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…
Detroit, January 13, 2025 Photo: domoca.org Orthodox Christians in Detroit celebrated the Feast of Theophany this year with the first blessing of the Detroit River in recent years. The gathering united faithful from multiple parishes across the Detroit metropolitan area, including Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Holy Trinity (Detroit), Holy Transfiguration (Livonia), and St….
Vatican City – The Vatican has approved new guidelines from Italian bishops permitting gay men to enter seminaries, provided they abstain from sexual activity. This marks a notable shift in the Catholic Church’s approach to the admission of homosexual individuals into the priesthood. The guidelines, published quietly on the Italian bishops’ conference website on Thursday,…
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. We greet you with the continuing days of celebrating the Nativity of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ. The Evangelist John, recounting Christ’s final conversation with His disciples, brings us the words of the Divine Teacher: A woman…
Photo: aif.ru It was a long time ago—in the olden days. I can hardly believe it, but, nevertheless, it really did happen. At that time, Grandfather Frost was idly wandering around Holy Russia.1 He was such a mischievous old man—now he would freeze off someone’s nose, now someone’s ear, for no reason at all….
Archimandrite Gherasim (Iscu) On July 11–12, 2024, by the decision of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, sixteen saints of God who shone forth in the twentieth century were canonized. One of them is Archimandrite Gherasim (Iscu), Hesychast of the Communist DungeonsAnd then I saw a miracle. I saw how a half-dead priest,…
The Nativity of Christ and Holy Pascha are primarily children’s feasts, and they seem to fulfill the power of Christ’s words: Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven (Mt. 18:3). The other feasts are not so accessible to children’s understanding and are pleasing…
