Commonwealth, a new Orthodox crowdfunding platform, is having a direct impact upon Orthodox families facing financial hardship around the country.
The monastery was founded in honor of the Cossacks’ victory over the forces of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and became the southernmost of the regimental monasteries of the 17th-century Hetmanate.
The amendments, introduced by Prime Minister Robert Fico’s government, aim to “strengthen traditional values and preserve Slovakia’s cultural heritage.”
Bishop Prodromos of Toliara and Southern Madagascar of the Patriarchate of Alexandria issued an urgent plea for prayers on Friday as violent protests grip Madagascar, leaving five protesters dead according to hospital sources.
The Liturgy was followed by the opening of a photo exhibition dedicated to the consecration of the cathedral as an Orthodox church in 1935.