“How can there be unbelievers in a nation with so many saints, so many martyrs—hundreds of thousands of martyrs—King Tamar, St. Nino, St. Ketevan. And we thank the Lord that He gives us strength and grace. The whole of the Georgian people seem to have been united with Heaven today… Our beloved queen has returned to us, Her Majesty Queen Ketevan.”
After struggling with a serious illness, His Eminence Metropolitan Irenei of Nezhin and Priluki reposed in the Lord at 5:35 PM on Saturday.
Three ancient icons, presumably stolen around 120 years ago, were discovered during repairs to a children’s art school in Kuban, in the southern Russian federal district of Krasnodar Krai.
The Romanian Patriarchate currently operates a series of social programs through which hot food and food supplies are distributed to the needy.
The brethren of the monastery reverently received the holy gift upon conclusion of the Divine Liturgy in the lavra’s Dormition Cathedral.
On the day of his feast yesterday, a monument in honor of St. Silouan the Athonite was consecrated and transferred to the municipality of Gomati in the northern Greek region of Chalkidiki.
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Archpriest Vasily Ermakov (1927-2007) was a native of Bolkhov. While serving as rector of St. Seraphim of Sarov Church in Seraphimovskoe Cemetery in St. Petersburg, he became one of the most famous and authoritative St. Petersburg clerics, leading many to God. He regularly visited Bolkhov in the last years of his life and was one of the initiators of the revival of the spiritual life in the town and of the restoration of a number of churches.
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The patriarch now has more than 33,000 Godchildren.
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Today marks the 40th anniversary of the razing of the Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were martyred on July 17, 1918.
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An icon of the Mother of God began streaming myrrh on the eve of the feast of the Universal Exaltation of The Precious and Life-Giving Cross of Our Lord (September 13 on the new calendar) at St. George Orthodox Church (OCA) in Buffalo, NY.
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Despite the executive committee of the city council’s ban against it, the faithful of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church will hold a cross procession on the feast of the Holy Protection on October 14 in the city of Sumy in northeastern Ukraine.
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The Romanian State Secretariat for Religions recently published official statistics on its website on the number of places of worship belonging to the 18 religious denominations recognized in Romania.
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The Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s Metropolitan Dometian of Vidin has reposed at the age of 84 after a long illness, the Holy Synod announced on Monday.
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The “Feed Your Neighbor” event was attended by more than 100 people, who enjoyed delicious and nourishing food, after which they were invited to speak with the clergy on spiritual topics.
A nationwide fundraiser for constructing a chapel in the village of Kudama on the shore of Lake Syamozero in Russia’s northwestern Karelia Province in honor of the fourteen children who drowned in the lake last summer was announced on Tuesday.
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Two men were detained early this morning at about 1:40 AM at St. Andrew’s Orthodox Cathedral in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporozhye for attempted robbery, especially of the relics of the Great Martyr Paraskeva of Iconium which had been brought to the city the day before.
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The depiction of the Adoration of the Magi has drawn the most attention, with people very similar to Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama, as well as the Dalai Lama offering gifts to the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child.
Nearly 3 million rubles ($51,000) have been raised for the “Mercy” charity foundation to help the needy after the head of the Orthodox service Bishop Panteleimon of Orekhovo-Zuevo requested that regular donations be made to the foundation in lieu of birthday gifts to him.
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The Russian church on Branly Quai in Paris was one of the most visited places during the Days of the French National Heritage held on Saturday and Sunday.
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The miracle involved an 8-year-old girl who had been mute from birth.
