Pravoslavie.Ru is a Russian Orthodoxy 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. Metropolitan Tikhon (Shevkunov) has been the site's editor-in-chief since its creation. In addition to the main Russian-language version, the site has versions in English, Serbian and Greek. The site was launched on 29 December 1999 and was originally called "Orthodoxy 2000". As Hieromonk Ignatius 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. Or there were libraries, but not a journal. <...> In those years we had a very right attitude from the very beginning: to write for everybody-believers and nonbelievers-to help people come to the Church. More information...
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