The uncovering is the latest in a series of such events accompanying the Romanian Orthodox Church’s recent wave of canonizations, which has added more than 30 holy men and women to the calendar over the past two years.
The Orthodox Church in America’s Diocese of the Midwest has formally established a new monastic community, bringing Athonite spirituality to an historic site in Boscobel, Wisconsin.
Priest Anthony Rusakevich
The modern perception of Lent is often reduced to a strict diet, but its original essence in early Christian practice was fundamentally different.
The Monastery of the Forty Martyrs is a ruined Orthodox monastery situated on a hill above the coastal city of Sarandë.
Three of Russia’s most venerated religious artifacts—the 12th-century Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God, the Donskoy Icon of the Mother of God painted by Theophanes the Greek in 1380, and the 14th-century Dmitrov Cross—may soon be transferred from the State Tretyakov Gallery to the Russian Orthodox Church.
Over the course of 10 days, participants will travel through Tbilisi, the mountains and monasteries of Eastern Georgia, and the landscapes of Western Georgia.
The brotherhood and parishioners of the St. Nicholas Monastery in Myltsi, Volyn Province, Ukraine, have appealed to U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance and Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna, asking them to draw attention to the threat to their religious rights.
The two-day feast was held on March 7–8, coinciding with the Second Sunday of Great Lent.
There is growing concern in ecclesiastical circles in Prague that the Church of the Czech Lands could be deprived of three important churches.
The program is the second of its kind at an Orthodox theological institution in the United States.
The church isn’t currently usable, and church leaders haven’t yet announced a reopening timeline as cleanup and damage assessments continue.
On the morning of March 6, Islamic terrorists attacked the Christian village of Turan in the Kwande district of Benue State. Ten bodies have been recovered so far, and the death toll may rise as the surrounding area continues to be searched.
Parishioners were shown the progress on the painting of the interior walls on Sunday, following the Liturgy and the procession in honor of the feast of the Triumph of Orthodoxy.
The initiative was launched the previous year, when a formal request was submitted to local authorities in the presence of local councillors and the constituency’s Member of Parliament.
Officers later discovered a fully automatic AR-15 and dozens of rounds of ammunition in Mueller’s SUV in the church parking lot.
After receiving the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol, the community opened its available spaces to displaced families, housing each in a separate room.
The Russian Orthodox community in Bern is one of the oldest Orthodox parishes in Switzerland, founded in 1816.
Fr. Kyril (Yefimov), a long-time monk of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk Monastery in northeastern Pennsylvania, reposed in the Lord on the feast of the Triumph of Orthodoxy.
The conviction stems from financial irregularities at the Karelian Language Society, of which Abp. Leo served as longtime board chairman. The society’s former secretary received an identical suspended sentence.
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem has been closed for security purposes following Iranian missile strikes on Israeli territory, including the Holy City of Jerusalem, in the context of the war between the United States and Iran.
