Holy Schema-Abbess Sophia of Kiev (1873–1941)Sonya broadly made the sign of the cross over the wolf and began praying aloud. The wolf stood as if listening, then slowly retreated and disappeared into the ravine. “>Part 1 The Holy Protection Convent in 1912 The Holy Protection Convent was founded in 1889 by Grand Duchess Alexandra…
Website of the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and Kuril Diocese It is not the promised land but deserted, with nomadic herds of wild goats freely breeding in the valley of the great Amur River. From ancient times it belonged to a small Tungus tribe that lived peacefully in its vast steppes until the Yakut Cossacks came to…
Chernivtsi, Chernivtsi Province, Ukraine, February 17, 2025 Holy Spirit Cathedral in Chernivtsi. Photo: Facebook Ukrainian Orthodox Christians gathered on Sunday in the western Ukrainian Chernivtsi Province to bear witness to their Orthodox faith and their loyalty to the Church. In the face of threats by the schismatic “Orthodox Church of Ukraine,” hundreds of Orthodox…
Jerusalem, February 17, 2025 Photo: jerusalem-patriarchate.info His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem and the heads of other churches in the Holy Land have issued another statement concerning the humanitarian needs in Gaza. The text expresses sorrow over the ongoing crisis in Gaza, highlighting the loss of innocent lives and destruction of communities. It specifically…
Halifax, England, February 17, 2025 Fr. Gregory Hallam enrolling former Evangelicals as catechumens. Photo: antiochian-orthodox.com An evangelical congregation in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, is in the process of converting to Orthodox Christianity via the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of the British Isles and Ireland. With the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Silouan, the community…
New York, February 17, 2025 Photo: generalmihailovich.com By order of the mayor, February 15 was celebrated in New York City as Serbian-American Heritage Day. This is now the second year that Mayor Eric Adams has made this proclamation. New York mayor declares Serbian Heritage DayThis was the first such day in history of Serbian-American…
Jerusalem, February 17, 2025 A recent archaeological discovery near Jerusalem has challenged the established scholarly understanding of ascetic practices in the Byzantine era. In a burial typically associated with male ascetics, researchers found remains of a woman wearing chains, prompting a reconsideration of women’s role in extreme religious traditions of the 5th century. The…
Photo: days.pravoslavie.ru In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit! Today the Holy Church is celebrating the feast of the Meeting of the Lord, the bringing of the Lord Jesus Christ into the Temple. The Gospel of Luke relates this in chapter 2 from verse 22 onwards:…
Kenya and Chiradzulu District, Malawi, February 13, 2025 Photo: Facebook More than two dozen people were baptized into the holy Orthodox Church in two mass Baptism services in Africa over the weekend. On Saturday, February 8, Archbishop Makarios of Nairobi of the Patriarchate of Alexandria visited a community of the Maasai people to baptize…
Vendichany, Vinnitsa, Province, Ukraine, February 13, 2025 The men are using a buzzsaw to cut the locks off the doors of the Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos in Vendichany, Vinnitsa Province. Photo: pravlife.info A familiar scene played out again in Ukraine this week, this time in Vendichany, Vinnitsa Province, where…
