Photo: Georgy Lanchevsky The Catcher in the Rye (1951) by J. D. Salinger is a classic of American and world literature of the twentieth century. You read it or listen to it in one breath. It is an extremely solid and powerful work. The main character, the sixteen-year-old Holden Caulfield from a wealthy family,…
Kirillov, Vologda Province, Russia, February 13, 2025 Photo: smotrim.ru Forty historical items have been returned to the St. Cyril of White Lake Monastery Museum after restoration. Among the treasures are 17th-century icons. The collection includes seven icons from famous monasteries of the Russian north: the St. Cyril of White Lake and Ferapontov monasteries and…
Hieromartyr Vladimir (Khrishchenovich; †1933) Hieromartyr Vladimir was born in 1876 in the village of Gezgaly, Lida County, Vilna Province, into the family of the peasant Ivan Khrishchenovich. In 1911, Vladimir graduated from the Slutsk Theological School and began serving as a psalmist at the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in the village of Gorki,…
On these days the Greek Orthodox Church is commemorating three holy women: St Emilia, the Mother of St Basil the GreatSt Basil the Great’s mother St Emilia was the daughter of a martyr. On the Greek calendar, she is commemorated on May 30. “>St. Emilia—the mother of St. Basil the Great—“Universal Teacher”Hierarch Basil the Great…
Astoria, New York, February 11, 2025 Photo: stirene.org A new abbot for the St. Irene Chrysovalantou Monastery in Astoria, New York, was ceremonially enthroned on Sunday, February 10. The previous abbot, Bishop Hierotheos of Efkarpia, Reposed in the Lord: Bishop Antonije of Moravica (Serbian) and Bishop Hierotheos of Efkarpia (Constantinople)Two hierarchs of the Orthodox…
Colorado Springs, February 11, 2025 Photo: theophany.org A beautiful new church was consecrated in Colorado Springs over the weekend. St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church (Orthodox Church in America), located on the east side of the city, began as an offshoot of the well-established Holy Theophany Church, which was led for nearly three decades…
Grand Junction, Tennessee, February 11, 2025 Hieroschemamonk Paul (left), Met. Saba (right). Photo: antiochian.org The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America is opening a new monastery in southwestern Tennessee. The monastery, named for the Life-giving Trinity, hopes to start receiving pilgrims after Pascha, the Archdiocese reports. The holy habitation is in Grand Junction,…
Emporio, Santorini, Greece, February 11, 2025 Photo: orthodoxianewsagency.gr As earthquakes continue in Santorini and Amorgos, the Orthodox faithful held a procession with holy icons and relics yesterday, calling on the Lord for relief. A state of emergency has been declared on Santorini as the Greek volcanic island experiences an intense “earthquake swarm,” with over…
Photo: solba.ru Holy Hieromartyr Ioann (Ivan Mikhailovich Granitov) was born in 1875. He was ordained a priest, later elevated to the rank of archpriest, and appointed rector of the Church of St. Nicholas in the stanitsa2 of Talgar, Vernensky Uyezd, Semirechensk province. Holy Hieromartyr Konstantin (Konstantin Ivanovich Zverev) was born in 1881. He graduated…
Archpriest Peter Guryanov is the rector of the Church of the Queen of All Icon of the Mother of God in Dimitrovgrad, Ulyanovsk Province, Russia. He also serves as head of the Information and Publishing Department of the Melekess Diocese, Chairman of the Diocesan Commission on Family, Protection of Motherhood and Childhood, and member of…
