The primate of the Malankara Syrian church of India, Catholicos Baselios Marthoma Mathews III, recently completed a six-day visit to the Russian Orthodox Church.
Devotees of the Patriarchate of Constantinople continue to harass the Albanian Orthodox Church for its support of the persecuted canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
Archpriest Gennady Shkil
So the Royal Family gave us an example, that we must always be with the Lord—no matter what may happen, no matter what circumstances we may find ourselves in. And we must always be ready to suffer not only for Christ’s sake, but also for the sake of our neighbor.
Fr. Peter Heers, Fr. John Whiteford
A discussion about the newly released book from Uncut Mountain Press, On the Reception of the Heterodox into the Orthodox Church: Patristic Consensus and Criteria with Fr. John Whiteford, rector of St. Jonah Orthodox Church (ROCOR) in Spring, TX, outside of Houston.
Archpriest John Whiteford
The book makes a compelling case for why the reception of converts by baptism should be the norm, especially in our time, and given that few non-Orthodox Christians baptize by a triple immersion.