance of Monasteries in Orthodoxy?

Archpriest Sergey Uspensky October 26, 2021 229 Comments

We Orthodox Clergy Must Speak Out Against Psychopathic US Warmongering

Abbot Tryphon October 10, 2021 902 Comments

The Importance of Living in One Place for Spiritual Growth

Abbot Tryphon October 8, 2021 339 Comments

Being Content with Little: Wonderful Story by Archimandrite Gregory (Zumis)

Archimandrite Gregory (Zumis) August 6, 2021 103 Comments

Great Elders of the 19th and 20th Centuries About Prayer

Anastasia Parkhomchik July 23, 2021 107 Comments

No Mandatory Vaccination at Valaam, Says ROC Deputy Administrator

Orthodox Christianity July 13, 2021 141 Comments

Miracles Happen at the Right Time

Archpriest Oleg Vrona July 9, 2021 100 Comments

Florovsky on Christian Community

July 1, 2021 122 Comments

Should Monks be Restricted from Using Gadgets?

Elena Yufereva June 2, 2021 130 Comments

St Nilus of Sora and the Dispute about Monastic Property Rights

Archpriest Vladimir Dolgikh May 29, 2021 66 Comments

At the Age of Twenty, She Asked God To Take Her Away and He Fulfilled the Request

Archpriest Igor Ryabko May 12, 2021 587 Comments

The Desert Fathers

Roosh Valizadeh April 29, 2021 157 Comments

'That Was From Me': Spiritual Testament of St. Seraphim of Vyritsa

St. Seraphim of Vyritsa April 4, 2021 278 Comments

Brother Dmitry’s Obediences

Editor of The Catalogue of Good Deeds March 11, 2021 128 Comments

How the Devil Uses Visions to Trick Christians

Anastasia Parkhomchik February 24, 2021 230 Comments

From Trotskyite Psychologist to Orthodox Abbot: Interview with Abbot Tryphon

Abbot Tryphon (Parsons) February 14, 2021 229 Comments

Orthodox Prayer Ropes - Origin, Tradition, and Use (Part 2)

Cesar Scavone February 14, 2021 375 Comments

Orthodox Prayer Ropes - Origin, Tradition, and Use (Part 1)

Cesar Scavone February 13, 2021 518 Comments

New Men, Revealing Beauty That Will Save the World

Iben Thranholm May 27, 2020 716 Comments

3 Practical Tips on Asceticism

April 12, 2020 349 Comments

Monastics: Who They Are and Why We Need Them

Abbot Tryphon January 29, 2020 644 Comments

Solovki in Winter

Orthodox Christianity July 2, 2019 274 Comments

'Fight Sexual Passion and Be Truly Human' - One of Greatest Orthodox Saints (Chrysostom)

Fr. Ted Bobosh October 29, 2017 1,852 Comments

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

RF Staff September 30, 2017 388 Comments

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

Matfey Shaheen September 26, 2017 2,390 Comments

Gigantic New Church Opens Next to KGB Prison in Moscow

Ruslan Ward September 18, 2017 3,825 Comments

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

Matfey Shaheen September 12, 2017 1,313 Comments

New Russian Monastery in NW Germany is Spreading the Faith

August 31, 2017 121 Comments