Archpriest Geoffrey Korz
Now, should it surprise us, when confronted with the persecuted canonical Orthodox Church in Ukraine, that such compromised consciences might be faced with a dilemma?
Natalia Shatova, Priest Anthony Borisov
From childhood our parents teach us the magic words: “thank you”, “please” and “sorry”. Some learn these lessons perfectly well, but others, alas, forget to thank their loved ones for a delicious dinner or a fresh shirt. And we must admit that we do not often say words of gratitude to our Savior.
Novice Abigail Jepchirchir from Kenya was tonsured into the small schema, taking the name of Matrona in honor of St. Matrona of Moscow.
Pat. Ilia is the most trusted man in the nation and one of the most beloved hierarchs of the entire Orthodox Church.
There are now approximately 182,000 Christians in Israel: about 1.9% of the population.
The Romanian Synod dedicates every year to a specific theme, with events throughout the year celebrating a different aspect of the Orthodox Christian spiritual life.
The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church has again expressed its support for the suffering people of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
Due to Pat. Theodoros’ communion with schismatics and “proceeding from the universally recognized principle rooted in the canons and Tradition of the non-jurisdiction of the clergy of one autocephalous Church to the court of another autocephalous Church,” the Russian Holy Synod ruled yesterday to consider the defrocking of Met. Leonid and the other Russian clergy “as having no canonical force and invalid.”
Frequent processions with wonderworking icons and relics aren’t a part of Cypriot tradition and should be curbed, believes the new Archbishop of Cyprus.
Two hierarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church in North America have appealed to state officials concerning the recent decision of Pristina authorities to block His Holiness Patriarch Porfirije from entering Kosovo on a pastoral visit.
The hierarchs of the Lithuanian Orthodox Church gathered in a general Assembly with the clergy, monastics, and lay representatives from all parishes at the Holy Spirit Monastery in Vilnius yesterday.
Metropolitan Georgios of Paphos was elected the new Archbishop of Cyprus by the Holy Synod on Saturday, following the repose of Archbishop Chrysostomos in November.
His Eminence Metropolitan Anthony of Boryspil and Brovary, the Chancellor of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church, published his annual report on the affairs of the Church.
A festive Divine Liturgy in honor of the 45th anniversary of the enthronement of Patriarch Ilia as primate of the Georgian Orthodox Church was celebrated in Tbilisi’s Holy Trinity Cathedral yesterday.
The Serbian primate had planned to visit the ancient Patriarchate of Peć, Visoki Dečani Monastery, and other holy sites. The ban was announced yesterday evening.
In a report at the Moscow Diocesan meeting yesterday, the head of the Russian Church urged clerics to not go beyond the particular statements of the Russian Holy Synod on the matter.
For the first time since its establishment by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church last December, ordinations specifically for the African Exarchate were celebrated over the weekend.
In this season leading up to the coming of the Prince of Peace in the flesh, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon of Washington and All America and Canada, primate of the Orthodox Church in America, has issued a statement calling on all to pray and fast for peace.
Priest Savva Gagloev
There was no shock, but it really took time to get used to the new reality, in which I providentially found myself. Sometimes I could not believe that I already lived in Cuba.
Throughout all times it has been important to find a balance between the eternal and the temporal, the spirit and the letter, the content and the form. It is a tragedy when the letter takes precedence over the spirit, and temporal interests and the current state of affairs—over universal ideals and eternal values.