On Holy Thursday, May 2, Metropolitan Seraphim of Zimbabwe ordained Angelic Molen not simply as a deaconess, but as a female deacon. The move has, unsurprisingly, proved controversial in the Orthodox world.
A priest who has been serving the Church since Soviet times received a martyric end in a terrorist attack against churches in Russia’s southern Dagestan Republic yesterday.
Archpriest James Bernstein, a noted priest and Orthodox author, reposed in the Lord yesterday after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
“We are informed by credible sources that when the peace summit concludes, the gloves will come off – we are very concerned for the human rights of this community,” said Robert Amsterdam.
More than 50 members of a non-canonical group in Cameroon have joined the Russian Orthodox Church’s African Exarchate this month.