The newly baptized, representatives of the Yao and Mang’anja peoples, underwent four months of preparation before being baptized.
St. Paul the Apostle Monastery in Boscobel, Wisconsin, hosted its first hierarchical services in 20 years on July 11-12, when His Eminence Archbishop Daniel of Chicago and the Diocese of the Midwest (OCA) made an archpastoral visit for the monastery’s patronal feast.
The document covers several areas: the history of the decoding of the human genome, the current state of hereditary diseases and prospects for gene therapy, the moral aspects of gene therapy, and ethical problems in genetic diagnostics and testing.
Met. Tikhon has served the Church as a hierarch since 2004, and as primate since 2012.
Pat. Theophilos called on the ambassador to back the establishment of a medical corridor allowing cancer patients from Gaza, including children, to receive treatment at Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem.
Pilgrims from Naxos and from across Greece gathered for the liturgical events in an atmosphere described as one of deep reverence.
The last service held in the cathedral before the Soviet closure took place on Pascha 1923. Church valuables were confiscated the previous year, and in 1927 the building was partially demolished by explosion, losing its domes, drums, vaults, arches, and pillars. The ruins stood for decades.
The Lavra, which was restored from ruins over the course of three decades by the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church, has been at the center of an ongoing effort by the Ukrainian state and the OCU to remove the Church from the premises.
Dyer, who converted to Orthodoxy roughly a decade ago after passing through Calvinism and Traditional Roman Catholicism, described his journey as driven by intensive study of the Church Fathers.
The Orthodox Church continues to experience significant growth around the world, with mass Baptisms throughout the diaspora and mission fields now a regular occurrence.
Abp. Damianos argues that under property law, possession without ownership offers no real security, and that any future Egyptian government of a more extreme orientation could overturn such an arrangement overnight.
The community now serves as one of the principal spiritual centers of Rivne Province and receives pilgrims from across Ukraine.
Bulgaria’s opposition had been publicly confirmed last month by Prime Minister Rumen Radev, who cited religious and cultural reasons for the veto. “What message are we sending when we extend sanctions and war into the sphere of religion? Do we realize where this leads?” Radev said.
Some 7,000 akathists of St. Dimitrie the New were distributed to inmates and staff at prisons within the Bucharest Archdiocese on July 13–14, as part of an initiative organized in collaboration with the National Prison Administration.
The Ecocompass certification reflects practices already embedded in monastic life at Lintula.
The feast of St. Paisios the Athonite was solemnly celebrated on Sunday throughout Greece and the entire Orthodox world.
His Eminence Metropolitan Vissarion of Ovruch and Korosten, a persecuted hierarch of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church, has undergone major surgery and is now appealing for help to cover the cost of his recovery.
St. Paul Orthodox Church (Antiochian Archdiocese) in Tupelo, Mississippi, celebrated a joyous event on Saturday, July 11, as nearly two dozen people were united to Christ in Holy Baptism.
The charges stem from Pat. Porfirije’s tenure as Metropolitan of the Zagreb-Ljubljana Metropolis between 2014 and 2021.
Valaam holds particular significance for Orthodox Christians in America, as St. Herman of Alaska, who brought Orthodoxy to the North American continent, came from Valaam Monastery.
