Rating: 10|Votes: 45

His Grace Always Put Others Before Himself

A Reflection on the Life of Bishop Athanasius of Western Kenya

Fr. Silouan (Brown)

In the Orthodox ascetic tradition, humility is seen as the mother of all virtues. While most of us struggle to even be able to define humility, let alone practice it, His Grace embodied it. As everyone who has ever encountered Bishop Athanasius can attest, His Grace always put others before himself, sometimes even to my chagrin.

Rating: 9.8|Votes: 31

“Come To Us, to Sakhalin!”

Anton Pospelov, Archbishop Tikhon (Dorovskikh)

We are talking with Archbishop Tikhon about the life of residents of Sakhalin Island and the Kuril Islands, whether Orthodox or non-religious; about the issues, challenges and joyful events of the diocese which has celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary this year; and the region’s spiritual make-up.

Rating: 9.8|Votes: 8

More than 1,500 landmines cleared at Jesus baptism site on Jordan River

Melanie Lidman

After years of negotiation, 22 sappers clear mines from land of first 3 of 7 churches; goal is to clear all 6,500 mines and open area to the public by January 2020.

Rating: 9.4|Votes: 25

“The Most Important Thing is That Russians, Romanians, and All Orthodox Christians are United in Christ”

Nicholai Bulchuk, Monk Dosifey (Gorbachevsky)

We commune from the same chalice of the Eucharist; and there is the same undivided Christ in millions of chalices all over the world!

Rating: 9.2|Votes: 53

The Vulnerable and Poor, Whose Hope is in God Alone

On the Successes and Difficulties of Mission Work in Africa

Angel Karadakov, Bishop Athanasius of Kisumu and Western Kenya

Kenya has a total of 1 million Orthodox Christians. That’s the smallest fraction in Kenya compared to other denominations but the biggest among the Orthodox in Africa.