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.
On Saturday, January 31, His Grace Bishop Clement, an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of the USA, Canada, and Australia of the Bulgarian Patriarchate, led a trilingual prayer service outside the Advanced OB-GYN clinic in Brooklyn, New York.
Nun Cornelia (Rees)
Fr. Joseph Gleason is an Orthodox priest from rural Illinois who moved with his wife and eight children to Rostov the Great, Russia. How has his family adapted, what is it like for them in Russia, and what he would advise others who are contemplating a similar relocation—these are the topics of our conversation.
A newly-established nonprofit organization has launched an animated series designed to introduce young children to Orthodox Christianity through engaging digital content.
Hierarchs led pan-Orthodox groups of clergy, monastics, and laity at the annual Marches for Life in Washington, DC and San Francisco this weekend.
Dmitry Zlodorev
Many young Americans are searching for guidance and sanity in an increasingly chaotic world. By God’s grace, they discover the Orthodox Church—a place that is not afraid to speak the truth. And they are drawn to it.
Russian Orthodox churches across the country held their first nationwide moleben aimed at enlightening those who intend to have an abortion on Sunday.
Prior to each event, the Orthodox groups will gather for Divine Liturgy and breakfast, at St. Nicholas Cathedral in Washington, DC, and Holy Trinity Cathedral in San Francisco, respectively.
Vasily Nikiforov-Volgin
They reached a small, snow-covered church in the forest. The saints lit candles in front of its dark icons and began to celebrate Matins. Outside the church, the snowy forest of Kitezh was humming.
On December 10, the European Parliament approved a European Citizens’ Initiative that proposes establishing a dedicated fund for abortion services.
Deacon Dionisy Akhalashvili
Сelebrating the New Year according to the secular calendar, if one does not approach it with excessive zeal, does not really interfere with the ordinary Orthodox rhythm of life.
His Eminence Metropolitan Georgij, together with Mayor Kiril Pecakov, personally handed out the packages to children from Ohrid kindergartens, first-graders from all primary schools in Ohrid, and children with special needs at St. Clement of Ohrid Square.
The brief challenges an Illinois law that requires healthcare providers who do not perform abortions to nevertheless provide patients with referrals to abortion providers and to deliver state-mandated statements promoting abortion in order to receive certain legal protections.
At the initiative of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, the Moscow Regional Duma has adopted a law aimed at preventing abortions and providing comprehensive support to pregnant women. The law was passed on December 4.
The settlement was established in 2012 after His Eminence Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj gave his blessing for the creation of the St. Onufrie Philanthropic Association.
Priest David Proskuryakov
We spoke with Fr. David Proskuryakov, rector of the Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos in Astrakhan Region, about how and where to seek one’s happiness, and what to do to not miss it or destroy it with one’s own hands.
Ekaterina Kharchenko
For someone who had spent decades dependent on alcohol and drugs, sobriety felt like landing on a strange planet.
