The current building was built in 1878-1884 to replace an earlier one, paid for by the Holy Synod and partly the Tallinn Orthodox cathedral parish.
Nine people were murdered and dozens more were injured when unknown assailants opened fire during a funeral at the Orthodox church.
After nearly all her adult life as a nun, much of it spent as a recluse devoted to prayer, Mother Elena (Brooks) has been tonsured into the Great Schema, the highest stage of monastic life.
Gunmen opened fire on mourners inside a church during a funeral in central Jordan, killing at least seven people and wounding ten more.
Seven hundred fifty years after 26 monks and laymen chose to burn rather than betray their faith, Bulgarian Patriarch Daniil led the All-Night Vigil and Divine Liturgy for their feast yesterday and today at Zographou, the Bulgarian monastery on Mount Athos.
The monastic and author spoke on the evening of Wednesday, October 21, at the Spiritual Center of the Holy Metropolis of Corfu. His talk opened the lectures of the local Church’s Free University, with digital totalitarianism and the freedom of the human person as the first topic.
The Synod also approved, for the first time, a standard text of the questioning that candidates go through before ordination as a priest or deacon.
On August 18, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia led the solemn uncovering of the saint’s relics in the Archangel Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin. The relics were opened during restoration work on his tomb.
Monks of Vilnius’s Holy Spirit Monastery and parishioners of the city’s St. Paraskeva Church are telling Parliament they won’t switch to the Patriarchate of Constantinople, no matter what the bills before lawmakers say.
The Patriarch is accompanied by four hierarchs of the Bulgarian Church, including His Grace Bishop Kliment of Levski, vicar of the Metropolitan of the USA, Canada and Australia, who was himself an Athonite monk before his consecration to the episcopacy.
The church was built between 1887 and 1889. According to the parish, it was built for Orthodox spa guests from various countries and has become a lasting part of the Czech landscape and of the history of Františkovy Lázně.
The Supreme Court’s Civil Chamber turned the appeal down on October 19, arguing it didn’t meet the legal requirements for review.
The book gives parents a framework they can come back to as their children grow and circumstances change.
OCPM says it needs the support and involvement of church partners to serve the more than 1.8 million people in prison across the U.S.
The official dedication of the new seminary building and chapel is planned for spring 2027.
A new day center for children with disabilities has opened in northwestern Romania, named for a saint who lost her husband and sons to martyrdom but never stopped helping the needy.
The Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania has condemned clashes between police and protesters in the courtyard of the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Tirana, calling on all sides to respect sacred spaces and turn away from violence.
In an interview with Bulgarian National Television on the eve of his visit to Bulgaria, Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople spoke of the Bulgarians who opposed his visit, characterizing them and likeminded Orthodox Christians in other countries as “zealots” and “extremists.”
Figeľ said the government can explain each step on national security grounds, but that together they go beyond ordinary state oversight of compliance with the law.
For centuries, ancient writers have spoken of a grand bishop’s church in Altino, but no one had ever found a trace of it. Now archaeologists say they’ve almost certainly located it, along with the bishop’s palace next to it.
