Vilnius, January 14, 2025 – His Eminence Metropolitan Chrysostom (Martishkin), who led the Moscow Patriarchate’s Diocese of Vilnius and Lithuania from 1990 to 2010, reposed in the Lord on Christmas Eve, January 6. The Metropolitan was 90 years old when he reposed, the diocese reports. The current Metropolitan, His Eminence Innokenty, spoke of his predecessor…
Uganda, January 15, 2025 – More than 50 were baptized in the Diocese of Gulu. A series of mass Baptisms were celebrated in Uganda during the Nativity season. On Saturday, January 4, a new parish of the Patriarchate of Alexandria was formally established in Bugiri, with the Baptism of 17 catechumens, including both children and…
Belgrade, January 14, 2025 – The primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church feasted with the less fortunate in Belgrade on January 7, in honor of the great feast of the Nativity of Christ. His Holiness Patriarch Porfirije visited the Religious Charitable Care Facility, where he ate with the homeless and beneficiaries of the Church’s soup…
St. Basil the Great In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit! Today the Orthodox Church is commemorating one of the most wonderful teachers of the Church–St. Basil the Great—“Universal Teacher”Hierarch Basil the Great is one of the Church’s most remarkable theologians. His influence on the fortunes…
Photo: foma.ru In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit! Dear brothers and sisters, the commemoration of sacred events connected with the name of Jesus Christ is always salvific, edifying, and comforting for the faithful. The holy Church therefore tries to imprint as many memories of Jesus Christ as…
California, U.S. – A California family whose home was destroyed in the devastating Southern California wildfires went viral over the weekend for singing the Catholic hymn “Regina Coeli” after discovering that a statue of the Virgin Mary had survived the fire. During a Sunday interview on “Fox & Friends Weekend,” Peter Halpin, the patriarch of…
Last November, with the blessing of His Beatitude Sawa, Metropolitan of Warsaw and His Eminence, the Most Reverend Jakub, Archbishop of Bialystok and Gdansk, at the invitation of the Monastery of the Nativity of the Mother of God in Zwierki, Poland and with the organizational involvement of the Orthodox Brotherhood of the Three Holy…
Los Angeles, January 13, 2025 Photo: wadiocese.org As devastating fires continue to ravage Los Angeles County, having burned more than 35,000 acres and caused an estimated $135-150 billion in damage since January 7, with 16 lives lost so far, Orthodox churches and jurisdictions across America are mobilizing to provide emergency relief and support to…
The Nativity of Christ is traditionally a favorite feast of Orthodox Rus’. Everyone, both adults and children, prepared for it. In high society, the holiday was celebrated lavishly, with many gifts and a feast with all kinds of dishes for the guests, while in the lower strata it was celebrated more modestly. But everyone…
Athens, January 13, 2025 Photo: romfea.gr His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Albania remains in critical condition in the hospital, two weeks after being admitted to a hospital in Tirana with the flu. He was later airlifted to the Evangelismos Hospital in Athens, where he has undergone surgery. As Romfea reports, the hospital issued a…
