A Ukrainian court has extended the round-the-clock house arrest of Metropolitan Arseny of Svyatogorsk for two more months.
Following the monastery’s established practice, the icon of the Theotokos was transferred from the docheion—the monastery’s oil storage building—to the katholikon.
Development would proceed in stages—beginning with the relocation of an existing candle factory, publishing house, and natural apothecary to the site, followed by construction of yurts and cabins for guests.
The city of Karaganda, Kazakhstan, hosted celebrations on April 19, marking the 60th anniversary of the repose of St. Sebastian of Karaganda, the Heavenly patron of Kazakhstan.
The warning was submitted by Justice for All International, a Geneva-based organization, as part of the Universal Periodic Review process, in which governments and civil society organizations submit reports on the human rights situation in a given country for consideration by the UN Human Rights Council.
Some churches spread Baptisms out over several weekends in Great Lent, while dozens of parishes reported that they received 10, 20, 50, or even more than 100 people into the Church at one time.
The number of converts to the Orthodox Church has risen dramatically in recent years.
A new streaming platform dedicated to Orthodox Christian content has launched, offering films, documentaries, series, and children’s programming curated specifically for Orthodox families.
The three volumes are 'A Defense of the Christian Faith', 'On the True Philosophy', and 'Antidote to Atheism.' The set marks the first time these works have appeared in English in their entirety.
An Orthodox member of the Ugandan Parliament and daughter of an Orthodox priest unexpectedly died yesterday following an unsuccessful surgery.
The elder had been sick for many years with cancer.
Though the Holy Sepulchre was closed to pilgrims for forty days from the start of the war with Iran, it reopened on Holy Thursday, in time for the Holy Fire and Paschal services.
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem reopened its doors to pilgrims and visitors this morning for the first time in 40 days, following the easing of wartime restrictions that had been in place during the conflict with Iran.
The Sacrament was celebrated at the parish in Ho Chi Minh City.
Fr. Alexei served as a priest for 32 years.
The majority of conversions typically take place during the period from Lazarus Saturday through Holy Saturday, the Church notes.
The UOC has reported on monastic tonsures at both men’s and women’s monasteries across Ukraine throughout the Lenten season.
Delivering his Palm Sunday homily this weekend, His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine called on the faithful to practice humility in all their good deeds and to keep their minds fixed on eternity rather than earthly things.
The Discover Orthodoxy catechetical program of the Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain (Patriarchate of Constantinople) has brought hundreds into the Orthodox Church over the past several years.
Two of the most venerated icons of the Theotokos were transferred from the Tretyakov Gallery to the Russian Orthodox Church for free use today.
