The primates were joined by other hierarchs and clerics from both Churches. The service was celebrated at the chapel erected specifically on the site of Golgotha.
For now, the church is covered by a temporary roof and the faithful are meeting in the church hall next door.
A prayer service and humanitarian event was held over the weekend at the Macedonian Orthodox cathedral Toronto in memory of the more than 200 people who were either killed or injured in a nightclub fire in North Macedonia last month.
The new cathedral is designed to hold 350 faithful plus a balcony with 50 seats. The exiting building will be renovated and transformed for the cathedral’s auxiliary programs.
U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian has dismissed a lawsuit brought by defrocked archimandrite Alexander Belya against senior clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.
The holy monasteries of Mt. Athos have joined the chorus of those condemning the blasphemous display at the Greek National Gallery in Athens.
On Friday, a state commission was sent to the Holy Dormition-Kiev Caves Lavra to “inspect” the incorrupt relics that lie in the Near and Far Caves. The group cut off the locks to the Caves and installed their own in order to block the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church from accessing the Caves.
Ariadna Nefedkina
We see that the history of Orthodoxy in Dagestan shows how different cultures could coexist on the same territory, leaving their mark on time, and continue to coexist to this day.
Despite the best efforts of the Fire Department and Coast Guard, the Church of the Presentation of the Lord was completely destroyed inside.
“It’s so glorious how the God shines within this one particular area,” said the Rev. John Sorochka, now rector emeritus.
The brotherhood of Holy Cross Monastery in Wayne, West Virginia (Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia) is requesting prayers for its beloved abbot Archimandrite Seraphim.
Like many other churches in America, the Holy Mother of God Orthodox Church, currently in Georgetown, Texas, has experienced significant growth in recent years and outgrown its current building, which it moved into just three and a half years ago.
The Athonite Saints Hermitage is the third monastic community of the Bulgarian Diocese, in addition to Holy Cross Monastery in Castro Valley, California, and St. Romanos Hermitage in Williamston, Michigan.
Anatoly Kholodiuk
St. Benedict was widely revered even during his lifetime for his piety, ascetic life, selflessness, compassion, and the miracles worked through his prayers. The Lord revealed much to him.
The Baptisms and Chrismations were celebrated by clerics of the Russian Orthodox Church’s African Exarchate.
Archaeologists have uncovered a well-preserved Byzantine-era monastery in the Negev, a desert region of southern Israel, near the Biblical town of Beersheba.
Archaeobotanical examination and pollen analysis of samples collected during excavations beneath the ancient basilica's floor revealed evidence of olive trees and grapevines.
Floodwaters infiltrated not only the church itself but also the living quarters on the ground floor. The roof was damaged, the interior furnishings was rendered unusable, and both the plasterwork and paintings were in a dire state, leaving the church unusable for services.
Hieromonk Vyacheslav (Shaporov)
Our task is not only to sober people up, but also to convert them to God and help them integrate into Church life.
She spent 67 years laboring in asceticism, including 10 as abbess.