This is “the village,” a row of houses and churches that is the heart of the Russian Old Believer community in Oregon. It is where 17th century Russian traditions meet rural America. The Russian Old ...

As such, Russian Old Believer culture in Alaska remains little changed from its earlier heritage. Of course, Old Believer culture has evolved somewhat in the past 355 years.

Russian Old belief is one of the most important layers of the Russian world, although for a variety of reasons, it is one that seldom draws people’s attention. The phenomenon, its history and the ...

The school serves a Russian Old Believer community about 24 miles from Homer, Alaska, and has about 130 students in grades kindergarten through 12. (Photo by M.Scott Moon) ...

At least seven of the 10 Russian Old Believer churches near Woodburn were shuttered earlier this week, not a single car in the parking lots. One church posted a handwritten sign on the gate ...

One of the places chosen by Old Believers was along the northeastern coast of today's Romania which at the time was a boundary region of the Ottoman Empire. Some 23,000 ethnic Russian Lipovans ...

There he meets one of the "old believers"-- a woman who has tried to maintain traditions extending back to the earliest days of the Russian Orthodox Church. In spite of all she has seen and ...

A breakaway from the Russian Orthodox Church, the Old Believer community has held strong in Alaska for over 50 years — including at the Samovar Cafe.

In the Peipsi region, she visits the Onion Route, learns about Russian Old Believers, and creates traditional arts and crafts. In Võromaa, she cleanses her spirit in a UNESCO Estonian smoke sauna.

These Russian Orthodox Old Believers live a life occupied by religion and nature. In addition to faith, daily life in Aidara, a remote village that lies on the plains in Western Siberia, is ...

On the hunt with high-tech treasure hunters 03:59. A metal detectorist in eastern Poland recently uncovered a religious artifact that experts believe dates back hundreds of years.