St George (April 23) is patron saint not only of England, but also Russia, Palestine, Greece and Catalonia
Topic: Russia
Russia’s demographic emergency
Posted on Thursday, 20 December 2012
Russia’s population decline is a national emergency, and its attitude to abortion is to blame
An Orthodox priest has shown just how many unborn lives one person can save
Posted on Wednesday, 24 October 2012
Fr Alexis Tarasov says that sometimes talking and listening to someone is all it takes
There are, we are told, 800 million people for whom the ECHR is the last recourse against tyrannical governments. But does this argument really hold water?
Posted on Friday, 20 April 2012
Tyrannical governments, unlike our own, just ignore the ECHR when they don’t like its judgments
Two million Russians venerate Marian relic believed to boost fertility
Posted on Monday, 28 November 2011
The belt of the Mother of God, believed by the Orthodox to have been worn by the Virgin Mary, has been brought to Russia from Mount Athos
Prince William and his bride have the chance to shape Britain’s ideas about marriage
Posted on Monday, 2 May 2011
The monarchy has great symbolic power: the royal couple could set a standard about the purpose and meaning of matrimony
‘Prayer is absolutely essential – or you die’
Posted on Thursday, 10 March 2011
Ed West meets Fr Michael Shields, the priest who exchanged the frozen wastes of Alaska for the post-Soviet wilderness of Siberia
Benedict XVI meets President Medvedev
Posted on Thursday, 17 February 2011
Pope receives Russian president at the Vatican and exchanges gifts
Benedict XVI meets Russian president
Posted on Thursday, 17 February 2011
Pope receives President Dmitry Medvedev at the Vatican
The life and death of Boris Berezovsky should serve as a cautionary tale
Comparing the fate of the Russian oligarch and the life of Pope Francis is sad but instructive