A massive Russian church bell that hung for decades at Harvard was returned to a Moscow monastery Wednesday, nearly 80 years after it and 17 others were rescued from Stalin’s religious purges by a U.S ...

The 109th Memorial Day Pilgrimage to St. Tikhon’s Monastery/Seminary in Waymart will begin Friday at 3:45 p.m. when Metropolitan Tikhon greets visiting hierarchs at the Monastery Archway. Metropolitan ...

SLONIM, 7 October (BelTA) – A commemorative stone was laid in a groundbreaking ceremony for a new bell tower in the Monastery in Zhirovichi on 7 October, BelTA has learned. Metropolitan of Minsk and ...

An 11-mile journey over the mountains Sunday reawakened a custom at St. John’s Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Mayfield. About 30 participants, both local and visiting, gathered after the liturgy to ...

REPLICA UNVEILED: Dean Light talks with Father Alexander Abramov of the Russian Orthodox Church and second-year MBA student and Moscow native Konstantin Kuzovkov (far left). Photo by Neal Hamberg In a ...

Nestled in a small hill downriver from the Kremlin, the Novospassky (New Savior) Monastery is one of the oldest religious institutions in Moscow. As is the case with the city's other monasteries, the ...

BEECH GROVE, Ind. — As the number of COVID cases continues to soar, a community of nuns on the city's south side has found a simple and solemn way to memorialize those who've died. The Benedictine ...

The healing Myrrh-streaming Iveron Icon from Hawaii will be greeted by thousands when it arrives for the 111th annual Pilgrimage to St. Tikhon’s Monastery over the Memorial Day Weekend, May 22 to 25. ...

Culture, conflict, and incredible craftsmanship have shaped this architectural gem that has survived the ravages of time. Tyumen. Trinity Monastery. Church of Sts. Peter and Paul (left), Trinity ...

A giant bell that will be the biggest to chime in Russia has been blessed and placed in a monastery bell tower. The 72 metric ton Tsar Bell is modelled on a 1748 bell destroyed during Joseph Stalin's ...