If, fathers and brothers, all our knowledge were to put together, it would be nothing compared to the knowledge of John Vasilievich.” Archbishop Hilarion (Troitsky) on the New Martyr John Popov Popov: this surname, one of the most common in Russia, does not necessarily connect the family of its bearer with the priesthood. There are…
Pyanteg, Perm Krai, Russia, February 7, 2025 Photo: chitaitext.ru A wooden church in the Urals that dates back hundreds of years has been restored. In fact, the Church of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God is the oldest wooden structure in the Urals. According to an administrative document from 1707, the church…
Antioch, February 7, 2025 Photo: orthodoxianewsagency.gr Several clergy and Orthodox faithful gathered yesterday for a Divine Liturgy and memorial service in the ruins of a church that was destroyed in the Massive earthquake destroys churches, kills 100s in Turkey, SyriaThe quake, among the strongest to hit the region in 100 years, brought numerous buildings…
St. Petersburg, February 7, 2025 At the relics of St. Xenia. Photo: mitropolia.spb.ru St. Petersburg festively celebrated the memory of one of its most beloved saints, Blessed Xenia, on Thursday, February 6. On the eve of the feast, His Eminence Metropolitan Barsanuphius of St. Petersburg was joined by His Grace Bishop Veniamin of Kronstadt…
Washington, D.C. February 7, 2025 Photo: Save the UOC Robert Amsterdam, the international lawyer who is pro bono defending the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church against persecution, presented at the International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington, D.C., on February 4. Amsterdam & Partners LLP has been representing the Church Ukrainian Orthodox Church receiving pro bono…
Photo: wikimedia.org Before every iconographic image of the Most Holy Theotokos we pray to the Queen of Heaven about our spiritual and temporal needs; we ask her to console us in our misfortunes, and to give us spiritual joy. But among the many miracle-working icons of the Most Pure One, there is one that is…
The Power of the BeastSpeaking of the Book of Life, I’ll tell you a story from the Holy Mountain that happened in the 1920s and 1930s at New Skete, where there were caves. “>Part 25 If any man have an ear, let him hear (Rev. 13:9). Thank God, we all have ears and a tongue….
Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Province, Russia, February 6, 2025 Photo: mitropolia74.ru A relic of the Heavenly patron of the Urals and Siberia was found last year and is now venerated in the St. Simeon Cathedral in Chelyabinsk. A particle of the relics of St. Dalmat of Isetskoe (†1697) were discovered in the iconography workshop of an…
Bucharest, February 6, 2025 Photo: basilica.ro The Romanian Orthodox Church, through its dioceses, devoted more than $76 million to its multifaceted social-philanthropic mission in 2024. The relevant data was presented at the National Church Council in Bucharest on Wednesday, February 5. The total amount reported, $76,063,455 (73 million euros), does not include the expenses…
Englewood, New Jersey, February 6, 2025 Photo: antiochian.org A new book is now available from the beloved head of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, His Eminence Metropolitan Saba of New York. The publication, A Life Testimony, is available in both English and Arabic from the Antiochian Village bookstore. “His Eminence wrote…
