Estonian Church successfully registers new name emphasizing autonomy, but state threat remains

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Estonian Church successfully registers new name emphasizing autonomy, but state threat remains

After a battle lasting several months, the Estonian Orthodox Church was finally able to register with a new legal name on Monday, March 31.

Historic event: Antiochian Patriarch serves with Jerusalem bishops—first time since communion resumed

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Historic event: Antiochian Patriarch serves with Jerusalem bishops—first time since communion resumed

An historic event took place on Friday, March 28, as the primate of the Antiochian Patriarchate concelebrated with hierarchs of the Jerusalem Patriarchate for the first time since communion was restored between the ancient Churches after nearly a decade in the fall of 2023.

St. Kallinikos of Edessa miraculously heals seriously ill infant

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

St. Kallinikos of Edessa miraculously heals seriously ill infant

St. Kallinikos of Edessa, a 20th-century Holy Hierarch of the Church of Greece who was canonized by the Patriarchate of Constantinople in June 2020, is known as a great wonderworker.

Ohio: New Romanian Orthodox cathedral underway—foundation stone laid

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Churches and Monasteries

Ohio: New Romanian Orthodox cathedral underway—foundation stone laid

The new cathedral is designed to hold 350 faithful plus a balcony with 50 seats. The exiting building will be renovated and transformed for the cathedral’s auxiliary programs.

Federal judge dismisses defrocked Belya’s defamation case against ROCOR, citing 1st Amendment

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Federal judge dismisses defrocked Belya’s defamation case against ROCOR, citing 1st Amendment

U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian has dismissed a lawsuit brought by defrocked archimandrite Alexander Belya against senior clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.