Toronto, April 2, 2025 Photo: liturgija.mk A prayer service and humanitarian event was held over the weekend at the Macedonian Orthodox cathedral Toronto in memory of the more than 200 people who were either killed or injured in a nightclub fire in North Macedonia last month. A fire broke out at the Pulse nightclub…
Cleveland, April 2, 2025 Photo: wkyc.com Restoration work continues at the Orthodox Church in America’s St. Theodosius Cathedral in Cleveland nearly a year after a Campaign launched to fund restorations at fire-damaged Cleveland cathedralA massive fire broke out at the church on May 28, especially damaging the central dome, which has since had to…
Jerusalem, April 2, 2025 Photo: Jerusalem Patriarchate The primates of the Jerusalem and Serbian Patriarchates served together at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem this morning. His Holiness Patriarch Porfirije Patriarchs of Jerusalem and Serbia meet in the Holy LandHis Holiness Patriarch Porfirije of Serbia arrived in the Holy Land yesterday morning…
Kiev, April 3, 2025 Photo: ivint.org Since its establishment by the United Nations in 2007, World Autism Awareness Day has been observed annually on April 2. For this day, the Liturgical Commission of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church composed a moleben for children suffering from the affliction of autism and for their prayers, reports the…
New York, April 3, 2025 Photo: archons.org The Archons of the Patriarchate of Constantinople have announced that this year’s recipient of the Athenagoras Human Rights Award will be former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The award will be presented on October 18 at the New York Milton Midtown Hotel, the Archons report. As in…
Bucharest, April 3, 2025 Photo: romania-insider.com The Romanian Patriarchate decries the scandalous usage of Christian symbols in the play Prophet Elijah that recently premiered at the I. L. Caragiale National Theatre in Bucharest. The play, which features a group of devotees in 1940s Poland crucifying their leader (who proclaimed himself the Prophet Elijah) in…
Ukraine, April 3, 2025 On March 26, Met. Theodosy of Cherkasy tonsured four nuns, naming them in honor of the Royal Martyrs Olga, Maria, Tatiana, and Anastasia, and other in honor of St. Alipy of the Kiev Caves. Photo: Cherkasy.church.ua Nearly three dozen men and women of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church have given…
Photo: geopolitika.ru All our believers are currently alarmed by yet another attack against the Church, namely the so-called Commission “inspecting” relics cuts locks to Kiev Caves, Orthodox monks refuse to be part of blasphemyThe Caves are home to the incorrupt relics of more than 120 saints. “>“inventory” of the holy relics in the The…
Olmsted Township, Ohio, April 1, 2025 Photo: mitropolia.us The foundation stone for a new Romanian Orthodox cathedral in Ohio was laid on the feast of the Annunciation, March 25. His Eminence Metropolitan Nicolae of the Americas spent several days with the clergy and faithful of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos Cathedral in…
Tallinn, April 2, 2025 Photo: orthodox.ee After a battle lasting several months, the Estonian Orthodox Church was finally able to register with a new legal name on Monday, March 31. Thus, the Estonian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate is now officially known as the Estonian Orthodox Christian Church (without mention of the Moscow Patriarchate), which it…
