His Grace Bishop Antonije of Moravica, who had headed the Serbian Church’s podvoriye in Moscow since 2002, reposed in the Lord on March 11 at the age of 54.
As every year, the primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has blessed the faithful to take up a special Lenten prayer rule for spiritual growth and for peace.
The former head of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, Joseph Zehlaoui, was defrocked by the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Antioch during its session in Balamand, Lebanon, this week.
Hieromonk Madai (Maamdi)
Today there are thousands of Christian Kurds and hundreds of Iranians who have converted to Orthodoxy on their own. It was from these new converts that the initiative to establish a mission began.
Bishop Alexei (Trader) of Alaska
We have examples of saints, including modern ones, who show with their lives that holiness can be achieved.