The Metropolitan categorically denies any involvement with illegal drugs and calls the incident a provocation.
Elena Belovitskaya
Anyone who has once decided to travel to Diveyevo as a volunteer will surely say that his life was divided into “before” and “after.”
The criminal case was triggered by a sermon that Met. Anthony delivered on May 22, 2022, at the Holy Protection Cathedral in Khmelnytskyi. In a video recording that appeared on social media, he called on parishioners not to stand aside if “people far from the Church” came to seize churches.
The bookstore became known for housing one of the most extensive Orthodox sections in the country, alongside classics in literature, philosophy, and the arts.
Irina Krikheli
The repose of our beloved Patriarch Ilya II, who headed the Georgian Orthodox Church for about fifty years, orphaned us, so to speak, and since then we have waited impatiently for a new Patriarch.
The first indigenous Fijian Orthodox priest, Fr. Bartholomew Senibulu, reposed in the Lord on April 25, after serving many years in parishes in Fiji and the Kingdom of Tonga.
Metropolitan Luke (Kovalenko)
In a series of reflections that will follow, I would like to offer my thoughts on the Palantir manifesto, which reveals before us a profound spiritual drama in which the outlines of ancient temptations emerge beneath the façade of technological progress.
The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston has called on the faithful throughout the region to keep the family in their prayers and offer support as they begin the process of rebuilding.
Drawing on Orthodox Church teaching, Abp. Alexei states that “the Fathers teach that wine, rightly used, is a gift of God, but drunkenness is slavery.”
His Holiness Patriarch Daniil of Bulgaria expressed confusion and frustration over a Greek Metropolitan’s refusal to allow Bulgarian-language services at a Bulgarian church in Edirne, Turkey.
Officer John Bartholomew, 38, a 10-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department, was killed April 25 in a shooting at Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital.
While handful of Georgian hierarchs support the schismatics of the “Orthodox Church of Ukraine,” it is known that Pat. Shio supports holy Orthodoxy in Ukraine.
During the solemn Divine Liturgy, the newly elected Patriarch received the symbols of authority, including the Patriarchal mitre, the Cross-Panagia, and the staff.
“This is both a great honor and a heavy cross to bear,” His Holiness Catholicos-Patriarch Shio III of Georgia said yesterday after being elected to the primatial throne, receiving 22 of 39 episcopal votes.
Tensions began when a Greek Metropolitan insisted on conducting the Liturgy in Greek. Bulgarian worshippers objected, arguing that services in a Bulgarian church should be held in Bulgarian.
The revised guidelines apply to clergy, employees, and lay leaders serving in dioceses, parishes, monasteries, seminaries, and institutions of the Orthodox Church in America.
The Georgian Orthodox Church will hold an expanded Church Council next week to elect a new Catholicos-Patriarch.
Catechetical instruction continues at St. Nicholas parish for other catechumens who wish to embrace the Orthodox faith.
Approximately 100 priests and deacons from the German Diocese and guests from around the world participated in the service.
The Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America has released a statement for the 250th anniversary of the United States, declaring that “our contribution to America is not power, not politics, but the presence of the living God among His people.”
