Belyaevsky, Odessa Province, Ukraine, December 31, 2024 Fr. Evgeny, Matushka Anna, and their first daughter. Photo: Facebook A priest of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church who was forcibly drafted a week and a half ago has been released. On December 21, on his way home from visiting his wife in the hospital where she had…
Staroe Sandovo, Tver Province – A priest of the Bezhetsk Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church tragically perished in a fire over the weekend. A fire broke out in a residential building in the village of Staroe Sandovo, Tver Province, on Sunday evening. The body of Archpriest Vyacheslav Zernov of the local Church of the Nativity…
Springfield, Virginia – The Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church in America has announced the dates for the glorification services for St. Olga of Alaska. Matushka Olga was canonized by decision of the Holy Synod OCA Synod glorifies Matushka Olga of Alaska among the saints Matushka Olga (†1979) has long been venerated in Alaska, throughout…
Greece, January 2, 2024 Photo: slpress.gr The Greek Orthodox Church faced a record number of attacks in 2023, according to a new report from the General Secretariat for Religious Affairs of the Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs, and Sports. According to the “Report on Incidents against Religious Sites in Greece,” in 2023, 591 incidents…
New York City, U.S. – Ukraine has failed to demonstrate the necessity of the law it Ukraine adopts bill 8371 on banning the Orthodox ChurchThe Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s Parliament, voted overwhelmingly today to adopt the infamous bill 8371 on the banning of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church. “Adopted in August to ban the canonical Ukrainian…
Simferopol, Crimea, January 3, 2025 Photo: pravoslavie.ru His Eminence Metropolitan Tikhon (Shevkunov) of Simferopol and Crimea has made a significant contribution to two hospitals earlier this week. On Monday, December 30, a substantial shipment of medical equipment was handed over to the Crimean Minister of Health at the St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Simferopol for…
Christmas Message by Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufriy of Kyiv and All Ukraine to the archpastors, pastors, monastics and all the faithful children of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Christ is born, glorify Him. Christ is from Heaven, go to meet Him. Sing to the Lord, all the earth. An…
The wonderworking icon of the Mother of God, “Helper in Childbirth”, has been venerated by women in labor since ancient times. In the nineteenth century many Russian families had this icon at home. While pregnant and when in pain during labor, women often turn with sincere prayers to the Queen of Heaven, hoping that the…
Today we commemorate the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ The Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ is unmatched in the annals of history. The Lord God Pantocrator, who created both the visible and invisible worlds with a single utterance, humbled Himself to take on human flesh through the Most-blessed Virgin Mary, being…
To the Clergy, Monastics, and Faithful of the Orthodox Church in America, My Beloved Children in the Lord, Christ is born! Glorify Him! Let the celestial flames burn quietly and gaze in awe upon a humble corner of the universe, upon the dark earth, and upon the most treasured portion of that corner—the grotto where…
