This marks the third collaborative program between HSE and the Sts. Cyril and Methodius Institute, following existing master’s programs in state-confessional relations and religion and society. The partnership between the two institutions began in 2012.
An Orthodox monk from Mount Athos led a three-day congress for Romanian Orthodox youth in the United Kingdom, addressing hundreds of young people on living an authentic Christian life in contemporary society.
His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem and King Abdullah II of Jordan inaugurated a new Orthodox university in Jordan on Sunday.
A groundbreaking new resource for Eastern Orthodox Christians has been published, offering clergy, laity, and inquirers an in-depth yet accessible guide to the Orthodox Church’s divine services.
The Serbian Orthodox Church and the Serbian government signed an agreement last week to jointly build an Orthodox university in Belgrade.
The water crisis reflects broader challenges across Guatemala, where more than 5.5 million people—30% of the population—lack access to clean water sources.
The program combines synchronous online instruction with in-person intensive sessions, utilizing locally-based instructors in the Diocese of the Midwest. Students will participate in parish internships with diocesan-appointed mentors and spend additional time in residence at St Tikhon’s Seminary each year.
The three volumes are 'A Defense of the Christian Faith', 'On the True Philosophy', and 'Antidote to Atheism.' The set marks the first time these works have appeared in English in their entirety.
The exhibition promotes the Neo-Hindu gurus Mohanji and Sai Baba and sect founders as “benefactors” who “change the world for the better.”
Nun Kallista (Golik)
For someone reading the lay order of the services, the stichera are a tricky but fascinating moment when you have to juggle several books at once.
In Medieval Rus’, it was considered normal for Christians to read the entire cycle of services every day, so they would read the Midnight Office as morning prayers.
The program is the second of its kind at an Orthodox theological institution in the United States.
The Centre for Orthodox Formation in Western Europe provides affordable, high-quality theological instruction for those seeking to serve the Church in various capacities, and for those who simply wish to deepen their understanding of the Faith.
His Eminence Archbishop Alexei of Alaska explains that the placement of relics in every Orthodox altar isn’t a matter of convenience but a mystery of worship.
Hieromonk Athanasius (Deryugin)
All these hymns—“Now the Powers of Heaven”, the Cherubic Hymn, and “Let all mortal flesh keep silence”—remind us that the Heavenly Powers participate in worship with us.
The Orthodox Learning Ladder is designed to serve teachers at all experience levels, from those just beginning in Church School ministry to seasoned educators.
Fr. Peter will “reflect on the lives and witness of holy women who strengthened the Orthodox faith through love, courage, sacrifice, and devotion to Christ and family life.”
Founded in 1413 through a papal bull issued by the Avignon Antipope Benedict XIII, the University of St Andrews is the oldest university in Scotland and the third-oldest in the English-speaking world, after Oxford and Cambridge.
The daily cycle of services is, one might say, the “liturgical clock” the Church has lived by day after day for many centuries. The daily cycle took shape in monasteries, though there was a time when laymen observed it daily as well.
The new resource provides an opportunity to explore the unique frescoes executed by an artel of “royal” icon painters from Kostroma under the direction of Gury Nikitin between 1662 and 1668.
