The Role of An Orthodox Parish Today

Archpriest Victor Potapov

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Orthodoxy Today

The Role of An Orthodox Parish Today

Archpriest Victor Potapov

The real life of a parish arises from the depths of the human soul, forged into unity by shared spiritual experiences and conjoined in the sacraments and prayers carried out under the shared roof of one sanctuary.

Why Must We Hold Services in Ruined Churches?

Natalia Gorenok

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Churches and Monasteries

Why Must We Hold Services in Ruined Churches?

Natalia Gorenok

All that remained of the once large ancient village was the vacated Sts. Peter and Paul Church standing in the middle of the field, and its cemetery, practically as forsaken as the church...

Belarus: 18 receive river Baptism on feast of Baptism of Rus’

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Belarus: 18 receive river Baptism on feast of Baptism of Rus’

The feast of St. Vladimir the great and the Baptism of Rus’ was festively celebrated at Belarus’ St. Elisha-Larishevsky Monastery with a Baptismal Liturgy in the Neman River.

Synod temporarily suspends Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) while commission investigates accusations

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Orthodoxy Today

Synod temporarily suspends Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) while commission investigates accusations

The Holy Synod of the Moscow Patriarchate resolved yesterday to temporarily suspend His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) of Budapest while a commission “studies the situation in the Diocese of Budapest and Hungary.”

New feast: Translation of Rublev Trinity Icon to the Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra

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Churches and Monasteries

New feast: Translation of Rublev Trinity Icon to the Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra

After 104 years, St. Andrei Rublev’s Holy Trinity Icon finally returned to its historical home at the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra for good.