Romanian and Czech bishops concelebrate consecration of iconography and Liturgy in Brno (+VIDEO)

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Churches and Monasteries

Romanian and Czech bishops concelebrate consecration of iconography and Liturgy in Brno (+VIDEO)

The services took place at a church with special historical significance.

Patriarch John of Antioch leads prayers at Damascus church hit by terror attack (+VIDEOS)

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Churches and Monasteries

Patriarch John of Antioch leads prayers at Damascus church hit by terror attack (+VIDEOS)

His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch and All the East conducted a solemn prayer service at the Mar Elias Church in Damascus’ Dweila neighborhood yesterday, where a devastating terrorist attack claimed at least 22 lives during Sunday services.

OCA celebrates weekend dedicated to glorification of St. Olga of Alaska (+VIDEOS)

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

OCA celebrates weekend dedicated to glorification of St. Olga of Alaska (+VIDEOS)

After months of intense preparation, hundreds of pilgrims descended upon the tiny remote Alaskan village of Kwethluk where St. Olga’s husband was once the priest and where she was buried after her repose in 1979.

Terror attack against Orthodox church in Damascus kills at least 15 (+VIDEO)

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Suffering Church

Terror attack against Orthodox church in Damascus kills at least 15 (+VIDEO)

The attacker entered the Mar Elias Church in Damascus’ Dweila neighborhood, opened fire on congregants, and then detonated an explosive device strapped to his body.

Church of St. Sophrony consecrated at the monastery he founded (+VIDEOS)

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Church of St. Sophrony consecrated at the monastery he founded (+VIDEOS)

St. Sophrony, a spiritual child of the great St. Silouan the Athonite, founded the monastery in 1959 and served as abbot for many decades.