Prešov, Slovakia, February 11, 2025 Photo: orthodox.sk The Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia met in Prešov on January 28, under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Metropolitan Rastislav. Among other matters, the hierarchs addressed the turmoil in Syria. The hierarchs took note of the Patriarch John and Syrian…
Kiev, February 10, 2025 Photo: spzh.eu In May 2019, two months after Vladimir Zelensky was elected President of Ukraine, a group of Ukrainian individuals and organizations published a statement threatening political instability if the head of state were to cross any of their “red lines” in terms of security, foreign policy, economics, national identity,…
Tbilisi, February 10, 2025 Photo: sazu.ge The Georgian Orthodox Church is celebrating the 900th anniversary of one of its most beloved saints, King David the Builder, this year. St. David the IV, also known as the Builder, was the fifth king of the Kingdom of Georgia from 1089 until his death in 1125. He…
Europe, February 10, 2025 Photo: intoleranceagainstchristians.eu Systematic violence against Christians in Europe is on the rise, as documented in the latest annual report by the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe (OIDAC Europe), an Austrian NGO that monitors the situation regarding religious freedoms. Drawing from data spanning 35 European nations, the…
Chișinău, February 10, 2025 Beneficiaries of the social ministry of the Metropolis of Chișinău. Photo: mitropolia.md The Orthodox Church has long been recognized for its deep commitment to social ministry and charitable works, viewing them as essential expressions of Christian faith in action. Two recent events from different corners of the Orthodox world exemplify…
Storozhynets, Chernivtsi Province, Ukraine, February 10, 2025 Photo: uoc-news.church Hundreds of Orthodox Christians held a cross procession through the center of the city of Storozhynets in the western Ukrainian province of Chernivtsi on Sunday, offering fervent prayers to the Lord for the protection of their holy churches against the violent state church. On the…
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…
Martyr Olga (Olga Vasilyevna Evdokimova) was born on July 11, 1896, in the village of Novo-Rozhdestvenskoye, Ramenskaya Volost, Bronnitsky Uyezd, Moscow Province. Her father worked as a forester on the estate of landowner Ilyin. Olga completed her education at the village school and married a peasant, Pyotr Matveyevich Evdokimov. During the Russo-Japanese War of 1905,…
Hieromonk Kirill (Popov) In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit! Beloved Christians—children of God! God reveals Himself to each person in His own way. Thus, God revealed Himself to the holy Prophet Elias in a still small voice, and to the holy Prophet Moses in the…
The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (18:10-14) What is the heart of prayer? What is it’s purpose? What is it’s goal? Do we pray in order to “look religious or spiritual?” Do we pray because that’s just what we are supposed to do? Do we pray because we feel that…
