US President Donald Trump has issued pardons or commutations for more than 1,500 people convicted or charged in connection with the US Capitol riot four years ago. Trump also signed an order directing the Department of Justice to drop all pending cases against suspects accused in the riot. The executive action came shortly after Trump was sworn…
Tallinn, January 21, 2025 Photo: orthodox.ee The Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate held its third Council session on January 10, 2025, in Tallinn. The session addressed concerns raised by the Tartu County Court’s registration department regarding the Church’s statute adopted on Estonian Church amends statutes to reflect administrative independenceThe Council of the…
Svyatogorsk, Donetsk Province, Ukraine, January 21, 2025 Photo: svlavra.church.ua His Eminence Metropolitan Arseny of Svyatogorsk, the persecuted canonical Ukrainian Orthodox hierarch who has been Ukraine court refuses to release UOC bishop despite Parliament members’ guarantees, won’t review evidenceThe Metropolitan was initially detained in late April, just before Holy Week. “>unjustly held in detention since April,…
Montgeron, France, January 21, 2025 Photo: mospat.ru The Russian and Serbian bishops of Western Europe concelebrated the Divine Liturgy on the feast of St. Seraphim of Sarov in a Paris suburb last week. His Eminence Metropolitan Nestor of Korsun, Russian Orthodox Patriarchal Exarch of Western Europe and His Grace Bishop Justin of Western Europe…
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bolaji Akinyemi, has asked President Bola Tinubu to avoid confrontation with the newly sworn-in 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump. While speaking on Channels TV, Akinyemi said; “If I were President Tinubu, I would try to steer clear of antagonising him because there is nothing a bully…
Patras, Greece, January 21, 2025 Photo: Romfea The Orthodox Church of Greece festively celebrated on Sunday the 45th anniversary of the return of one of its greatest relics—the Cross on which St. Andrew the First-Called Apostle was crucified. The joyous occasion was celebrated by two hierarchs and a host of clerics and faithful. The…
Actor Yul Edochie has rubbished claims made by some Nigerians that they are being held down’ by certain ‘’village people”. In a post shared on social media, Yul argued that the so-called village people do not even have the time to hold anyone down. He suggested that people go the traditional way to solve…
I witnessed the fallof one of the greatest empiresin the world. Pierre Gilliard Pierre Gilliard Pierre Gilliard, a citizen of Switzerland, served in the Court of Emperor Nicholas II for thirteen years as a tutor of French language to the Romanov Grand Duchesses and as a tutor to the Heir Alexei, thus living in close…
An Ebonyi prince, Nelson Igboke has said that men who want to prevent prostate cancer later in life should either have many wives, side chicks, or a wife who is willing to have s3x ten times a week. “If you want to run away from prostate at your later years, it’s either you have…
Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, found himself at the centre of attention during Donald Trump’s swearing-in as the 47th President of the United States. A video circulating on social media shows Zuckerberg seated next to Lauren Sanchez, fiancée of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, at the Capitol Rotunda. In the footage, Zuckerberg appears…
