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Calendar Days
- Feb. 1/14. Martyr Tryphon
- January 31st/February 13th. Martyrs Cyrus and John.
- Jan. 30 - Martyr Hippolytus.
- Jan. 29 - Ignatius the God-bearer
- January 28 (February 10). Ephraim the Syrian
- A Homily Delivered on the Sunday of the Forefathers. -St. Gregory Palamas
- Homily on the Sunday of the Holy Forefathers. From the Great Reading Menaion.
- Readings on the Nativity from the Great Reading Menaion
- Homily on the 24th Sunday After Pentecost. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- Homily on the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- Golden-mouth. Homily 59. Triumphal Entry.
- Sermon on the 21st Sunday after Pentecost. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- Golden-mouth. Homily 62. Holy and Great Wednesday.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 61. Holy and Great Tuesday.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 65. Great and Holy Friday.
- A Homily on the Cemetery and on the Cross of our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ. -St. John the Golden-mouth
- Homily XVI. On Great and Holy Saturday. -St. Gregory Palamas
- Word on Great Saturday. St. Epiphani of Cyprus
- Word on Great Saturday. St. Amphilochi of Iconium
- On Holy Pascha. -St. Kirill of Turov
- The Miracle of the Resurrection. -Bp. Mikhail (Semyonov)
- Homily for the 19th Sunday after Pentecost. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- Homily for the 18th Sunday after Pentecost. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- Homily XXIX. -St. Gregory Palamas
- Homily XLI. For the 14th Sunday After Pentecost. -St. Gregory Palamas
- Homily for the 17th Sunday after Pentecost. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- Homily on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Honorable and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- Homily on the 16th Sunday after Pentecost. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- The Exaltation of the Honorable and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord
- Homily on the Nativity of the Most Holy God-bearer. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- Nativity of the Most Holy God-bearer
- Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady, the God-bearer and Ever-Virgin Mary
- Homily for the 14th Sunday After Pentecost. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- Homily for the 11th Sunday After Pentecost. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- Homily for the 11th Sunday After Pentecost. -Met. Andrian (Chetvergov)
- Transfiguration of the Lord
- Homily on the 10th Sunday After Pentecost. -Met. Andrian (Chetvergov)
- August 1 - The Origin of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross
- Homily for the 7th Sunday after Pentecost. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- July 15 - Memory and Praise of Prince Vladimir. -By the Monk Jacob (11th century)
- Homily for the 6th Sunday After Pentecost. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- July 5 - St. Afanasiy of Athos
- Homily for the 4th Sunday after Pentecost. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- Homily for the Third Sunday after Pentecost. Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- Homily for Pentecost, the Day of the Holy Trinity. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- Homily on the Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the 1st Ecumenical Council. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- Golden-mouth. Homily 75. Seventh Sunday of Pascha.
- Homily for the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- Golden-mouth. Homily 74. Thursday of the Sixth Week. Ascension.
- The Ascension of the Lord
- Homily on the Sunday of the Blind Man. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- Golden-mouth. Homily 73. Sixth Sunday of Pascha.
- Sunday of the Blind Man
- Homily for the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- Golden-mouth. Homily 72. Fifth Sunday of Pascha.
- The Sunday of the Samaritan Woman
- Golden-mouth. Homily 71. Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Pascha
- Midfeast of Pentecost
- Homily for the Sunday of the Paralytic. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- Golden-mouth. Homily 70. Fourth Sunday of Pascha
- Sunday of the Paralytic
- Homily on the Taking Down of the Body of Christ from the Cross. -St. Kirill of Turov
- Homily on the Sunday of the Holy Myrrh-Bearing Women. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- Golden-mouth. Homily 69. Third Sunday of Pascha.
- The Sunday of the Holy Myrrh-Bearing Women
- Homily on Thomas Sunday - Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- Homily for Antipascha, or the New Sunday after Pascha. -St. Kirill of Turov
- About the Sunday of Thomas
- About Bright Week
- Homily for Pascha. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- Christ Resurrected! -Bp. Mikhail (Semyonov)
- About the Radiant Resurrection of Christ
- On the Days of Holy Week. -Bp. Mikhail (Semyonov)
- Homily for Great Saturday. -Met. Korniliy (Titov). 2025
- Homily for Great Saturday. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- Golden-mouth. Homily 66. Great and Holy Saturday.
- About Saturday of Passion Week
- About Friday of Passion Week
- Discourses on the Betrayal of Judas. -St. John the Golden-mouth
- Homily on Great Thursday. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- On the Washing of Feet. (Homily 70). -St. John the Golden-mouth
- Golden-mouth. Homily 63. Holy and Great Thursday.
- About Thursday of Passion Week
- About Wednesday of Passion Week
- About Tuesday of Passion Week
- About Monday of Passion Week
- On Palm Sunday. -Bp. Mikhail (Semyonov)
- Homily for the Feast of the Lord’s Entry into Jerusalem. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- The Lord’s Entry into Jerusalem
- Homily for the Saturday of the Resurrection of Righteous Lazarus. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- Homily 2 on Lazarus of the Four Days. -Isichiy of Jerusalem
- Homily 1 on Lazarus of the Four Days. -Isichiy of Jerusalem
- Lazarus Saturday
- The Sacred Thread of the Church’s Lessons in the Weeks Leading to Great Lent. -Bp. Mikhail (Semyonov)
- The Prayer of St. Ephraim the Syrian. -Bp. Mikhail (Semyonov)
- On the Holy Forty Days (Great Fast). -Abba Dorotheos
- On the Calculation of the Days of Great Lent
- Golden-mouth. Homily 58. Saturday of the Sixth Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 57. Friday of the Sixth Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 56. Thursday of the Sixth Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 55. Wednesday of the Sixth Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 54. Wednesday of the Sixth Week. On the Lord's Prayer.
- Golden Mouth. Homily 53. Tuesday of the Sixth Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 52. Monday of the Sixth Week.
- The Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt, Fifth Sunday of Great Lent.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 51. Fifth Sunday of Lent.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 50. Saturday of the Fifth Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 49. Friday of the Fifth Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 48. Thursday of the Fifth Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 47. Wednesday of the Fifth Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 46. Tuesday of the Fifth Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 45. Tuesday of the Fifth Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 44. Monday of the Fifth Week.
- Homily for the Fifth Sunday of Great Lent. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- The Sunday of St. John of the Ladder, the Fourth Sunday of Great Lent
- On the Fourth Sunday of Great Lent. -Bp. Mikhail (Semyonov)
- Golden-mouth. Homily 43. Fourth Sunday of Lent.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 42. Saturday of the Fourth Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 41. Saturday of the Fourth Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 40. Friday of the Fourth Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 39. Thursday of the Fourth Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 38. Thursday of the Fourth Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 37. Wednesday of the Fourth Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 36. Tuesday of the Fourth Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 35. Tuesday of the Fourth Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 34. Monday of the Fourth Week.
- Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Great Lent, in Commemoration of St. John of the Ladder. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Great Lent. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- About the Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross
- Golden-mouth. Homily 33. Third Sunday of Lent.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 32. Saturday of the Third Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 31. Friday of the Third Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 30. Friday of the Third Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 29. Thursday of the Third Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 28. Wednesday of the Third Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 27. Tuesday of the Third Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 26. Tuesday of the Third Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 25. Monday of the Third Week.
- Homily for the Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- The Appearance of the Feodorovskaya Icon of the Most Holy God-bearer
- Golden-mouth. Homily 24. Second Sunday of Lent
- Golden-mouth. Homily 23. Saturday of the Second Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 22. Friday of the Second Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 21. Thursday of the Second Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 20. Wednesday of the Second Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 19. Tuesday of the Second Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 18. Tuesday of the Second Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 17. Monday of the Second Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 16. Monday of the Second Week.
- Homily for the 2nd Sunday of the Great Fast. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- Friday of the First Week. A Homily of St. Photios, Patriarch of Constantinople
- The First Sunday of Great Lent: The Commemoration of the Triumph of Orthodoxy
- Golden-mouth. Homily 15. On the First Sunday of Lent.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 14. Saturday of the First Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 13. Friday of the First Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 12. Thursday of the First Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 11. Wednesday of the First Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 10. Tuesday of the First Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 9. Monday of the First Week.
- Homily for the First Sunday of Great Lent: On the Predestination of Our Salvation. Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- Homily for the Sunday of Orthodoxy. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- Homily on Forgiveness Sunday. -Fr. Alexei Lopatin
- Forgiveness Sunday. -Bp. Mikhail (Semyonov)
- About Cheesefare Sunday
- Golden-mouth. Homily 8. Cheesefare Sunday
- Golden-mouth. Homily 7. Saturday of Cheesefare Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 6. Friday of Cheesefare Week.
- Golden-mouth. Homily 5. Wednesday of Cheesefare.
- Homily on Forgiveness Sunday. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- About the Sunday of the Dread Judgment
- Golden-mouth. Homily 4. Sunday of Meatfare.
- Homily for Meatfare Sunday on the Dread Judgment. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- Golden-mouth. Homily 3. Sunday of Meatfare
- About the Sunday of the Prodigal Son
- Homily on the Sunday of the Prodigal Son. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- Golden-mouth. Homily 2. Sunday of the Prodigal Son
- Golden-mouth. Homily 1. Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee.
- July 19 - On the Life of the Venerable Macrina, Sister of Basil the Great. -St. Gregory of Nyssa
- May 9. The Translation of the Honorable Relics of Saint Nikola the Wonderworker
- May 3. The Shepherd of Persecuted Christians: Venerable Feodosiy of Vetka
- May 2. The Fool-for-Christ Monk-Martyr: Venerable Avraamy, Fool-for-Christ for the Sake of Christ
- May 14. Holy Righteous Isidor of Kerzhenets (of Kozmodemyansk)
- May 8. He Who Escaped the Ruined Monastery: Venerable Arseniy of Kerzhenets
- May 8. The Commemoration of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian
- April 18. Venerable Serapion of Cheremshan
- April 14. The Commemoration of the Pustozersk Martyrs
- April 12. Life of Saint Afanasia of Aegina
- April 11. The Life of Saint Varsonophy, Bishop of Tver
- April 11. The Life of Saint Antipas, Bishop of Pergamum and Hieromartyr
- April 3. Bishop Pavel of Kolomna: 366 Years Since His Martyrdom. -Dimitry Urushev
- April 3. Hieromartyr Pavel, Bishop of Kolomna
- March 25. The Annunciation of the Most Holy Mother of God
- March 25. On the Feast of the Annunciation. -Bp. Mikhail (Semyonov)
- March 25. Homily on the Annunciation of Our Most Holy Maiden God-bearer and Ever-Virgin Mary. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- March 9. The Commemoration of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste
- March 8. Saint Athanasius (Afanasiy) of Saratov
- February 24. The 1st and 2nd Finding of the Honorable Head of the Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord, John
- January 1. The Commemoration of St. Basil the Great
- November 21. The Entry of the Most Holy God-bearer Into the Temple
- September 4. Icon of the God-bearer “The Burning Bush"
- On the Great Fast
- Homily for the Sunday of All Saints. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- Homily for the Second Sunday after Pentecost. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- About the Sunday of All Saints
- Homily 80. On the Second Sunday, after the Commemoration of All Saints, A Teaching of St. John Chrysostom
- Golden-mouth. Homily 79. On the First Sunday after Pentecost, A Teaching of St. John Chrysostom in Commemoration of All Saints
- Golden-mouth. Homily 78. On Pentecost Monday: A Teaching of St. John Chrysostom Concerning the Descent of the Holy Ghost upon the Holy Disciples and Apostles of Christ
- Golden-mouth. Homily 77. On Pentecost Sunday, a Teaching of St. John Chrysostom
- Golden-mouth. Homily 76. On Pentecost Saturday, a Teaching of St. John Chrysostom: That One Should Not Weep Excessively for the Dead
Canons
Old Believer Works
- Vladimir Ryabushinsky: An Old Believer on Old Belief
- Ascended by Fire: The Venerable Martyr Epiphaniy of Solovki
- The Old Faith. -Pichugin
- A Strong Soul Amid Temptations
- Peter I and His Grim "Whims"
- What Has Happened to Us and What Should We Do?
- The Number 1666 in Russian Book Culture of the Mid to Third Quarter of the 17th Century
- Why Old Believers Have No Visible Communion
- The Liturgical Life of Archpriest Avvakum
- Archpriest Avvakum on Prayer Outside the Temple
- On Priesthood and False Priesthood
- On Christian Clothing
- Spiritual Communion Among the Priestless Old Believers (Bezpopovtsy)
- Old Believer Confession for an Icon Painter
- On the Sacraments. From the Great Catechism
- On the Difficulties of Adapting Newcomers in the Old Orthodox Pomorian Church
- Book on Christian Life
- History of Old Belief
- The Solovetsky Resistance
- Historiosophical Theories of South-Western Rus’ Theologians as a Source of Old Believer Historiosophy
- The Righteous Shall Live by Faith
- Is Every Violation of Church Rules Heresy?
- On the Essence of the Church. -L.F. Pichugin
- The Life of Boyaryna Morozova
- On The Eternity of the Sacrifice in Christ's Church
- Circular Epistle (Encyclical) of the Belokrinitsa Hierarchy - 1862
- On the Feast of the Annunciation. -Bp. Mikhail (Semyonov)
- Bishop Pavel of Kolomna: 366 Years Since His Martyrdom. -Dimitry Urushev
- Church Reform of the 17th Century: Tragic Mistake or Sabotage? -Boris Kutuzov
- Forgiveness Sunday. -Bp. Mikhail (Semyonov)
- On the Fourth Sunday of Great Lent. -Bp. Mikhail (Semyonov)
- How I Became a People’s Socialist. -Mikhail Semyonov
- The Prayer of St. Ephraim the Syrian. -Bp. Mikhail (Semyonov)
- The Sacred Thread of the Church’s Lessons in the Weeks Leading to Great Lent. -Bp. Mikhail (Semyonov)
- Christ Resurrected! -Bp. Mikhail (Semyonov)
- Dietary Restrictions of Fasting
- 1913 Belokrinitsa and Pomorian Debate. Part 2: On the Eternity of the Bloodless Sacrifice in the Church of Christ.
- 1913 Belokrinitsa and Pomorian Debate. Part 1: On the Pomorian Practice of Lay Leadership.
- The Lament of a Son for His Hermit Father
- False Shame
- Saint Gregory Palamas — Defender of Hesychasm
- Byzantine Hesychast Tradition and the Spiritual Legacy of St. Nicholas Cavasilas
- Connection of Byzantine and Russian Hesychasm: St. John Climacus, St. Sergius of Radonezh
- Potrebnik of A. Antipin
- The Fiery Protopope
- If I lived in Russia, I would be an Old Believer
- Captured Glory
- Elder Nikita Semenovich
- The Wandering Church
- Sobornost in the Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church: Reality and Perspectives
- The Filippovtsy
- Fool for the Old Faith
- Bloody Dispute. The State Church Persecuted Old Believers More Zealously Than the State Itself
- The Concept of Church Singing in Old Believer Tradition
- Holy Silence
- The Tale of the Beard
- Old Believers of the Strictest Rules
- Features of Old Russian Liturgical Rites.
- Terror!
- Whoever Smokes Tobacco is Worse than Dogs
- On the Judgment of God
- On the Fear of God
- Transfiguration into Holiness - Bp. Mikhail Semyonov
- Nikonianism - Pavel de Rico
- Church Councils of 1666–1667 as a Watershed in Russian History - by K. Kozhurin
- What is Malaksa?
- The Beginning of the Church Schism in Russia - Kozhurin
- Veneration of Pre-Schism Russian Saints is Weakly Practiced in Old Belief. -Protopriest Andrey Marchenko
- Why We Showed No Interest - Protopriest Andrey Marchenko
- Do Old Believers and New Ritualists Believe in the Same God? -Gleb Chistyakov
- On Religious Upbringing
- Homily on Faith. -by Wanderer Servant of God Margarita
- Old Belief and the Traditions of Popular Rule. -Isaev
- To Understand the Words of Wisdom: Lessons from the Old Testament in Sunday School
- The Holy Gospel Retold for Children
- Law of God. For Young Children.
- Why is it necessary to pray?
- Why Pray to Saints? Can’t We Pray Directly to God Without “Intermediaries”?
- Is it permissible to pray for unbaptized or non-Orthodox relatives, for example, those from the ROC?
- On Prayer for the Non-Orthodox
- How to Pray at Home
- The Lestovka
- Let Us Rest at the Foot of the Cross. -Bp. Mikhail (Semyonov)
- Christianity — the Religion of Bearing the Cross. -Bp. Mikhail (Semyonov)
- Are there saints among the Old Believers after the Schism?
- Who Determines the Date of Pascha in the Orthodox Churches? And How Is It Calculated?
- The Miracle of the Resurrection. -Bp. Mikhail (Semyonov)
- Apology for the Liturgy of Great Saturday. -Neminuschy
- Step by Step, Upward. -Bp. Mikhail (Semyonov)
- Can Old Believers set up a Christmas tree for Christmas and New Year?
- Znamenny Chant: Pages from History
- Old Believer Chant
- The Seven-Bow Beginning as a Means to Approach Prayer
- Bows to the Ground and Waist Bows
- Interview: Fr. Vadim Korovin – In Search of Truth, He Found Faith
- What Is Fasting? -Bp. Mikhail (Semyonov)
- On Voluntary Fasts
- The Meaning of Christian Fasting
- “If due to some weakness one happens to break the fast, one should not lose heart or abandon it altogether”
- Why is fasting necessary? How should a Christian behave during fasting?
- At what age should a child begin observing the fast?
- Children’s Fasting
- “Bring My Soul Out of Prison…” - Bishop Mikhail (Semyonov)
- A Fast Pleasing unto God. -Bp. Mikhail (Semyonov)
- Farmer Cheese Kulich (Pascha Bread)
- On Children’s Confession
- How to Be Saved in the World. Life in the Family: Children. -Bp. Mikhail (Semyonov)
- How to Choose a Baby Name
- The Celebration of One's Angel Day
- How to Be Saved in the World. Life in the Family. The Wife. -Bp. Mikhail (Semyonov)
- On Cosmetics
- On the Obedience of the Wife
- Why does a woman hold such a “humble” position?
- What is the role and mission of a woman in the family?
- Why should a married woman cover her head?
- Why Do Old Believers Wear Beards?
- On Beard-Shaving
- How to Be Saved in the World. Life in the Family. -Bp. Mikhail (Semyonov)
- On Man Being the Head of the Woman
- Why is a man prohibited from shaving his beard?
- The Family as a Supreme Value
- The Church’s View on the Role of the Family in Society
- Old Believer Familialism. -K. Mikhailov
- How to Save a Failed Marriage
- On Building a Happy Marriage
- How to Choose a Spouse
- What hierarchy of values should a Christian family have?
- Family Roles of Men and Women
- Discerning the Will of God
- On Spiritual Kinship
- The Spiritual Father
- Is it necessary to have a spiritual father? Can one change their spiritual father?
- An Apologetic Story-Reflection: “Oparin, Go Deeper!” -Neminuschy
- What does the common phrase “The Lord visited someone” mean
- What does the common phrase “we crucify Christ with our sins” mean?
- Patristic Soteriology. -J. Raspopin
- What is the purpose of human life? Why were we created and born?
- Why Are Rituals Necessary? -Bp. Mikhail (Semyonov)
- The Essence of Ritual. -I. Kirillov
- A Few Words About the “Equal Honor” of the Rites. -V. Buzhinsky
- The Death of Jesus Christ and Redemption. -Bp Mikhail (Semyonov)
- Traditional Orthodox Philosophy: A General Outline. -K. Mikhailov
- Old Believer Philosophy: The Triumph of the Spirit and the Metaphysics of Freedom. -R. Atorin
- It is Customary. -Bp Innokenty (Usov)
- Foundations of Christian Aesthetics. -Kiril Mikhailov
- The Degrees of Moral Condition. -Bp. Innokenty (Usov)
- On Monasticism
- On the Urge for Monasticism
- Russian Icons and Spirituality. -Ryabushinsky
- What Icons are Canonical?
- Byzantine Traditions in Old Russian Art. -R. Atorin
- Understanding the Holy Trinity
- Introductory Discourse on Holy Tradition. -Bishop Mikhail (Semyonov)
- The Study of the History of the Early Christian Community Based on Apostolic Texts (Epistles)
- The Schism of the Orthodox Church. -Ryabushinsky
- The Tale of the Novgorodian White Klobuk
- Orthodoxy in 17th-Century Rus’: A Brief Historical and Cultural Overview. -R. Atorin
- “Old Believers”: The History and Adequacy of the Term
- The Messianic Background of the Schism
- On the Trials of the 20th Century
- The Doctrine of Grace in the Works of Early Christian Writers. -R. Atorin
- What do the apostolic words “faith without works is dead” mean? What works are referred to here?
- How can one cultivate and strengthen their faith?
- Faith and Works. -John Raspopin
- Antichrist: The Signs Preceding the Second Coming of Christ
- What Is a Dogma? What Dogmas Exist in Christianity?
- Are Dogmas Necessary? -Bishop Mikhail (Semyonov)
- Catechetical Exposition on the Symbol of Faith
- On Guardian Angels
- What, then, is the essence of our faith? - On “holy” lestovkas, prayer books, and sarafans — what truly matters in our faith?
- What Is Old Belief? -F.E. Melnikov
- What is Old Belief. -V. Bochenkov
- The Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church
- The Beginnings of Old Believer Thought. -V. Senatov
- A Practical Guide For Christians
- The Torment of Hades. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- The Forty-Day Toll Houses of the Soul After Death
- The Third, Ninth, and Fortieth Day…
- At the Memorial Meal
- When and How to Arrange the Memorial Meal
- Helping Departed Loved Ones — Our Drawing Near to God
- Why did the Lord create hellish torments? Isn’t this unmerciful? The teaching about eternal torment is addressed to all believers, not just evildoers, yet most people do not commit grave sins. How does it apply to them?
- What awaits a person after death?
- The Church: The Meaning of Her Being and the Necessity of Life within Her. By Bishop Mikhail (Semyonov)
- Prostrations as a Remedy for Stiff-neckedness. By V.V. Buzhinsky
- On Old Believer Missionary Work. -M.A. Dzubenko
- Why is it necessary to attend church? Why is personal prayer at home not enough? Why are services so long and held so often (sometimes several times a week)?
- What advice can be given to an adult who wants to join Christ’s Church and receive true baptism, but whose close relatives oppose it, accuse them of fanaticism, and try to pull them out of the Christian community as if it were a sect?
- What about those outside the true Church? Will they all perish?
- Can salvation only be attained in the Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church (РПСЦ)?
- Could Metropolitan Ambrose have been received into the Church not as a bishop but as a priest, since the Bible states that “the lesser is blessed by the greater”?
- Why is the Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church (RPSC) the true Church of Christ, and not the New Rite Church? After all, many call Old Believers schismatics.
- Why can there be only one true Church?
- What is the meaning of the concept “Moscow is the Third Rome, and a fourth there shall not be”? Are Russians somehow special or better than others?
- Can one not be Orthodox and simply believe in God in their soul?
- A Brief History of the Old Orthodox (Old Believer) Church. -F.E. Melnikov
- Russian Old Belief: Traditions, History, and Culture. -Dimitry Urushev
- In Defense of the Old Believer Hierarchy.
- Old Belief and the Great Schism: An Experience of Sobornost under the “Kingdom of Caesar”
- A Word on Sobornost
- On the Fight Against Sinful Viruses and More
- A Homily by Archdeacon Alexander Govorov on Healing from Illnesses
- What should a Christian do if their loved one is gravely ill and near death?
- Clothing and Spirituality
- The Clothing of a Christian
- Rules of Christian Life
- Homily by Priest Sergiy Lisurenko on the Importance of Attending Church Services
- Nikifor Dmitrievich Zenin
- Bishop Kir Mikhail of Canada
- Does the Church have any requirements or recommendations regarding a Christian’s health?
- What is forbidden for an Old Believer and why? (e.g., smoking, drunkenness, profanity, shaving the beard, playing cards, working in sinful industries like tobacco or cosmetics, having abortions, dancing, wearing makeup, painting nails, women wearing pants or immodest clothing, cutting or styling hair, dyeing hair, etc.)
- What should a Christian read or watch to avoid feeding the passions and to preserve the purity of the soul? What literature would you recommend for a Christian, especially considering the lack of free time?
- What should one do if Old Believers around you, including clergy, behave unchristianly, treat you coldly, and not in the way you would like? How can one cope with this, explain it to oneself, and continue attending this community and interacting with these fellow believers (edinovertsy)?
- Why do Old Believers celebrate name days instead of birthdays?
- Can Old Believers sit at the same table with heretics, eat from the same dishes, and participate in joint prayer?
- Is it sinful to live in the world, in cities? Should we flee from the world to forests and mountains?
- Can a Christian attend theaters, concerts, movies, and other cultural or entertainment events?
- What is an ideal Christian in today’s world, a follower of Christ?
- Traditional Handiwork
- Why is the surrounding world considered hostile to Christians ("the prince of this world is Satan")? What is harmful and corrupt in modern society?
- On Pets
- What does Christian life include? What should be observed, and which Sacraments should one participate in?
- On Christian Dress
- How should one interact with unbelievers in a group setting (at school, university, or work)?
- Is it permissible to visit cafeterias, cafés, or restaurants? Should one pray openly before and after meals and make the sign of the cross?
- Every Christian is called to bring the light of Christ’s teaching into the world. How can an ordinary, everyday Christian fulfill this in the modern world?
- Not Peace, But a Sword! On the Warfare of the Orthodox Church of Christ Since Ancient Times as a Condition of Its Life
- Church Service and Education
- On the Combination of Spiritual Service and Secular Concerns
- In the Snares of Heresies and Anathemas. -F.E. Melnikov
- The Church Destroyer. -Bishop Mikhail Semyonov
- Why is the new rite considered heresy?
- Do we have the same Holy Scripture as the Nikonians, Catholics, and Protestants? What are canonical and non-canonical books?
- Do Old Believers and New Ritualists share the same faith?
- Are Seraphim of Sarov and Matrona of Moscow not saints in the Old Believer tradition? How can that be? I want to convert to the Old Faith, but these saints are very dear to my heart.
- How does one correctly transition from the New Rite Church to the Old Rite Church? What is the process, what should one know, and from which sins (such as smoking) should one abstain?
- What was the cause of the schism in the Russian Church in the 17th century?
- What does the Gospel phrase "The Kingdom of Heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force" mean?
- A Time to Gather Stones. -Viktor Buzhinsky
- Darkening. -Viktor Buzhinsky
- The Log House Has Not Burned Down - It is Still Burning.
- Why Do Christians Celebrate Sunday Instead of Saturday? (A Response to Seventh-day Adventists)
- On the Baptists. The Historical Origin of the Baptists
- On the Baptists: A Brief Guide for Engaging in Conversation with Baptist Sectarians
- On Holy Tradition
- On the Baptism of Children
- The Christian’s Attitude Toward People of Other Faiths
- On Prayer. -Priest Ioann Sevastyanov
- Order of Renouncing Heresy (Small Beginning)
- Lives of the Saints: Why Do People Stop Reading Them?
- On Nachotnichestvo
- Living Water. -Bishop Mikhail Semyonov
- Literature of Ancient Rus': Genre Characteristics
- History of Old Believer Literature
- The Canon of the Books of Holy Scripture: The History of Translation into the Russian Language
- On the Benefit of Book Reading. Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- Which books of the Bible would you recommend to a newly baptized Christian? How should one study Holy Scripture? Which commentaries by the Holy Fathers are useful?
- On Dangers Faced After Joining the Church
- On the Holy Mysteries. -Bishop Mikhail (Semyonov)
- On How Synodal Theologians and Religious Figures Fought Against the Two-Finger Sign of the Cross
- The Sign of the Cross. -F.E. Melnikov
- “Even as Christ Himself…” The Two-Finger Sign of the Cross and the “Pinch”: Two Consciousnesses. -George Neminuschy
- Why do Old Believers make the sign of the cross with two fingers?
- Does the Stoglav Council command us to place our hand on our chest or naval?
- When did the two-finger sign of the cross and the veneration of the eight-pointed cross originate?
- Superstition — A Sign of Spiritual Ignorance. -Met. Korniliy (Titov)
- Everyone Does It. - Innokenty Usov
- The Covenants of Antiquity
- On Much-Knowledge and Idle Curiosity
- Old Believers and Contemporary Old Believers.
- On Asceticism and Delusion
- How Can One See His Own Sins?
- What are the Vices and Passions in a Person, and How Can One Combat Them?
- What constitutes the sin of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, and why will it not be forgiven either in this age or the one to come?
- The Feat of Repentance
- Word on Repentance. -Andrei Denisov
- What is Conscience in a Person, and How Can One Learn to Hear it?
- What is the Ideal Moral Image of a Christian?
- What Are the Main Christian Commandments and Virtues?
- Spiritual Conditions of Peace
- Christian Friendship
- Attention to One's Neighbor
- How Can One Be Happy, Even In Difficult Circumstances?
- Where Do I Find Happiness?
- What is the Fear of God?
- Worse Than Africans
- Faith and Identity
- On Temperance
- On Psychological Stability
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