South Bound Brook, New Jersey, January 21, 2025 Photo: uocofusa.org Metropolitan Anthony of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA and Diaspora (Patriarchate of Constantinople), 77, has been hospitalized again. He was previously hospitalized Metropolitan Anthony (UOC-USA) released from hospital on anniversary of his enthronementMetropolitan Antony, the Prime Hierarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church…
Tallinn, January 21, 2025 Photo: orthodox.ee The Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate held its third Council session on January 10, 2025, in Tallinn. The session addressed concerns raised by the Tartu County Court’s registration department regarding the Church’s statute adopted on Estonian Church amends statutes to reflect administrative independenceThe Council of the…
Svyatogorsk, Donetsk Province, Ukraine, January 21, 2025 Photo: svlavra.church.ua His Eminence Metropolitan Arseny of Svyatogorsk, the persecuted canonical Ukrainian Orthodox hierarch who has been Ukraine court refuses to release UOC bishop despite Parliament members’ guarantees, won’t review evidenceThe Metropolitan was initially detained in late April, just before Holy Week. “>unjustly held in detention since April,…
Montgeron, France, January 21, 2025 Photo: mospat.ru The Russian and Serbian bishops of Western Europe concelebrated the Divine Liturgy on the feast of St. Seraphim of Sarov in a Paris suburb last week. His Eminence Metropolitan Nestor of Korsun, Russian Orthodox Patriarchal Exarch of Western Europe and His Grace Bishop Justin of Western Europe…
Patras, Greece, January 21, 2025 Photo: Romfea The Orthodox Church of Greece festively celebrated on Sunday the 45th anniversary of the return of one of its greatest relics—the Cross on which St. Andrew the First-Called Apostle was crucified. The joyous occasion was celebrated by two hierarchs and a host of clerics and faithful. The…
I witnessed the fallof one of the greatest empiresin the world. Pierre Gilliard Pierre Gilliard Pierre Gilliard, a citizen of Switzerland, served in the Court of Emperor Nicholas II for thirteen years as a tutor of French language to the Romanov Grand Duchesses and as a tutor to the Heir Alexei, thus living in close…
Belgrade, January 17, 2025 Photo: spc.rs The primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church has responded to a violent incident that occurred in Belgrade yesterday. A 20-year-old student protester was hospitalized in Belgrade after being hit by a car during Thursday’s anti-government demonstration. The 38-year-old driver has been arrested and faces attempted murder charges. The…
Matadi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, January 17, 2025 Photo: exarchate-africa.ru More than a dozen people received Holy Baptism last week at a new parish of the Russian Orthodox Church’s African Exarchate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. On January 9, the chairman of the Exarchate’s Missionary Department Fr. George Maximov (who is…
Kodiak, Alaska, January 20, 2025 Photo: odosa.org The clergy and faithful of the Orthodox Church in America’s Holy Resurrection Cathedral in Kodiak, Alaska, rejoiced in the Baptism of more than 10 people in the days leading up to Nativity. The cathedral is home to the relics of St. Herman of Alaska, and his feast…
Zaporozhye, Zaporozhye Province, Ukraine, January 20, 2025 Photo: amazonaws.com The Zaporozhye Diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is asking for help to restore the St. Andrew’s Cathedral in Zaporozhye that suffered serious damage over the weekend. The roof, dome, ceilings, windows, and classrooms at the church were damaged by shelling on Saturday morning, January…
