Under the practice, families who were married in the Church could have their third and subsequent children baptized at the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Tbilisi, with the Patriarch himself serving as Godfather.
Ksenia Gubina
We have undertaken our mission of helping children with special needs, and we make every possible effort to fulfill it with dignity—with love for the children and with respect for their parents!
Ekaterina Silinskaya
From an Orthodox point of view, it’s important to see that behind these external outbursts, there’s almost always internal disorder in the soul.
Since 2012, more than 1,800 women have received temporary housing through the Church’s House for Mom program, and roughly 100,000 people have received humanitarian assistance.
The Council calls on responsible institutions to make public the scientific and medical basis on which the guidelines were drafted, the reasoning that justified their approval through an expedited procedure, the legal basis and competencies underpinning their adoption, and the criteria by which minors were included in the regulations.
California authorities seized a teenage girl from her Ukrainian Orthodox Christian mother and are moving to put her up for adoption after her parents refused to consent to allow her to mutilate herself for a gender transition.
An Orthodox monk from Mount Athos led a three-day congress for Romanian Orthodox youth in the United Kingdom, addressing hundreds of young people on living an authentic Christian life in contemporary society.
The holiday was established in Georgia by His Holiness Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia of blessed memory in 2014, and coincides with the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, which propagandizes in favor of immoral lifestyles.
All funds will go directly toward the final stages of the St. Mardarije Center construction.
According to the bishop, the march represents more than a political or social debate. “It’s about publicly witnessing that life is stronger than death and that Christians are called to give this witness in the public square,” he said.
Baranov is the founder of St. John the Forerunner Orthodox Pro-Life Society in New York and has been active in the pro-life movement for nearly two decades.
This particular prayer service took place outside a Planned Parenthood facility in the Bronx, New York. Such services have been held regularly for more than five years, beginning in January 2021.
The Holy Association of Greek Clergy (ISKE) has issued a statement criticizing the recent Council of State decision reaffirming the constitutionality of same-sex marriage and adoption in Greece.
Orthodox Christians for Life is coordinating the 6th annual National Orthodox Baby Shower, a diaper/baby item drive, coinciding with the feast of the Annunciation on March 25 and continuing through April.
Elena Kucherenko
During the eight years I’ve been a mother to a special needs child, I arrived at an amazing conclusion. It is the church-going people who take the birth of a disabled child most heavily.
Orthodox Christians from multiple jurisdictions gathered in Atlanta for the annual Georgia March for Life yesterday.
The distribution was organized as part of the Pro-Life Department’s “Month for Life” program, which promotes the value of life, family, and motherhood.
Participation is open to youth from any Romanian Orthodox parish within the Metropolia. Those outside the 17–30 age bracket may also take part with the blessing of their parish priest.
Archpriest Pavel Gumerov
Should a husband and wife abstain during the fast, what rules are there on this matter, and what mistakes do people often make in this area?
Since 2019, the Archdiocese of Iași has built or rehabilitated houses for six large families in Iași, Botoșani and Neamț counties. The Pro-Life Department is currently working on a seventh house.
