Faith ABC

The inevitability of death and human imperfection lead many to ponder eternity and seek connection with the Creator of the universe.

Religion’s purpose is to bridge the gap between humanity and God. True religion, therefore, must be divinely revealed — not invented by humans. Among religious traditions, the original teachings hold priority over later interpretations.

Orthodox Christianity is exactly such a religion. Jesus Christ created His only Church, which we represent. Other Christian communities, such as Catholicism and Protestantism, have diverged from early Christian practices over time.

The largest Orthodox Christian online resource is “Azbyka.ru” (ABC of Faith), launched in 2005. This portal serves as:

• A guide to Orthodox teachings,

• A multilingual platform (with an English-language section),

• A non-commercial project supported by believers worldwide.

• We regard our project as pan-Orthodox, interethnic, and supra-national (Galatians 3:28).

Key details:

1. Accessibility: While primarily in Russian, English-speaking users can utilize translation tools or explore the dedicated English section.

2. Independence: We are not an official entity of any Local Orthodox Church but collaborate with faithful across jurisdictions.

3. Mission: All content is freely available, with no advertisements or commercial incentives.

We welcome questions about Orthodox Christianity or the portal. Feel free to reach out!

Yet how difficult it is for us, human beings, to assent to this. Difficult – because both our personal lives and the life of the world around us seem to bear witness rather to the contrary.

One often hears discussions about life's meaning - about what it should consist of and how we ought to arrange our lives so they don't become meaningless.

Hello! If you've come to this site, visit it often, or read Christian literature, it may be because God has touched your heart—you want to be with Him...

Most of us associate Orthodoxy with the characteristic appearance of the clergy, the architecture of churches, the music of church hymns, frescoes and icons, and all that characteristic decoration...

What do saved souls do in heaven? Atheist Soviet propaganda liked to portray “afterlife bliss” in cartoon form, as something intolerably boring - souls sitting on clouds in white robes and forever playing harps.

There are moments in the spiritual life—and even in the most ordinary moments of human life—that are so beautiful, so wondrous, that one wishes time, life, eternity would stop there and nothing else would ever happen.

It's not hard to find people on the internet who claim to be practicing multiple religions at the same time. As, for example, the author of an article on knife.media writes

The reading selection of a newly-illumined Christian charts his spiritual course: either progressing within the Church toward God, or conversely, drifting from the Church and away from God.

The Mystagogical Catecheses is a cycle of five homilies delivered during Bright Week (in 348 or 350–351 AD). St. Cyril of Jerusalem explains to the newly illumined the essence and rites of the Sacraments of Baptism, Chrismation, and the Eucharist, which they had received on Pascha.

A general understanding of the angelic world. Accounts of the appearances of good angels. In what form have good angels appeared? Signs by which one can recognize the presence of good and evil angels.

An acquaintance of mine was seriously involved in downhill skiing and recounted that the first thing they were taught was how to fall correctly; otherwise, any wrong movement could negate all previous effort.

On October 11, 1908, the bass singer of the left choir in the Cathedral of the New Athos Monastery, novice Panteleimon Kuranda, did not attend Matins.

The Lord God has always lived, lives, and will live eternally. He is one in essence but in three Persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.

There were at least three hours left before flight check-in. Moscow being Moscow, heading straight to Domodedovo Airport seemed like the most reasonable decision.

"Jesus Christ… is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other…" (Acts 4:11–12)