The Patriarch arrived in Australia on October 7 for a 10-day pastoral visit. On Sunday, October 11, he consecrated the Church of St. Stephen the Archdeacon in Keysborough, Melbourne.
On Saturday and Sunday, even without electricity at the church, the faithful went to give thanks to God for bringing them through the storm and to pray for those affected by it.
Hieroschemamonk Silouan (Lightle), abbot of the Monastery of the Holy Archangel Michael in Cañones, New Mexico, reposed in the Lord on the night of Monday, October 12, following a long battle with cancer.
The fragrant, myrrh-streaming relics were found last month near the ruins of the old Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos, in the fortress of the village of Chryse. Analysis at specialized laboratories in Germany found that the bones belong to a young woman of about 17 who died in 1795, the year given in the saint’s life.
The icons were located in the United Kingdom. Their movements were documented and the Church of Cyprus’s rights to them were recognized, which made it possible to return them to where they belong.
A little more than a year after launching a capital campaign, the community of Holy Apostles Greek Orthodox Church in Shoreline, Washington, has celebrated its first Divine Liturgy in its newly expanded church.
The Holy Synod approved the text of the service, a prayer for the enlightenment of those who intend to destroy a child in the womb, in December 2025.
Families, from small children to grandparents, filled the center of Chișinău on Sunday, October 11, many of them dressed in traditional costume, as more than 1,000 people took part in the Rooted in Tradition Family March.
The procession was held in the lead-up to the feast of St. Parascheva on October 14, one of the largest religious events in Romania. It draws pilgrims from throughout the country and beyond over the days leading up to her feast.
The church was built in 1969, modeled on the Church of the Presentation of the Mother of God at the Kalenić Monastery, built in the early 15th century in central Serbia.
The church, built in 1994, is the work of the faithful living in Keysborough and other parts of Melbourne. It’s dedicated to the first martyr for Christ, whom the Nemanjić dynasty venerated as their patron.
The incorrupt relics of Bishop Gerasimos of Abydos (GOARCH) were brought out of their burial place and into the chapel at Hellenic College Holy Cross in Boston on Saturday, 31 years after his repose.
A bullet narrowly missed an Orthodox priest when gunmen opened fire on him and his vehicle in the Christian village of Al-Suqaylabiyah in western Syria.
Deaf Orthodox believers from across Russia filled Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow on Sunday, when His Holiness Patriarch Kirill celebrated the Divine Liturgy with interpretation into Russian sign language.
“It pleased the Lord that Rus’ be led not by some great military commander, not by some wise ruler, but by a humble monk who lived in the forest,” the Patriarch said, noting that this was the very place where those present were standing.
Archaeologists digging beside the Holy Transfiguration Cathedral in Pereslavl-Zalessky have found what they believe are the remains of Hieromartyr Konstantin Synatinovsky, a priest killed in 1918.
President Alar Karis twice declined to promulgate the law before it was passed a third time on September 17, 2025.
In the statement, the Patriarchate says no legislative change should make drug use seem like a minor matter or normal behavior, and that prevention, educating young people, and supporting families must come first.
The group had asked to be received into the Russian Orthodox Church, and catechism of its two parishes began several months ago under Fr. Daniel.
Hundreds of pilgrims gathered in the village of Nosów on October 5 to honor the Leśna Icon of the Theotokos, as three hierarchs of the Polish Orthodox Church joined in celebrating the feast at the Church of the Holy Archangel Michael.
