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The Russian Orthodox Church won't be silent

April 23, 2012 Marina Darmaros
Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate's Department for Relations between the Church and Society, spoke to RBTH's Marina Darmaros about ecumenism, his attitude towards contemporary art, the punk band Pussy Riot and liberals

Pussy Riot reveals the fault line

April 20, 2012 Konstantin von Eggert
The punk provocateurs put the country’s contradictions in clear relief. But so far, there are only losers

Patriarch Kirill’s missing watch raises heated debate on the internet

April 7, 2012 Marina Darmaros
After claiming earlier in the week to be under attack by unspecified “anti-Russian forces,” the Russian Orthodox Church now faces a scandal that has grown to international proportions

Getting Ready for Easter

April 7, 2012 Svetlana Osadchuk, The Moscow Times
Unlike the Western Christian world, the Russian Orthodox Church will celebrate Easter next Sunday

Pussy Riot prank in cathedral has Russians divided in their assessments

March 30, 2012 Russia Beyond the Headlines
Russian feminist punk rock band Pussy Riot became popular overnight after it staged an unsanctioned performance in Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Savior

Catching up with Russia’s ramshackle churches

March 21, 2012 Matilda Moreton
The book published by a British photographer raises public awareness of the plight of Russis’s wooden churches

Once a prison, now a spiritual and tourist hub

January 21, 2012 Grigory Kubatian
Located in the White Sea in northwestern Russia, the Solovetsky Islands once housed one of Russia’s first gulags, but now its centuries-old monastery and the seascape’s stark beauty attracts thousands of tourists and the spiritually inclined

Russia goes under ice

January 19, 2012 RIA Novosti
In the middle of winter Russian Orthodox Christians gather to submerge themselves in the freezing water to mark the festival of the Epiphany

Christmas in Russia

January 7, 2012 Russia Today TV Channel
Russian Orthodox Christians celebrate the birth of Christ on January 7, with a mass starting the night before, on Christmas Eve.

Orthodox Russian London

January 3, 2012 Phoebe Taplin
There's no better time to visit beautiful Orthodox Russian churches in London than for an Orthodox Christmas service, held in early January

Ringing in an old tradition

December 10, 2011 Grigory Kubatian
Although their sound used to be heard throughout the Russian countryside, church bells fell silent during the Soviet era. Now the classic ringing is being brought back to life

Resurrected: believers breathe new life into sacred buildings

November 30, 2011 Alena Legostaeva
Moscow after decades of enforced atheism, members of the major faith groups are flocking back to new and restored places of worship

A mix of Russian Orthodoxy and modern photography

November 26, 2011 Anisia Boroznova
Meet Ivan Zhuk, a unique Russian photographer, whose works encompass religion and art

A wondrous Buddhist tradition resurrected in Kalmykia

October 26, 2011 Anna Nemtsova, special to Russia Beyond the Headlines
One third of the population of Kalmykia was deported during Stalin’s terror. As the region struggles, it returns to its roots for answers

Moscow's Jewish Museum: "A living museum for a lively people"

October 20, 2011 Pauline Tillmann
A new addition to the capital's museum scene hopes to connect Jews with their heritage and with each other

Republic capitalizes on its Muslim heritage

September 14, 2011 Nick Watson
The Muslim-majority region has proved to be an interesting investment destination for funds with Muslim shareholders or that are based in Muslim countries

Matzo in Moscow: the religious rite that Stalin couldn’t break

April 21, 2011 Masha Fogel
Through repression and revival, Russia’s Jews maintained the matzo-baking rites of the Passover to commemorate the Exodus

Holiday of the Annunciation

April 7, 2011
Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill releases white doves in Moscow's Kremlin Thusday, April 7, 2011 to mark the holiday of the Annunciation.

Russian Orthodox leadership proposes alliance with Catholics

March 24, 2011 Yelena Yakovleva, Rossiyskaya Gazeta
Churches can work together to face common challenges while agreeing to disagree on doctrine

The beginning of spring, the end of butter

March 7, 2011 Lara McCoy Roslof
Welcome to the fast
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