First Orthodox village inaugurated in Tanzania

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Churches and Monasteries

First Orthodox village inaugurated in Tanzania

The village’s first phase consists of 10 residential units designated for single mothers with children and elderly residents without family support. The housing project addresses Tanzania’s widespread poverty, where many families currently live in mud huts.

Orthodox churches join vigil for slain Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska

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Orthodoxy Around the World

Orthodox churches join vigil for slain Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska

Hundreds gathered Monday evening at the East/West Boulevard Light Rail Station in Charlotte, North Carolina, for a candlelight vigil organized by the Mecklenburg County Republican Party to honor the memory of Iryna Zarutska, the 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee who was fatally stabbed on the city’s light rail system last month.

Montenegro: Serbian monastery-diocesan administration under 24/7 police surveillance

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Churches and Monasteries

Montenegro: Serbian monastery-diocesan administration under 24/7 police surveillance

The diocese views these legal actions, combined with the police presence, as “an attempt at criminalization and social isolation of the Church through the use of the repressive apparatus,” particularly given the “intense public persecution and anti-Church media campaign” to which the diocese has been subjected in recent months.

Miraculous Glinsk Icon visits embattled Zaporozhye Diocese

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Miraculous Glinsk Icon visits embattled Zaporozhye Diocese

The wonderworking icon of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos known as the Glinsk Hermitage Icon has arrived in the Zaporozhye Diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, bringing spiritual comfort to the faithful during difficult times.

Patriarch Bartholomew receives 2025 Templeton Prize

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Orthodoxy Today

Patriarch Bartholomew receives 2025 Templeton Prize

The prize, worth approximately $1.4 million, recognizes individuals who bridge religion and science while advancing spiritual understanding.