Pravoslavie.ru
Russian Orthodox Website
Pravoslavie.ru is a Russian Orthodox information Internet portal. It was created on 29 December 1999 by the editors of Sretensky Monastery's Internet projects. It is run by the blessing of Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow of the Russian Orthodox Church. The site is considered a platform for presenting the moderate conservative views of the Russian Orthodox community.
Metropolitan Tikhon (Shevkunov) has been the site's editor-in-chief since its creation.
In addition to the main Russian-language version, the site administration launched versions in English, Serbian and Greek.
History
The site was launched on 29 December 1999 and was originally called "Orthodoxy 2000". As Hieromonk Ignatius (Shestakov) recalled, "Before Pravoslavie.Ru, it seems, there was nothing useful at all. There were only a few weak church websites that almost nobody read. There were a couple of projects, but they had more of an oppositional character.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4376116. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1999 and 2000.
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