Tulbagh, South Africa, January 24, 2025 Photo: exarchate-africa.ru More than a dozen people were united to Jesus Christ in the holy Orthodox Church in South Africa over the weekend. Mass Baptisms around the world for the feast of TheophanyOrthodox churches across the world welcomed new members this past weekend as mass Baptisms were held,…
Photo: multiurok.ru This happened in January 2011. My Moscow aunt was returning home from church after the evening service for the Let’s Make the Paths to the Lord StraightDear brothers and sisters, let us hear St. John the Baptist’s call for repentance today, let us mend our ways, make our paths to the Lord…
Icon of the New Martyr Mikhail Novoselov The Lord has arranged the universe wisely, from the most microscopic to the most gigantic forms. In October 2022, an article entitled, Scientists Discover a Mechanism for Repairing Damage to the DNA Chain, was published on the website of Lomonosov Moscow State University. The article described how, thanks…
Greece, January 23, 2025 Photo: spzh.eu Dozens of authoritative Greek abbots, elders, abbesses and their brotherhoods and sisterhoods have signed a new statement condemning the ongoing persecution of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) under His Beatitude Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine. The statement highlights the passage of Law 8371/2024 by the Ukrainian…
Washington, D.C., January 23, 2025 Pride Puppy is among the disputed books. Photo: goodreads.com The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider whether Maryland’s largest school district violated religious rights by requiring students to participate in lessons featuring LGBTQ-themed storybooks. Among the challengers is Svitlana Roman, a Ukrainian Orthodox Christian mother, alongside Roman Catholic…
South Bound Brook, New Jersey, January 23, 2025 Photo: uocofusa.org Metropolitan Anthony of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA and Diaspora (Patriarchate of Constantinople), 77, has been discharged after a few days in the hospital. The UOC-USA reported on Metropolitan Anthony of UOC-USA hospitalized againHe was previously hospitalized last January and again in…
Tallinn, January 23, 2025 Photo: pnp.ru The Riigikogu, Estonia’s Parliament, will consider a collective petition from the Estonian Orthodox Church regarding proposed legislation that would lead to a ban on the Church. An appeal from parishioners was published online in early December, proposing to stop the consideration of amendments to the Church and Congregations…
Albania, January 23, 2025 Photo: orthodoxianewsagency.gr The Orthodox Church of Albania united in prayer for its hospitalized primate His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania yesterday, as it celebrated the feast of his patron, St. Anastasios the Persian. The Archbishop has been hospitalized, first in Tirana, then in Athens, since Archbishop…
We continue our discussion with Mitred Archpriest Valentin Asmus, rector of the Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos in Krasnoye Selo, and Doctor of Theology. “The Body of Christ, Always Being Broken”We discuss how believers lived during the Soviet era with Mitred Archpriest Valentin Asmus, rector of the Church of the Intercession…
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit! Blessed feast of Theophan the Recluse “>St. Theophan the Recluse! Photo: pravoslavnaya-biblioteka.ru St. Theophan lived in Russia in the nineteenth century and was a conductor of ancient Orthodox traditions and teachings, which he translated into Russian. He was also known…
