In the aftermath of the President’s visit, the Crete Holy Synod extensively discussed the executions, horrific destructions, violence, and looting, including of places of Divine worship, by Nazi Germans throughout Crete.
Friday, November 15, marked the 15th anniversary of the repose of the ever-memorable Patriarch of the Serbian Church, His Holiness Pavle, whom many consider a saint.
The new publication presents his diaries of 1917-1918, when he was a delegate of the American Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Moscow Church Council at which St. Tikhon was ultimately chosen to be the first Patriarch of the Russian Church in 200 years.
Archaeologists have made “surprising” discoveries at an ancient Egyptian church, uncovering 17 human remains that tell an unexpected story about early Christianity.
Oksana Golovko
Regardless of whether it is an urban or pastoral landscape, the churches add loftiness to the artistic space, making it meaningful and beautiful.
Matthew Hartley
A Christian presence of any sort is greatly in the minority throughout the Arabian Peninsula.
The beginning of a Christian presence on the Arabian Peninsula dates to Apostolic times.
On the evening before, a reliquary with the relics of St. Euphrosyne of Polotsk and St. Euphrosyne of Moscow were brought to the cathedral. The celebration marks the end of the joint pilgrimage of the relics of the two saints through more than 35 regions of Russia and Belarus.
Sergei Alekseyev
In the proper sense of the word, state power is already a matter of the 10th century, and the key role here was played by the Christianization of Rus at the end of the 10th century.
Maria Tobolova
“I explain the severity of the disasters by retribution... for our attitude to the religious question and especially for the attitude of the Russian clergy towards their religious and social mission... Of course, I will never believe in the triumph of atheism among us Russians... Russian religious thought will find its way to revival.”
Fr. Photius was the first to send messages to the Tsar denouncing the wrong religious policies that Alexander I had pursued almost throughout his reign, and the Tsar heeded the archimandrite’s words.
Monk Photius fearlessly set about struggling against Freemasonry, whose representatives were the most influential figures of the Empire.
Today, the Belarusian Church includes 15 dioceses, more than 1,700 parishes, 7 spiritual educational institutions, 36 monasteries, 15 brotherhoods, and 9 sisterhoods. There are about 1,900 active Orthodox churches, with about 150 more under construction.
The Georgian text contains Gospel pericopes and two ascetical works—the Sayings of Abba Poemen, and the Letter of Arsenios.
The icon is of Byzantine origin.
The house survived storms, war and neglect before it was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1970.
Athanasios Zoitakis
The saint was not only an outstanding Orthodox enlightener; he is truly considered a great prophet of latter times. St. Cosmas of Aitolia left a great number of stunningly exact prophecies about the future of mankind (about scientific inventions, wars, and ecological catastrophes). Many of his predictions have already come to pass, while others are still awaiting their fulfillment.
The main celebrations for the anniversary will be held in November, and the Polish Orthodox Council of Bishops issued a statement to the fullness of its Local Church in honor of the upcoming celebrations.
New Chersonesos will be able to receive up to 50,000 guests per day, and according to Met. Tikhon, will be the largest historical-archaeological park in Russia. Admission is free.
Samuel Noble
The image of the churches harmoniously fitting together as the parts of the body whose sole head is Christ is a key image for Peter’s ecclesiology.
