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In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life (Jn. 3:16). In these words, St. John the Theologian addresses us so that all of…

Bucharest, April 18, 2025 basilica.ro      The Darvari Skete in Buachrest has received a fragment of the relics of St. Matrona of Moscow, which were placed for veneration following Bridegroom Matins on Holy Tuesday. According to the abbot, Archimandrite Arsenie (Irimiea), who has a personal connection to St. Matrona, the saint chose the Darvari Skete…

April 18, 2025 17th-century Epitaphios, Nizhny Novgorod State Art Museum, Russia. Wikipedia    On Holy Thursday evening, during the service of Matins for Holy Friday, one of the Church’s most beloved and moving hymns, the 15th Antiphon, is chanted: Today is suspended on a tree He Who suspended the earth upon the waters.The King of…

April 18, 2025 patriarchia.ru      Three Local Churches—Russian, Romanian, and Bulgarian—consecrated Chrism this year—one of the main signs autocephaly. The Churches began the long process of making Chrism on Holy Monday, with the special mixture of oil and various spices being mixed continually for three days while clergy read the Holy Gospel over it. His…

Kiev, April 16, 2025 Photo: ​ctrana.media      Ukrainian authorities have targeted another representative of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church—one of the highest-ranking hierarchs. Yesterday, April 15, employees of the Security Service of Ukraine conducted a search on the premises of the Kiev Metropolis of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The UOC chancellor, His Eminence Metropolitan Antony…

U.S.A., April 16, 2025 Holy Cross Orthodox Church in Kernersville, North Carolina. Photo: Facebook      Holy Orthodoxy has seen a surge in the number of converts in America in recent years. And with the end of Lent and the arrival of Holy Week, traditional times for receiving catechumens into the Church, several mass Baptisms and…

Lamia, Fthiotida, Greece, April 16, 2025 Photo: imfth.gr      One metropolis within the Orthodox Church of Greece has distributed 32,000 ready meals, care packages, and Pascha gifts to help the less fortunate. “The Holy Metropolis of Fthiotida and Metropolitan Symeon of Fthiotida wanted, at the beginning of Holy Week, beyond the spiritual call of the…

Wayne, West Virginia, April 16, 2025 Photo: eadiocese.org The brotherhood of Holy Cross Monastery (Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia) in Wayne, West Virginia, elected a new abbot on Palm Sunday. This decision was made in light of the Prayers requested for Abbot Seraphim of Holy Cross Monastery in West VirginiaThe brotherhood of Holy Cross…

Istanbul, April 16, 2025 Photo: imgix.net      Turkey has launched an ambitious restoration project focused on the dome of the 1,486-year-old Hagia Sophia, marking one of the most significant repair efforts in the monument’s long history, experts announced on Monday. The comprehensive project will reinforce the main dome and half domes of the historic structure,…