His Beatitude Metropolitan Sawa of Warsaw and All Poland has lodged a formal complaint with Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople regarding activities of the schismatic “Orthodox Church of Ukraine” on the canonical territory of the Polish Orthodox Church.
This joyous event is the latest manifestation of the growth that the Orthodox Church has been experiencing in America and throughout the Western world in recent years.
Despite the demographic challenges, the Chancery’s analysis indicates that current seminary enrollment and clergy transfers are sufficient to address future needs.
On November 4, the feast of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, thousands of Orthodox faithful participated in a city-wide procession in Tver following Divine Liturgy at the Holy Transfiguration Cathedral.
Met. Arseny was recently sentenced to another 60 days of pre-trial detention after being released for less than a day following a year and a half in custody.