Romania, April 10, 2025 Photo: basilica.ro A beautiful new reliquary is being made for Archimandrite Cleopa (Ilie)Cleopa (Ilie), Archimandrite “>St. Cleopa of Sihăstria, who was Romanian Synod canonizes 16 martyrs, confessors, and ascetics of the 20th-centuryThe Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church formally approved the canonization of more than a dozen martyrs, confessors,…
Ukraine, April 10, 2025 An OCU “priest” (left and center) led a seizure in which a young woman (right) and several others were attacked. Photo: spzh.eu The Ukrainian Orthodox Church under His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine continues to face persecution from the state and the schismatics of the “Orthodox Church…
Tallinn, April 10, 2025 St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Tallinn. Photos: postimees.ee The Riigikogu, Estonian Parliament, has adopted the law aimed at banning the Estonian Orthodox Christian Church. The amendments to the Law on Churches and Congregations earned 60 votes for and 13 against in its third reading yesterday, reports postimees.ee. According to Estonian…
Rio de Janeiro, April 10, 2025 Abp. Chrisóstomo Muniz of Rio de Janeiro and Olinda-Recife. Photo: vakinha.com Orthodox Christians in Brazil are raising funds to support His Eminence Archbishop Chrisóstomo Muniz of Rio de Janeiro and Olinda-Recife of the Polish Orthodox Church who must relocate his episcopal see after his landlord declined to renew…
Bergen, Norway, April 9, 2025 Photo: vl.no A parish of the Moscow Patriarchate in Norway has resolved to leave the jurisdiction. The parish community of the Holy Theophany Church in Bergen, Norway, voted 135-16 on Sunday, April 6, to leave the Patriarchate, the rector Fr. Dmitry Ostanin reported on Facebook. A message on the…
Kozelsk, Kaluga Province, Russia, April 10, 2025 Photo: optina.ru A significant event took place at Optina Monastery last week. The reconstruction of its historical symbol, a trumpeting angel, was completed and the angel was installed atop the Vladimir Tower on April 4. In pre-revolutionary Optina, the majestic figure of the trumpeting angel crowned the…
Vologda wanderer Alexander Krainev It has long been observed that it is extremely harmful to a man’s soul and body to thoughtlessly and mindlessly take on someone else’s Christian exploits. We knew someone who, in pursuit of lofty endeavors, wouldn’t let experienced, intelligent people bring him down to earth—he rushed to “live the life of…
On RepentanceFather Kyrik was an experienced practitioner of the prayer of the heart and edified his spiritual children primarily through his own example. “>Part 1 On ConfessionWe must firmly believe in our Lord Jesus Christ’s labor on the Cross before His Heavenly Father, and that He tore up our sins on the Cross and gave…
New York, April 9, 2025 L to R: Bp. Matthew of Sourozh (MP), Abp. Ireney of Ottawa (OCA), Met. Tikhon of America and Canada (OCA), Met. Nicholas of Eastern America (ROCOR), Bp. Iriney of Eastern America (Serbian). Photo: mospatusa.com Hierarchs and clergy from five jurisdictions present in America came together on Monday, April 7,…
Bucharest, April 9, 2025 Photo: basilica.ro The main tower of the Romanian People’s Salvation Cathedral in Bucharest was adorned yesterday with a large cross weighing 7.7 tons being placed atop it. “In this moment, when the imperfect work of our hands becomes sanctified in the name of the Holy Trinity, it truly acquires dimensions…
