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5 Russian icons of Our Lady (PICS)
What happened to the most famous Russian Orthodox churches after the Revolution?
How a Swiss man became a Russian beekeeper & an Old Believer
How did the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God become the most popular in Russia?
7 of the most BEAUTIFUL churches in Moscow (PHOTOS)
‘An icon is the soul of a Russian’: Trials & tribulations of a young, female icon painter
How a Russian saint ‘flew’ on a ‘demon’
5 Popes who are revered in Orthodoxy (PICS)
What icons were called ‘hellish’ or ‘adopisnye’ and where did they come from?
What is ‘Candlemas’ & why do Russians celebrate it?
10 most beautiful BAROQUE churches in Russia (PHOTOS)
10 INCREDIBLE Russian monasteries in black & white (PHOTOS)
5 oldest churches in Moscow (PHOTOS)
5 facts about the most esteemed icon of the Romanov dynasty
10 MAIN facts about the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow
What is so unique about the Russian icon of Christ with Golden Hair?
How did Pushkin appear on an icon?
10 cute church cats from Russia (PHOTOS)
6 historical churches of the Russian Cossacks (PHOTOS)
3 WEIRDEST things the Soviets did with churches (PHOTOS)
Orthodox Christians celebrate Epiphany (VIDEO)
Novodevichy Convent & the Romanovs: Symbol of State Power
5 facts about Pskov-Caves Monastery, one of Russia’s most famous
How to convert to Orthodox Christianity
Four lighthouse churches in Russia (PHOTOS)
What the crescent on the Orthodox Christian cross means
Why was Tolstoy kicked out of the Russian Orthodox Church?
How Russia began to venerate its own image of the Mother of God
This is where Rus’ was baptized: 5 facts about the St. Vladimir Cathedral in Chersonesos (PHOTOS)
Where is Russia’s biggest working church bell?
Did you know there are 3 Churches on the Spilled Blood in Russia?
How the Bolsheviks fought religion with propaganda POSTERS
Dionisy’s frescoes: How Old Russia’s most famous iconographer painted a remote northern monastery
Why are the Russian icons 'Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine' considered so rare?
Who were the ‘red priests’ & how did they appear in Soviet times?
3 most famous patriarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church
What do the ‘onion’ domes of Russian churches signify?
7 of the most BEAUTIFUL churches in St. Petersburg (PHOTOS)
Which churches didn't close in Soviet times (PHOTOS)
10 of the Russian North’s most beautiful wooden churches (PHOTOS)
How did WHALES end up on 18th century Russian icons?
7 cave monasteries in Russia (PHOTOS)
Who were ‘startsy’, the elders of the Russian Orthodox Church?
5 facts about St. Sergius Trinity Lavra, Russia’s main monastery (PHOTOS)
7 facts about the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery, the largest in Russia (PHOTOS)
5 most revered Orthodox saints in Catholicism
Why is an Orthodox church consecrated in the name of the Pope?
Modern icon painter creates unconventional art with Jesus Christ (PICS)
5 facts you need to know about Orthodox Christian Christmas
Ilya Muromets: What is known about Russia’s strongest warrior knight?
5 most important Moscow monasteries (PHOTOS)
How Soviets saved frescos from a flooded monastery (PHOTOS)
Russia’s wonderworking icon – even able to overcome bomb explosions
What traditions, rites & holidays were invented in the USSR in place of Orthodox Christian ones?
10 precious icon rizas by Faberge and other Russian jewelers (PHOTOS)
Russian Orthodox churches and icons in the interior of the Moscow Metro (PHOTOS)
7 MAIN Orthodox Christian sites in Russia (PHOTOS)
Churches & monasteries in Russian art (PICS)
Why Nicholas II insisted on canonizing Seraphim of Sarov
Peter & Fevronia – a Russian story of true love
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