The convent, led by Gerontissa Theophano, has a direct spiritual connection to St. Joseph, as it was the first monastery founded in America by his own disciple, Elder Ephraim of Philotheou and Arizona.
The cathedral is undergoing a restoration project in preparation for next year’s centennial celebration.
The Dnipropetrovsk diocese marked 450 years since the founding of St. Nicholas Samara Hermitage Monastery, once a stronghold of the Zaporozhian Cossacks.
Archimandrite Stephanos was elected by the brotherhood on June 5 to succeed Geronda Joseph, the monastery’s abbot since its founding in 1999 who reposed in the Lord on April 17.
The steeple is part of the congregation’s long-running plan to build a new roughly 4,900-square-foot cathedral on its 4.7-acre property on Philmont Avenue.
Dmitry Kiryukhin
One day, already completely desperate, sitting at my laptop, I prayed: “Lord, help me!”
The church is seeking support to restore this essential feature, preserve the integrity of this cherished landmark, and ensure it continues to serve future generations.
Standing above Lake Onega, the Church of the Transfiguration seems at once monumental and almost weightless. Its massive pine logs anchor it firmly to the earth, while the ascending tiers of silver-gray domes draw the eye upward.
Elena Nasledysheva
During a true pilgrimage on foot, with all its trials and joys and its atmosphere of prayer, one witnesses how all of this transforms people, inspires them, and strengthens their faith; how it unites people from different countries in a common aspiration—to become purer and kinder, and to draw closer to God and to one another.
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s Archbishop Job of Shumen concelebrated with the Metropolitan of Sliven at a feast-day Liturgy for St. John of Rila in Burgas, Bulgaria, in a visible display of unity between Ukrainian and Bulgarian clergy amid the schism in Ukraine.
A federal appeals court has dealt a final blow to defrocked archimandrite Alexander Belya’s six-year legal battle against the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, affirming a lower court’s dismissal of his defamation lawsuit on First Amendment grounds.
Metropolitan Ioann offered a prayer to the Mother of God for health, salvation, peace and help for everyone working in the hospital as well as the patients being treated there. He also addressed those gathered, stressing how important it was for doctors and sick children to touch the myrrh-streaming icon.
Hieromonk Pafnuty (Fokin)
Preparations for manned spaceflight in the Soviet Union began in the spring of 1960. At that time, the concepts of “cosmonautics” and “religion” were regarded in the public consciousness as incompatible and mutually exclusive. And yet, almost all the cosmonauts of the first group were baptized Orthodox Christians.
In his sermon, Bishop Silvester called on the faithful to remain grateful to God in every circumstance.
More than a dozen more people were baptized into the Holy Orthodox Church at a quickly growing parish in North Carolina on Sunday.
Two local canonization services were celebrated in Romania on Sunday, proclaiming the holiness of four Romanian women.
An Orthodox parish in Show Low, Arizona, is rallying around a family facing a health crisis and financial hardship following the sudden, unexpected birth of their son, and is asking for support to help cover the costs.
At St. Joseph Orthodox Church (Antiochian Archdiocese), the feast was celebrated with a Baptismal Liturgy, during which 11 people were received into the holy Orthodox Church.
Orthodox faithful came out for a procession through the streets of Câmpulung Moldovenesc in northeastern Romania on Sunday, accompanying a centuries-old wonderworking icon of the Theotokos through the city for the third year running.
The visit came as part of a broader trip to Kenya by Metropolitan Konstantin. Following the service, Metropolitan Konstantin met with catechists who assist the dean at parishes in the area, speaking and praying with them.
