On Wednesday, Kamchatka experienced its strongest earthquake since 1952, with a magnitude of 8.7. A tsunami threat was declared, and residents were urged not to approach the shore in dangerous areas.
“Our ecclesiastical conscience does not tolerate welcoming with festive bell-ringing the one who through legislation dissolved the foundations of Christian anthropology and family,” the statement reads, referencing Greece’s legalization of same-sex marriage and adoption.
Orthodox Christians for Life has announced a Prayer Vigil to End Abortion coinciding with the Dormition Fast, running from August 1-14.
A dramatic internal conflict has erupted at the ancient St. Catherine’s Monastery on Mt. Sinai, where 15 monks have moved to depose their longtime abbot, His Eminence Archbishop Damianos, amid an ongoing legal crisis that threatens the monastery’s very existence.
The Ustaše killed 12,000 Serbs in the village of Garavice near Bihać between July 28 and August 4, 1941, including a large number of children.