Priest Ioann Bakushkin
One of the main skills here is to stop assuming that the other person thinks and feels the same way I do.
Students are asked to write 750 to 1,000 words responding to one of two prompts, showing critical thinking and offering creative solutions to moral challenges facing the Church today.
The Sixth Administrative Court of Appeal opened proceedings on September 22 in the case, which was filed by the state service against the religious organization known as the Synodal Department Mission of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church for Family Affairs. The agency wants the department liquidated and all its property, funds, and other assets—except for liturgical items—transferred to state ownership.
Oksana Vinogradova
"So, children… Be in a hurry to express your sincere feelings while you are still young. Do not put it off. Life is too short.”
Tatiana Kotova
We all make mistakes, and as long as we are alive, we have the right to repentance.
Orthodox faithful in Britain joined thousands of marchers in central London on Saturday for the annual March for Life.
Priest Leonid Bartkov
When we justify our cohabitation as a “psychological test,” we are not just falling—we are trying to pass off our fall as a rise.
The Church said it was especially concerned that involving young people in gambling, even in the form of entertainment, could contribute to the development of interest in gambling and a later tendency toward gambling addiction.
Archangel Michael Orthodox Church in Broadview Heights (Orthodox Church in America) blessed and assembled the backpacks, which were filled with school supplies, as part of FOCUS’s Back to School Backpack Program.
In the GoFundMe appeal, the organizer asks for prayers, asking the Lord to have mercy on Eliana Xenia, strengthen her, and grant her healing according to His will.
The message was released to mark the beginning of the Dormition Fast and the feast day of St. Elesa, the patron saint of Kythira, along with the commemoration of St. Solomonia and her seven Maccabee children.
Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal on Tuesday struck down a law that would have granted legal recognition to same-sex couples who married in other European Union member states before relocating to Poland.
Each participating parish partners with a local pregnancy resource center that offers free medical services, parenting support, counseling, material aid, and ongoing assistance to women facing crisis or unexpected pregnancies.
Viktor Luzhkov
Today, more and more often, people say that they get burnout not at their jobs, but at home, with their loved ones.
During the consecration service, all the children responded together to the litany petitions, and Met. Siluan wished the school continued progress in the spirit of Orthodoxy and the tradition of St. Sava.
Bishop Prodromos of Toliara and South Madagascar leads an Orthodox mission that rescues vulnerable children while providing healthcare, education, and humanitarian assistance across Madagascar.
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.
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.
An EU official tried to get the Georgian Orthodox Church involved in promoting sinful lifestyles in the country, according to a Church spokesman.
A family crisis is not a broken machine that needs to be repaired by a neighbor. It is a surgical procedure that God performs on your souls
