Mt. Athos to Patriarch Bartholomew: Archbishop Elpidophoros isn’t welcome here

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Churches and Monasteries

Mt. Athos to Patriarch Bartholomew: Archbishop Elpidophoros isn’t welcome here

In their letter, the monasteries explain that the Archbishop is not welcome following the scandal he caused when he baptized the child of an openly gay couple in Greece last summer.

Father of Russian Patriarchal press secretary brutally murdered

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Orthodoxy Today

Father of Russian Patriarchal press secretary brutally murdered

On Friday, December 29, the body of 90-year-old Roman Legoida was found with multiple stab wounds in the city of Vidnoye in the Moscow Province.

On the Short but Complete Life of Fr. Alexander Lisnichuk

John (Amir) Azarvan

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

On the Short but Complete Life of Fr. Alexander Lisnichuk

John (Amir) Azarvan

I am just one of countless people whose lives Fr. Alexander touched.

Holy Synod of Jerusalem welcomes restoration of communion with Antiochian Patriarchate

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Orthodoxy Today

Holy Synod of Jerusalem welcomes restoration of communion with Antiochian Patriarchate

On Thursday, December 28, the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem gathered under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem.

Russian Synod establishes new diocese for parishes from UOC’s Kherson Diocese

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Orthodoxy Today

Russian Synod establishes new diocese for parishes from UOC’s Kherson Diocese

Gathered under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill yesterday, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church resolved to establish a new diocese for parishes on the left bank of the Dnieper River in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s Kherson Diocese.