Fr. John Whiteford

Five years ago today (May 17, 2007) , a miracle happened in the Russian Church. 70 years of division brought about by the machinati...

One year ago today, I was in Christ the Savior Cathedral, witnessing the reconciliation of the Russian Church. What a blessing it was to be...

Part 11: Russia's Golgotha Part 12: Not quite All-night Vigil Part 13: Te Deum Part 14: Farewell Moscow

More installments from Elizabeth Ledkovsky . All of the following detail the events of May 17th: Part 7: Warming up Part 8: Peace be unto th...

Here are some additional photos that have been e-mailed to me: Here is a photo of me greeting a priest at the St. Sergius Trinity-Lavra, whe...

Elizabeth Ledkovsky has started a blog to post her reflections on the trip. So far, you can read part 1 here , part 2 here , part 3 here , ...

Day 7, Sunday, May 20th. The Kremlin We headed out early again to the Kremlin for the final service of our vist at the Uspensky (Dor...

An icon of the Martyrs of Butovo Day 6, Saturday, May 19th. We left the hotel early again, I think it was about 7:30 a.m., and again w...

Day 5, Friday, May 18th. On this day we headed outside of Moscow for the Trinity St. Sergius Lavra , which is in the town of Sergiyev Posa...

Christ the Savior Cathedral Day 4, Thursday, May 17 th . This was of course the big day that we were here for. It was the feast of ...

Before I forget the details of my trip to Russia, I had best start making some notes, and so here is part 1. Day 1, Monday, May 14th. I ...

Russia Embraces Exiled Church to Heal Soviet Past. A branch of the Russian Orthodox church whose members fled over 80 years ago to escape Bo...

A many-day procession with the cross from Vladivostok to Moscow to mark the reunification of the Russian Church Moscow, May 10, Interfax - E...

Christ the Savior Cathedral, Moscow... where I will be, God willing on May 17th. You can read this article , to see the schedule for the tri...