Archpriest Artemy Vladimirov
It’s amazing how in this great big world, the two halves of one whole find each other! I can find only one answer: The hand of God—marriage is concluded in Heaven.
The Bulgarian government must request a review of the European Court of Human Rights’ decision from September 5 obliging the state to create a legal framework to afford legal recognition and protection to gay couples, says the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
The Supreme Court of Russia declared the international LGBT movement to be extremist yesterday, banning its activities within the country.
Church and state authorities in Russia are working to reduce the sin of abortion that continues to plague the country.
Antiochian Women aims to assist with start-up needs for the first year.
Seb Starcevic
Latvian lawmakers voted on Thursday to allow same-sex civil unions, providing same-sex couples with legal recognition for the first time.
Archpriest Andrei Sommer
The preparation for the youth conference is now in full swing. What awaits its participants? The Deputy Chairman of the Synodal Youth Department and the President of Prince Vladimir Youth Association, Archpriest Andrei Sommer, tells us.
Patristic Nectar Kids will present free weekly content, including storytime with Pres. Catherine, voice-acted lives of saints, homilies for children from Fr. Jason Covarrubias, and a kids Q&A.
Such classes essentially corrupt teenagers and aim to legitimize depravity with the help of contraceptives.
Though Halloween was born within the bosom of the Church, it has been combined and corrupted by pagan aspects, and thus is unacceptable for the Orthodox faithful today, says a new statement from the Georgian Orthodox Church.
Archpriest John Whiteford
God takes what He already blesses from Creation in terms of natural marriage and makes it into something else.
Archpriest Vasily Gelevan
Probably the most important tradition in our family that we want to preserve is praying with children.
All words fade if your example contradicts what you say. I respect people who say one thing and do... the same thing.
Abp. Peter’s letter is an instructional letter intended for his clergy, but was also posted and circulated online and thus became a point of wide discussion. Fr. Peter’s response to Abp. Peter was also sent to all the hierarchs of the ROCOR Synod and was made available to OrthoChristian by our own sources.
Besides street activities and educational programs, Orthodox Christians Pro-Life help women in crises pregnancies.
Archpriest Viktor Gorbach
The holiness that we wish for our children is attained in spiritual warfare, but there has been almost no warfare yet, while we hurry to “hang medals” on them.
Tatiana Viktorovna Bulatova
If a child has small tasks and household chores, or when he can take care of someone and show his self-organization skills in everyday life, it will be easier for him to show the same qualities in a school setting.
Lyudmila Pitaichuk
You can’t find such clothes in stores, they are too tiny: a hat is the size of a child’s fist, and a sock can only be worn on one finger of an adult’s hand.
The recent decision from the Holy Synod of the Cypriot Orthodox Church regarding sex education in the island nation’s schools was not final, and in fact, opinions among the hierarchs varied, says His Eminence Metropolitan Neophytos of Morphou.
A diocese of the Georgian Orthodox Church has opened a day center to take care of lonely and elderly people in the city of Gori.
