Deaconesses, Female Deacons, and the Agenda of the St. Phoebe Center

Archpriest John Whiteford

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Deaconesses, Female Deacons, and the Agenda of the St. Phoebe Center

Archpriest John Whiteford

The problem with this is that this is not restoring the ancient order of deaconesses—this is the establishment of something entirely different.

“May we be that kind of crazy”

Conversation with Protopresbyter Joseph Dzagoev about Orthodoxy on the Kolyma peninsula

Protopresbyter Joseph Dzagoev

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“May we be that kind of crazy”

Conversation with Protopresbyter Joseph Dzagoev about Orthodoxy on the Kolyma peninsula

Protopresbyter Joseph Dzagoev

We have every reason to call both Solovki and Magadan and their surrounding territories an enormous Russian antimension spread under the open sky.

Orthodox Church in Vina del Mar (Chile): a Mission On the Pacific Coast

Priest Jorge Suez

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Orthodox Church in Vina del Mar (Chile): a Mission On the Pacific Coast

Priest Jorge Suez

I began to serve in Spanish in order to make our church and services more open to people around us. For Chileans, including descendants of emigrants, church services have become clearer; in addition, we have begun pastoral work with people of all ages, holding meetings, reading the Bible, and answering questions.

Iconographer Ekaterina Titova: "Bulgaria is wonderful! Love it and cherish it!

Darina Grigorova

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Iconographer Ekaterina Titova: "Bulgaria is wonderful! Love it and cherish it!

Darina Grigorova

Ekaterina Titova's icons are filled with golden light, a symbol of holiness. The colours of the images are soft pastels, because they are meant to inspire prayer.

Rwanda and Ukraine

Metropolitan Luke’s wartime notes

Metropolitan Luke (Kovalenko)

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Rwanda and Ukraine

Metropolitan Luke’s wartime notes

Metropolitan Luke (Kovalenko)

Now is a similar time. Also people who call themselves journalists, with the help of the media call white black, call for the destruction of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, slander it.