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After 30 Years of Hearing Confessions, Russia's Favorite Priest Speaks (part 1 of 2)

Mother Nectaria McLees January 21, 2020 901 Comments

Putin Gives Prestigious Award to American Photographer of Exquisite Russian Churches

RF Staff January 20, 2020 294 Comments

The Economist's 2018 Interview with a Brilliant Russian Bishop

The Economist January 19, 2020 168 Comments

Young Russian Woman Publicly Confronts a Blasphemer

Lyudmila Odegova January 5, 2020 4,919 Comments

Being Russian Orthodox When You're Not Russian

Hal Freeman January 4, 2020 4,874 Comments

Putin: We Need to Revive Our Christian Roots, Not Communist Ones

Ruslan Ward December 10, 2019 12,336 Comments

Little Boy Sends Girl Gift Overseas, Marries Her 14 Years Later

Mark Ellis November 27, 2019 814 Comments

Ukraine Schism: What Can Laymen in America Do?

Archpriest John Whiteford November 24, 2019 788 Comments

Raising Forty Children to be Pure, Modest, & Simple

Lolita Naranovich November 18, 2019 474 Comments

Russian Church Opening Four New Crisis Pregnancy Shelters in One Month

Ortho Christian November 16, 2019 266 Comments

Over 50% of Americans Now Want Free-Speech Restricted by Law, Says Survey

(RT) November 13, 2019 135 Comments

LOSING FAITH: First Generation in U.S. History to be Majority Non-Christian

Rod Dreher November 10, 2019 439 Comments

Encouragement from Metropolitan Luke: The Church Will Survive Times of Betrayal

October 25, 2019 863 Comments

“I Learned From Him How to Live and How to Die” (Fr. Seraphim Rose)

Jesse Dominick, Fr. Martin Person, Martha Nichols October 3, 2019 456 Comments

Young Christian Couple Leaves Brazil, Moves to Russia (PHOTOS & VIDEOS)

Matthew Adams July 27, 2019 2,315 Comments

"Orthodoxy & Sports" Festival in Russia, with Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), Boxing, Grappling, Freestyle Wrestling

July 13, 2019 253 Comments

Orthodox Seminary Invites High-Profile Protestant Missionaries to Speak at Interfaith Conference

RF Staff June 9, 2019 1,205 Comments

100 Years Ago German Settlers Moved to Deepest Siberia - Today They Are Thriving

RF Staff May 19, 2019 646 Comments

Christian Family With 14 Children, Leaving America & Moving to Russia

Ivan Kuzmin, Marina Kochneva May 12, 2019 5,428 Comments

Young Couple in Remote Village Discovers Ancient Christianity, Gives Up Everything to Join Orthodox Church

Matthew Adams May 12, 2019 3,542 Comments

American Father - VIDEO: Full 10 Minute Mini-Documentary - Big Family Moves to Rural Russia

TOK Media March 30, 2019 4,051 Comments

"American Father" - Family of Ten Moves to Russia - (Preview)

ТОК Media February 20, 2019 1,247 Comments

Why Professor Hal Freeman and His Family Moved from America to Russia

Rod Dreher February 10, 2019 1,319 Comments

Getting Out of Dodge While You Can - Having the Foresight to Leave the West

Mark Dankof February 1, 2019 2,066 Comments

Chainsaw Accident Permanently Injures Russian Orthodox Priest, Father of Six

Fr. Ioannis Fortomas, Presbytera Elizabeth Fortomas December 13, 2018 1,764 Comments

Professor Leaves America, Takes Wife & Children to Russia - Here's Why (Interview With Hal Freeman)

Dr. Herman Middleton, Hal Freeman December 11, 2018 1,334 Comments

A German Village in the Middle of the Russian Wilderness

Fr. Joseph Gleason December 1, 2018 1,598 Comments

Priest Travels 5,000 Miles Across Russia, Documenting Devastated Churches On His Own Dime

November 27, 2018 682 Comments

WATCH: Family Of Ten Moves From America to Russia - TV News Story

(Vesti) November 19, 2018 919 Comments

Miracle? American Orthodox Bishop's Body Did Not Decay After 5 Years of Burial in Dallas

Vladimir Grigorenko November 12, 2018 19,380 Comments

I Wasn't a Debt-Free Virgin Before Marriage - Here's What I Learned the Hard Way

Mychael Klajic November 9, 2018 6,817 Comments

Orthodox Christian Grandma Gives Wake-Up Call to Protestant Street Preacher

RF Staff November 8, 2018 9,359 Comments

Steven Seagal Praises Russian Orthodox Christianity, Attends International Church Conference

Matthew Adams November 2, 2018 1,332 Comments

Breaking: A Desperate Man's Race Against Time to Save His Wife's Life

David Curry November 1, 2018 939 Comments Good Deeds, Crowdfunding

WATCH: Putin Says He Was Baptized by Patriarch Kirill's Father in 1952

RF Staff October 31, 2018 932 Comments

He Left England to Become a Priest in Russia - The Story of Father Christopher Hill

Fr. Christopher Hill October 23, 2018 802 Comments

TV NEWS: American Family Moves to Rostov, Russia

Matthew Adams October 22, 2018 871 Comments

Some Alaskan Families are Divided by the US-Russia Border

Emily Schwing October 21, 2018 534 Comments

Award-Winning Artist Celebrates 1030th Anniversary of Russia's Baptism

Matthew Adams October 19, 2018 188 Comments

The Istanbul Patriarch Plays at Pope and Falls Under Anathema

Anatoly Karlin October 16, 2018 1,420 Comments

Amazing Letters of German Princess Who Was Slain By Bolsheviks and Became Russian Saint

Zoya Zhalnina October 12, 2018 1,267 Comments

Who Putin Is Not

Stephen F. Cohen September 22, 2018 1,081 Comments

A Friend of George Washington Secretly Converted to Russian Orthodoxy (Colonel Ludwell)

Ryan Hunter Nicholas Chapman September 18, 2018 1,683 Comments

Legendary Russian Author's Chilling Warning to the West (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)

Chris Banescu September 17, 2018 6,773 Comments

Hollywood Actor Jonathan Jackson Reveals Why He Became an Orthodox Christian

Matthew Adams September 17, 2018 375 Comments

Russia's Most Famous English Speaking Priest

RF Staff September 14, 2018 2,706 Comments

WE DID IT: An American Family, Now Legal Residents of Russia

Fr. Joseph Gleason September 10, 2018 3,643 Comments

Peace and Prosperity Can Be a Curse - Solemn Lessons from Schindler's List

John Varus September 7, 2018 338 Comments

Russian Faith Has a New Editor - Father Joseph Gleason

Charles Bausman July 18, 2018 1,920 Comments

Simple Rules for Life From Russia's Most Popular Bishop (Tikhon)

July 11, 2018 625 Comments

INCREDIBLE PEOPLE: Famous Artist Had No Hands, Painted Masterpieces for Russian Emperors

Fr. Joseph Gleason June 29, 2018 398 Comments

The World Renowned Soviet Refugee Who Made Me Christian (Solzhenitsyn)

Fr. Johannes Jacobse June 11, 2018 396 Comments

Putin Personally Awards Priest's Family with Seven Children with 'Order of Parental Glory'

Fr. Joseph Gleason June 5, 2018 859 Comments

Rod Dreher Discusses His Book, 'The Benedict Option' (Videos)

RF Staff April 20, 2018 380 Comments

Popular Russian Bishop's Tense Interview with a Liberal Journalist

RF Staff April 3, 2018 2,346 Comments

Only Monarchy Can Save Russia - Restore It! - Canadian Bishop Gabriel

Bishop Gabriel and Br. Nathanael March 29, 2018 1,470 Comments
The Gleason family outside the Rostov Kremlin

US Orthodox Priest, Wife, and 8 Children Move to Russia (Rostov-the-Great) - Interview

Fr. Joseph Gleason, Artemy Schmidt March 16, 2018 15,169 Comments

Great Early 20th C. Russian Christian Philosopher On the Role of Love - A Short Spiritual Masterpiece (Ivan Ilyin)

The Saker February 27, 2018 1,167 Comments

Russian Amish (Old Believers): Guardians of the Ancient Russian Discipline of Prayer

Vladimir Basenkov February 13, 2018 932 Comments

Understanding the Deepening Rift Between the Two Ukrainian Churches

December 13, 2017 719 Comments

American Holy Man: The "Me Generation" is Heading Towards Disaster

December 12, 2017 2,098 Comments

This Famous Catholic American Bishop Stood Up for Russians During the Cold War [Video]

Matfey Shaheen November 30, 2017 2,561 Comments

From Catherine II to Vladimir Putin: Russia's Christian Foreign Policy

Thierry Meyssan November 29, 2017 2,612 Comments

Young Popular Russian Priest, Murdered by Islamic Fanatic: Reminiscences and Footage

RF Staff November 21, 2017 2,429 Comments

Russia's Coolest Christian

Iben Thranholm November 10, 2017 3,001 Comments

8 Black Myths About Last Russian Tsar Meant to Defame Him: #4 - Bloody Sunday

Ruslan Ward November 7, 2017 858 Comments

American Veteran Fights His Last Fight for the Russian Faith

Phil Butler November 6, 2017 1,106 Comments

Here's Why Nicholas II Was Made a Saint

Ruslan Ward November 4, 2017 4,290 Comments
Father Seraphim Rose's face shone after he died with no embalming

An American Monk who Became a Hero in Russia - An Eyewitness Reminisces (Seraphim Rose)

RF Staff October 31, 2017 2,463 Comments

Western Laws Now Clash with Man's Moral Nature – Head of Russian Church (Video)

Michael Tare October 25, 2017 370 Comments

Russian Priest (and Rapper) is Busting Rhymes to Spread the Word

Michael Tare October 24, 2017 315 Comments

Extraordinary Life Story: From Soviet Veteran to Priest, Father of 70 Children (Video)

Richard Brandt October 24, 2017 1,127 Comments

American Holy Man - Russia's Divine Message to the World

Fr. Seraphim Rose October 24, 2017 1,024 Comments

Russian Bishop Anthony of Sourozh - England's 'Single Most Powerful Christian Voice'

Phoebe Taplin October 23, 2017 238 Comments

American Holy Man (Fr Seraphim Rose) on 'The Future of Russia'

Fr. Seraphim Rose October 21, 2017 1,075 Comments

The American Holy Man Who Became a Legend in Russia (Fr. Seraphim Rose)

October 18, 2017 3,079 Comments

Profile of Russian Tycoon's Big New Christian TV Channel in the FT (Konstantin Malofeev)

Courtney Weaver October 15, 2017 445 Comments

The Russian Warrior-Princess Who Captured a City With an Army of Birds

Matfey Shaheen October 15, 2017 2,333 Comments

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

Michael Tare October 10, 2017 1,216 Comments

Meet the Powerful General Advancing Christianity in Russian Gov't

Matfey Shaheen October 3, 2017 1,845 Comments