The land of Monastery Island in Kalyazin, home to a famous 15th-century monastery, has been returned to the ownership of the Russian Orthodox Church.
More than three dozen souls were united to Christ in Holy Baptism in Malawi on the eve of Pascha.
Every year, the medal will be given to one male and one female Orthodox Christian “who has exhibited extraordinary dedication and notable efforts toward Orthodox Christian Unity in the United States of America.”
A guard at a church in Kenya was seriously wounded in an attack earlier this week. His condition remains critical.
The image, which is among the sacred treasures of the Holy Monastery of Mega Spileo in Kalavryta, is one of the surviving icons made by the hand of St. Luke the Evangelist.