Photo: ria.ru Blow ye the trumpet in Zion… Sanctify ye a fast,call a solemn assembly … and cry unto the LORD(Joel 2:1, 1:14) This invitation is so clear that it could be understood immediately. And yet, the prophet, despite the brevity of his prophecy and the variety of topics of which he was to…
Kodiak, Alaska, March 4, 2025 Photo: OCA Diocese of Sitka and Alaska St. Herman Theological Seminary in Kodiak, Alaska, was blessed with a spiritually uplifting week-long visit from His Grace Bishop Alexei of Sitka and All Alaska earlier this month. Every year or two, His Grace visits the seminary for what has become known…
Sofia, March 3, 2025 Photo: podvorie-sofia.bg This year marks the 75th anniversary of the repose of the Holy Hierarch and Wonderworker St. Seraphim (Sobolev) of Boguchar, a Russian hierarch who served for decades in Bulgaria. His feast was celebrated on February 27 at the Russian representation Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Sofia…
Kiev, March 3, 2025 Photo: uoc-news.church As every year, the primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has blessed the faithful to take up a special Lenten prayer rule for spiritual growth and for peace. In his Lenten address, His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine, blesses the faithful to “to read one…
Photo: miloserdie.ru By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept (Ps. 136:1) So said the unfortunate captives—the Jews who had been deprived of their beloved, holy homeland. Like the leaves of the weeping willows bent over the By the Rivers of Babylon: Commentary on Psalm 136From its very first verses, the hymn…
“Adam sat outside Paradise,And, lamenting over his nakedness, he wept…”1 On the last Sunday before Lent the Church reminds us of the Sermon on the Remembrance of Adam’s Exile from ParadiseThe Lord God bestowed free will upon Adam, as He also has upon you and me. This is a very great but also very…
Tirana, March 3, 2025 Photo: orthodoxianewsagency.gr Over the weekend, the Albanian Orthodox Church, together with guests from other Local Churches, commemorated the 40th day of the repose of His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios, who led the resurrection of the Albanian Church for more than 30 years. His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Albania reposes in the…
Photo: pinterest.com In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit! Dear brothers and sisters! Long-awaited Lent has commenced. For some it is a time of joy: “Finally, my soul will rest from the demands of the flesh and its dominance.” For others it is an incomprehensible period:…
Chernivtsi, Chernivtsi Province, Ukraine, February 27, 2025 Photo: Orthobuk The Orthodox flock of Chernivtsi have been defending their cathedral against seizure for more than a week now. Although the faithful have Chernivtsi cathedral confirms loyalty to Orthodox Church in face of schismatics’ threatsIn the face of threats by the schismatic “Orthodox Church of Ukraine,”…
The tomb of Saint Seraphim in the crypt of the church—the Moscow Patriarchate’s Representation in Sofia. The crypt of the St. Nicholas Russian Church—the Moscow Patriarchate’s representation in the Bulgarian capital—is often referred to as the “Sofia Bethesda,” a house of mercy. It is the resting place of Defender of Orthodoxy Archbishop Seraphim (Sobolev)The newly-canonized…
