On Tuesday, July 25, Archimandrite Theophan (Koja) was consecrated as a bishop for the Patriarchate of Constantinople’s Albanian Diocese of America.
The book is now available from Uncut Mountain Press in hardcover, softcover, and digital formats.
On Monday, July 24, President Vladimir Putin signed a bill that supplements the law on the fundamentals of protecting the health of citizens with a new article that prohibits medical interventions as well as the use of drugs aimed at changing one’s sex.
The monastery is one of many founded in North America by the great Athonite spiritual father Elder Ephraim of Philotheou and Arizona, whom Pat. John had personally known at Philotheou Monastery on Mt. Athos.
Vladyka Alexander eagerly anticipates returning to his Archpastoral duties once his health allows.