“Hope is a walking dream” – Mesmerizing footage from Alaverdi Monastery

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“Hope is a walking dream” – Mesmerizing footage from Alaverdi Monastery

The Alazani river valley in Georgia’s Eastern region of Kakheti features the magnificent monastery of Alaverdi built in the sixth century by one of the 13 Assyrian monks, Ioseb Alaverdeli. From the eleventh century the Alaverdi monastery turned into the Episcopal center and residence of the head of the Eparchy. The current Saint George church was built in the eleventh century by king of the Kakhetians, Kvirike, on the place where the former, smaller church had stood. Starting from the same period, the monastery became the ancestral cemetery of the Kakheti royal house.

Lazarus Saturday Appeal for Christian Boarders of the Orthodox School of Bethany

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Lazarus Saturday Appeal for Christian Boarders of the Orthodox School of Bethany

Currently under the care of Sister Martha Wall who acts as both Principal of the school and leader of the small monastic community of the Resurrection of Christ, 14 girls and 3 boys from Arab/Palestinian, Russian and Ukrainian Christian families of the Holy Land are cared for, with education, meals and housing, healthcare and positive social and religious upbringing being provided.

The Travelling Hand: A 17th century royal martyr, Portuguese friars, a ruined Augustine church and a search that stretched on for over 25 years

Srinath Perur

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The Travelling Hand: A 17th century royal martyr, Portuguese friars, a ruined Augustine church and a search that stretched on for over 25 years

Srinath Perur

The queen’s post-mortem travels may not be finished yet. Talks are on between the governments of India and Georgia, and who knows, it may not be long before Queen Ketevan’s travelling hand finally reaches home, 400 years after she left for Shiraz.

Pilgrimage to the Cave of St. John Climacus

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Pilgrimage to the Cave of St. John Climacus

'For it is said,' John concludes, 'Learn not from an angel, not from man, and not from a book, but from Me, that is, from My indwelling and illumination and energy in you, for I am meek and humble in heart, and in thought, and in spirit, and you shall find rest from conflict, and relief in your souls from thoughts.'

Orthodoxy in Ixcan: A Story of Resilient Faith

Fr. John Chakos

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Orthodoxy in Ixcan: A Story of Resilient Faith

Fr. John Chakos

I visited the faithful of Ixcan with Father Andres nearly four years ago for the first time. What I found was a faithful remnant living in the most humble of circumstances and praying in weathered shanty-like structures consisting of wooden slats, dirt floors covered with fragrant pine needles, and rusty tin roofs, from which colorful streamers hung. I call these the cathedrals of the poor, magnificent in their unassuming simplicity.