Cross-posted to The Dorothy Option : On the 31 st of March, we celebrate the dies natalis of Mother Maria (Skobtsova), a beloved martyr ...

Now for some mellow, groovy, proggy, folksy, instrumental Iranian heavy rock, my gentle readers, from one of Iran’s seminal heavy metal al...

His Holiness Patriarch John X of Antioch, speaking with Syrian Grand Mufti Sheikh Ahmad Badruddin Hassoun Christians, including my fellow ...

Holy Martyr Christina of Persia Back in 2012, Steve Hayes at Khanya posted this brief article about St. Christina of Persia: … since th...

In my recent review of Dr Susanna Rabow-Edling’s book on the Slavophils, I may have picked some nits with her ‘anarchist’ reading of Herd...

The holiday of Purim, which began tonight at sundown, will be celebrated by the world’s Jews until tomorrow evening. It is a very long-est...

To all of my friends in Greater Iran and Central Asia: Наурыз құтты болсын! !نوروز مبارک Happiness, prosperity and good fortune to all m...