In the 17th century, the Russian Orthodox Church underwent a controversial ... The people who adhered to the original rites ...

The typical conversation on the patriarchal Russian family by and large begins with the ... The order and cleanliness of Orthodox Old Believers’ homes catch your eye. The families are very thrifty and ...

Inscriptions on the back of this particular cross allowed experts to connect it to Russia's community of Old Believers or Old ...

Currently, the Russian, Georgian, Jerusalem, Serbian Orthodox Churches, Athos monasteries in Greece, Eastern Catholic Churches and Old Believers celebrate the Baptism of the Lord on January 19.

If a person, who is a subject of investigation, recognizes his or her guilt and publicly voices regret over an act of sacrilege, every believer ... chief of the Russian Orthodox Synod’s ...