Metropolitan Alexander (Mogilev)
In early 2012, during Christmastide, it was decided, with the blessing of the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, and with the consent of His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York, that the holy relics of Martyrs Grand Duchess Elizabeth and Nun Barbara would visit Kazakhstan.
Rating: 9,7|Votes: 3
The main religion in Yakutia is Orthodox Christianity, and the feasts of Christmas—the Nativity of Christ, and Theophany, when the Lord’s Baptism is celebrated, are very special in this land that boasts some of the coldest waters in the world. Photographer Marina Yurchenko captured the special mood of Orthodox Yakutia’s winter feasts in 2010.
Rating: 8,3|Votes: 10
On January 6–7, Sretensky Monastery celebrated the feast of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Here are photographs from the service by photographer Anatoly Goryayinov
The Orthodox Christian story of the nativity, unlike the western version, has much tell us about the importance of nature
Metropolitan Nikolaos
Rating: 10|Votes: 3
“I see here only design. Firstly, to hide the responsibility of those who have brought us to our current tragic state; and secondly, to strike a blow not only at the personality of Fr. Ephraim, but also at the image of the Church in modern life,” the Metropolitan added. Metropolitan Chrysostom of Patras considers that the decision to arrest Fr. Ephraim is directed at the Church itself.
