A number of famous monasteries of the Russian Orthodox Church have addressed letters of support for the Holy Dormition-Pükhtitsa Monastery, which is facing persecution by Estonian authorities.
The National Cathedral, the foundation stone of which was laid in 2007, will be consecrated on Sunday, October 26, 2025, by the Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania.
Hierarchs and clergy from five jurisdictions present in America came together on Monday, April 7, to commemorate a joyous double celebration—the great feast of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos and the 100th anniversary of the repose of St. Tikhon of Moscow.
The hierarch from Crete, which is under the Patriarchate of Constantinople, is the fourth Greek hierarch to repose in the past month.
Voices of protest are rising from across the Orthodox Christian world as religious leaders and monastic communities condemn the Ukrainian government’s recent decision to conduct scientific examinations on the sacred relics of saints in the Kiev Caves Lavra.