New laws passed through Queensland Parliament will force members of the clergy to report known or suspected cases of abuse to police.
White-washed chapels on cliffs rising over the azure sea, cloud-capped bell towers or solemn monasteries with old frescoes—Cretan churches are a must-see on your trip to Crete and even a good reason to travel to Crete.
Vladimir Basenkov, Priest George Sungaila
Priest George Sungaila, a cleric of the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Dormition of the Most Pure Mother of God in Vilnius, runs a blog on Orthodoxy in Lithuanian. He is actively involved in the preparation and publication of prayer books for fellow Lithuanians and says that he doesn’t have enough people to help him preach Orthodoxy in his native land.
Bishop Benjamin of Minsk and Zaslavl
On the feast of the Minsk Icon of the Mother of God, Bishop Benjamin of Borisov and Marinogorsk, elected as Metropolitan of Minsk and Zaslavl and Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on Thursday, August 26, addressed the faithful children of the Belarusian Orthodox Church with an archpastoral word.
While the entire world has been brought to its knees by the coronavirus, proving our infirmity, we can always run to the embrace of the Most Holy Theotokos, who is our sure hope and constant intercessor before the Lord, His Eminence Metropolitan Seraphim of Piraeus of the Church of Greece preached on Tuesday evening in the Church of St. Nilos in Piraeus.