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Thousands of Orthodox Christians gathered in procession in honor of St. Catherine, the patron saint of the Ural capital of Ekaterinburg, on her feast day on Saturday, December 7.
From its humble beginning, the monastery quickly developed into one of the most beautiful and most influential monasteries in modern Belarus.
The Church calls on all Syrians, regardless of their backgrounds, to fulfill their national duty by maintaining unity, protecting property, and working together for the country’s future.
Work has begun on collecting materials towards the possible canonization of Schema-Archimandrite Zosima (Sokur), a beloved elder in Donbass who reposed in 2002.
The question as to why a common date would be needed if there was no intention to concelebrate, is left officially unanswered by the Phanar.
On Saturday, December 7, the Church of the Great Martyr Catherine in the Fields in Moscow celebrated its patronal feast and its 30th anniversary as the representation of the Orthodox Church in America to the Moscow Patriarchate.
Hundreds of thousands of Syrian Christians have been displaced during the long civil war, and those who remain in their homes are often persecuted, harassed, and killed. In Aleppo, historically a Christian stronghold, only a handful of Christians remain.
The Holy Synod of the OCA announced yesterday that it approved His Eminence Archbishop Bishop’s petition to retire, which will take effect on July 15, 2025.
A successful humanitarian campaign has delivered 240 New Year’s packages to Serbian children living in Kosovo and Metohija enclaves, with the Serbian Orthodox Church playing a key role in distribution through Draganac Monastery.
Estonia is pressuring the Estonian Church to break ties with the Moscow Patriarchate and join the Constantinople Patriarchate, which has its own presence in the country.
With the support of the faithful, work has already begun on the expansion of a house in Sacoșu Turcesc, Timiș County, for a family with 3 boys and 10 girls between the ages of 3 and 16
Among other religious publications, the New Testament by itself is the most popular, according to Chitai Gorod.
The church is the only building to have survived from the Monastery of St. Job of Pochaev that operated in the village from 1923 to 1946.
The years-long conflict and its tragic consequences now pose a risk of completely eliminating Christianity from the broader region, with profound implications for its future, the Greek primate warns.
Archimandrite Michael, the monastery’s abbot, expressed gratitude for the gift, noting that St. Seraphim of Sarov holds special significance for many monastery residents, local inhabitants, and pilgrims.
The award, which recognizes special merit in the humanitarian, economic and social spheres, was granted as part of the celebrations of National Day, commemorating the republic’s proclamation of autonomy within the French Community in 1958.
The Georgian Patriarchate condemns the president’s calls for schools to get involved in the ongoing protests that have at times descended into violent clashes with law enforcement.
Authorities were alerted about the disappearance of a monk from Xenophontos Monastery on Monday.
On Monday, December 2, the feast of Sts. Cleopa and Paisie was celebrated at the monastery being built in their honor in Vadu Negrilesei, Suceava County, at the place where St. Cleopa labored for years in hermitic asceticism due to the persecutions of the communist authorities.
