New book: St. Peter the Athonite, by St. Gregory Palamas

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

New book: St. Peter the Athonite, by St. Gregory Palamas

Patristic Nectar Publications has released an English translation of St. Gregory Palamas’ hagiography of St. Peter the Athonite, the first hermit of Mount Athos, available in hardcover and paperback.

Fr. Roman (Braga) of Michigan proposed for canonization (+VIDEO)

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Fr. Roman (Braga) of Michigan proposed for canonization (+VIDEO)

The Romanian Orthodox Episcopate has requested canonization for Fr. Roman (Braga), a communist persecution survivor who served American Orthodox communities for 40 years until his 2015 death.

Seven UN special rapporteurs sound alarm over persecution of Ukrainian Orthodox Church

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Suffering Church

Seven UN special rapporteurs sound alarm over persecution of Ukrainian Orthodox Church

The communication was issued by UN experts on democratic international order, freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association, judicial independence, minority issues, freedom of religion, and human rights in counter-terrorism contexts.

Archbishop of Sinai announces succession process amid monastery crisis

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Suffering Church

Archbishop of Sinai announces succession process amid monastery crisis

Abp. Damianos of Mt. Sinai announced succession procedures for St. Catherine’s Monastery amid an Egyptian court threat to its religious status and a leadership crisis involving expelled monks and competing Orthodox Patriarchates.

Russian Church establishes day of prayer for seriously ill children

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Marriage and Family

Russian Church establishes day of prayer for seriously ill children

The Russian Orthodox Church has established October 1 as an annual day of prayer for seriously ill children and their parents, coinciding with the feast of the icon of the Mother of God the Healer.