Rating: 5.9|Votes: 55

Mt. Athos—Obediences and Trapeza

Photogallery

We present to our readers a Mt. Athos photo-sketch by Vitalia Kislov.

Rating: 9.8|Votes: 5

Icons: A Lesson in Humility

The painting of Orthodox icons is an exercise in humility, says artist Lino Wong Wing-kuen, and one rooted in an artist’s spirituality.

Rating: 8.5|Votes: 6

Cicero Orthodox Church celebrates 20 year anniversary of Miraculous Weeping Icon of the Virgin Mary

Weeping Icon symbolizes the suffering of Christians in the Holy Land, Pastor of Church says.

Theophany in Serbia

Photo Report

Natalia Batraeva

In Serbia the Theophany is also beloved feast day. As in other Orthodox countries, Southern Slavs have their own traditions that may seem extraordinary to those in northern climes..

Rating: 10|Votes: 4

The Blessed Feast of the Nativity of Christ in Pakistan

St. Michael the Archangel Orthodox Mission in Pakistan (The Russian Orthodox Church outside Russia in Pakistan)

Fr. Joseph Farooq

The law enforcement agencies increased security around the churches after the suicide blast in Peshawar on 22 September 2013, therefore the Christmas celebrations were held under tight security due to threats by Taliban. Christians in Pakistan are brave and come on the feasts in the church singing joyfully with complete faith in Lord Jesus Christ.