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Our lay sister Tatiana Zhedik met the relatives of the Hieromartyr Simeon Kaminsky a long ago in 2003 in Cincinnati, Ohio. This meeting reveals to us the story of the life of a little-known Belarusian saint.
Every soul is a mystery. Today we can only guess what really happened… According to the locals, the priest Simeon Kaminsky knew that he was going to be killed. But he preferred to stay and accepted martyrdom for his faith.
The 14th of September is a special date in the life of the Kozlovs and Osins family in Vilnius. On this day the Church honours the memory of their holy relative, the Martyr Natalia Skopinskaya.
Mother Anfisa is one of the first residents of our Convent. She oversees the service of our Sisters of Mercy at the National Centre for Mental Health and leads the rehabilitation art studio “Blessed Heaven”.
Archpriest Roman Medved was a devoted spiritual child of the Holy Righteous John of Kronstadt. In Moscow, Father Roman established a brotherhood of Orthodox devotees, guiding countless souls on the path to the Church.
During the Great Patriotic War, Orthodox churches, previously transformed by the godless regime into warehouses, clubs, and outbuildings, were being reopened in eastern Belarus. It was necessary to restore parochial life, completely ruined in…
On September 8th, the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the feast of the Meeting of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God. This wonderworking icon is one of the most venerated in Russia and, according to tradition, dates from the dawn of Christianity.
On 31 August, the Orthodox faithful commemorate the miracle-working icon of the Mother of God "Pantanassa". Its copies can be found in churches across the world, and the original is kept at Vatopedi Monastery on Mount Athos.
The Apostles greeted the Theotokos with great joy and honoured Her not only as the Mother of their beloved Teacher and Lord but also as their heavenly Helper, the Protector of Christians, and the Intercessor for all mankind.
On the feast day of the Dormition, we honour the translation into the eternal life in God of the Most Holy Theotokos, who leads us along to God, comforts us on the journey to His Kingdom, and embraces us with His Divine Love
As August comes to an end, the Orthodox Church prepares to celebrate one of the twelve Great Feasts of the Church, the Dormition of the Theotokos. Here in the Belarusian Orthodox Church, the feast falls on August 28 each year.
On 28 August the Church commemorates the Dormition of the Theotokos. The Holy Mountain, the realm of the Mother of God, celebrates this feast with special joy. Here are five examples of the Holy Virgin's intercession for different people.
This narrative lies at the heart of the iconographic depictions of the Assumption of the Mother of God, a central event to Christianity. Many elements in the icon of the Dormition have a deep liturgical meaning.
Post the 1917 October Revolution, from 1920 to 1939, Solovetsky monastery was tragically transformed into a concentration camp, becoming the site of untold suffering for countless innocents.
