Valaam holds particular significance for Orthodox Christians in America, as St. Herman of Alaska, who brought Orthodoxy to the North American continent, came from Valaam Monastery.
The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church has officially added the Burning Bush Icon of the Mother of God to the Church’s liturgical calendar, setting September 4 as its annual feast day.
The Church of Cyprus has moved its program to counter low birth rates into the implementation phase, offering financial support to families having a third child or more.
The church in the OCA Diocese of the West is served by rector Fr. Michael Rozdilski. It is the only church in its region.
Conrad Franz
Orthodox blogger Conrad Franz tells us about his trip to the Donbas—what he saw with his own eyes and heard with his own ears.
The continued presence of Orthodox monks in the Lower Lavra is hampering tourism and public access to the Kiev Caves Lavra, according to Maxim Ostapenko, General Director of the state-run Kiev Caves Lavra National Preserve.
What started as a small act of love quickly became something much greater as we witnessed the overwhelming needs of the children God placed in our path.
A Greek agricultural company has donated 100,000 books to the Patriarchate of Alexandria, to be distributed to schools, hospitals, and institutions the Patriarchate operates throughout Africa.
The parish of St. Anthony the Great Orthodox Church (Orthodox Church in America) in Bozeman, Montana, celebrated a milestone in the construction of its new church this week.
Returning from Poltava after the victory, Peter the Great en route called in on his associate and friend at the Borisovka estate in the Kursk province and stayed there for six weeks. There Sheremetev revealed to the Emperor his heart’s desire to build a convent.
Members of the Lithuanian Orthodox Church completed a traditional procession with the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God on July 4, ahead of the feast honoring the miracle-working image, which the Orthodox Church celebrates on July 9.
The college was established through the unification of the Archdiocese’s Afternoon and Saturday Greek Schools in Victoria. Since then, it has developed a curriculum aligned with the Victorian Curriculum, established adult education classes and built partnerships with schools overseas.
The saint glorified was Monk-Martyr Vladimir (Elizarov), a monk who was shot in 1930 after resisting the closure of a church in the Urals.
The Orthodox Church in America’s Diocese of Sitka and Alaska is continuing its search for the holy relics of St. Jacob Netsvetov, and recent surveys of the historic churchyard site have brought the effort closer to identifying the saint’s grave.
Young adults from across the Orthodox Church in America’s Diocese of the West gathered at St. John’s Monastery in Manton, California, June 14-20 for the annual Orthodox LIFE School retreat, an opportunity to deepen their spiritual lives and learn how to serve the Church and be a witness in the world.
The book, a rare edition of the Akathistnik printed in Romanian Cyrillic script, is held in the library of the Lavrishevo Monastery in the Novogrudok Diocese.
The move comes as Ukrainian authorities have continued efforts described as “spiritually liberating” the Lavra from the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
Bishop Iachint of Pacific will serve as vicar bishop under Bishop Mihail, who has led the diocese since 2008. The diocese currently comprises 20 parishes and one monastery.
Dmitry Kiryukhin
St. Elizabeth Convent in Minsk was founded in 1999 on a site where no churches had previously stood. It is dedicated to the Holy New Martyr Grand Duchess St. Elizabeth Feodorovna.
The bust was created according to a design by the noted Russian sculptor Vyacheslav Klykov, whose works are well known both in Russia and abroad.
