His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Porfirije, the main trustee of the Sima Andrejević-Igumanov Endowment, announced today that the results of the competition for awarding scholarships to pupils and students from large families have been determined.
With the support of the faithful, work has already begun on the expansion of a house in Sacoșu Turcesc, Timiș County, for a family with 3 boys and 10 girls between the ages of 3 and 16
A southern Russian region has introduced criminal liability for pressuring pregnant women to have abortions.
The document specifies that this refers to the use of medications intended for a sex change, as well as changes to identity documents regarding sex without corresponding medical intervention.
Anastasia Andreyeva
I formulated (again, based on the New Testament verses or on Patristic instructions) forty specific tasks, arranging them by the days of the fast. Each task included one or another spiritual and moral exercise.
In an address focusing on the challenges facing young people in today’s digital age, the Patriarch expressed concern about the impact of virtual communication on spiritual and personal development.
Priest Alexei Taakh
The “head of the family” isn’t simply a fine phrase. A family in Orthodoxy is often called a small church. Also, in the Sacrament of Matrimony, the husband and future father becomes the rector of this small church.
The project was realized with support from the Iași Archdiocese and specialists from Romania and abroad who have extensive experience in addiction.
An Orthodox pro-life charity run was held in Moscow’s Novogireevo District on Saturday, October 19.
The project trains doctors to distribute “help packages” and show embryo models to pregnant women, while scientists educate biology teachers and medical students about life beginning at conception.
Metropolitan Paul Yazigi
Life in Christianity is not the life of an individual. Because, from our anthropological point of view, human life cannot exist alone.
The initiative plans to bring together individuals with disabilities, caregivers, clergy, pastoral leaders, and disability ministry experts to develop best practices and create replicable models for inclusive worship.
The new center will host adolescents and adults aged 16 and over from all over Imathia Prefecture, with intellectual disabilities, autism, Down syndrome, learning difficulties, mobility problems, and behavioral disorders.
The statement emphasizes the importance of protecting family values amid rising challenges, particularly from ideologies that undermine traditional family structures.
The package consists of the central law, “On the Protection of Family Values and Minors,” with 18 amendments to various other laws.
Two Orthodox prayer services for an end to abortion are scheduled in different parts of New York state for October.
Lada Bayeva
For us being together, doing something together and involving other children in this is not just a tradition—it is our way of life.
In general, it is very important to do everything together, be it games, outings or trips. This is how the association that a family is one whole is formed in children.
The parade was organized as part of the national "Day of Family, Love, and Fidelity," established by a decree of President Vladimir Putin on June 28, 2022.
Metropolitan Seraphim (Joanta) of Germany and Central Europe
The family is a place where God's love should dwell. The family is an icon of the Holy Trinity.
