Holy Prophet of God Elijah and Russian Airborne

Elijah's Day

 Russian Airborne Troops are celebrating St. Prophet Elijah and his intercessory ministry.

This celebration traces its roots from the famous nabat in St. Elijah's church consecrated in year 7029 from Adam (1521 A.D.) near the Red Square on 17 May, 1606 signaling the citizen-led overthrow of the imposter False Dimitry and replacing him with

Symphony

Russian President and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow visited Mt. Athos to commemorate 1000 year of Russian monastic presence on the Holy Mountain.

Mortal Combat for the Soul

The soul of Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, best known for the part of evil sorcerer Shang Tsung in the Mortal Kombat movies, has been captured by the Original (pre-denominational) Church of Russian locale – he has been baptized into the Body of Christ! The mystery of holy baptism was administered in English by Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) - whose Catechism text is available here.