Metropolitan Luke (Kovalenko)
In Ukraine, the supporters of the structure created as a result of the tomos produced, according to which their head is not Christ but rather the Constantinople Patriarch, have unleashed large-scale persecutions against the UOC.
Juan Martinelli
I familiarized myself with the country, admired the good changes, awesome nature and people, but then the war broke out. And where else should I be if not where I can help Russians? If I say that I love Russia, words will not be enough; I must prove and show my love with deeds.
Jad Ganem
The blood of the innocent, which has been mixed with oil, incense and the Eucharist, which has covered icons and walls, allows for no equivocation. It cries out demanding truth, recognition and dignity.
Archimandrite Roman (Krassovsky)
The Mission lives its usual life, and services continue. Of course, we should be vigilant, look for a shelter in case of an attack and stay there. But life goes on.
Archbishop Justinian of Elista and Kalmykia
According to His Holiness Patriarch Alexei, the end of the 1980s signified the advent of the era of church revival, or “the second Baptism of Russia.” This period of time has already become a part of the recent history of Orthodox Russia.
As Fr. Seraphim Rose once wrote, the difference between Orthodoxy and heterodoxy is most apparent in that the Orthodox Church (in its saints) is able to discern the spirits. Moreover, discernment of the methods of the fallen spirits is a requirement in the formation of Christology and Ecclesiology.
Sergei Mudrov
Despite the fact that Orthodox Christianity is not the predominant denomination in Hungary, its people’s interest in it is noticeable.
The church has a multinational choir consisting of singers from ten different ethnic groups. There are many people at our services: 300–400 come to Communion on Sundays.
Tucker Carlson, Protodeacon Vadim Novinsky
Tucker Carlson recently spoke with Protodeacon Vadim Novinsky about the Ukrainian state’s campaign of persecution against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
Maria Vasic
In art I found the freedom my body has been deprived of. This is what has become my cure, my prayer, and my hope.
Savva Tống (Duệ Uyên)
The Ecumenical Patriarchate’s pursuit of “Christian unity” through dialogue with non-Orthodox traditions, particularly Roman Catholicism, may appear noble on the surface, but it raises theological and political questions.
I really hope that despite all the global cataclysms, the community will remain in its current composition, with people of different nationalities—Russians, Ukrainians, Serbs, Greeks and Romanians.
Metropolitan Antony (Pakanich)
God is not mocked. The saints are above all the blasphemies committed against their relics.
Although times and answers cannot always be the same and methods may be different, the spirit that describes them must always remain the same – love for God and for all people, whoever they may be.
“It’s so glorious how the God shines within this one particular area,” said the Rev. John Sorochka, now rector emeritus.
Nadezhda Muravyova
Not much time had passed since that incident, when I found myself back at the Kazan railway station. I found the place where he had touched my shoulder. As for the underpass, it wasn’t there!
Antiochian Greek Orthodox Christians say that they are trapped in Syria with no way to defend themselves.
Did USAID sponsor anti-Orthodox persecution in Ukraine?
Elena Dragunova
Back at the turn of the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries, the mission of the travelling clergy suffered serious losses and sorrows. The priests performed true feats without pride or vanity, devoting their lives to converting thousands of natives to the faith of Christ.
It is not the promised land but deserted, with nomadic herds of wild goats freely breeding in the valley of the great Amur River. This land has its own history. It’s not rich, but very edifying.
