Epiphany ice bathing in Ryazan draws enthusiastic participantsOn the night of January 18-19, residents and visitors gathered at Orekhovoye Lake in Ryazan for the annual Epiphany ice bathing ritual. Many sought spiritual renewal or to test their limits in the frigid waters.
15 Questions for a Young Altai PriestFather Ioann Efimets, a young priest in Barnaul (Altai Krai, Russia), answers common questions about faith, church practice and everyday moral dilemmas.
Kemerovo «clown in a cassock» becomes monkWhy a well-known Kemerovo host abruptly chose monastic life: the story of Vitaly Vydriganov, once a hospital clown, now Father Sofrony, building a men’s monastery and helping people through prayer.
