A true tragedy occurred over the weekend as a uniquely beautiful wooden church in the Kaluga Province of Russia, near the famous Optina Pustyn Monastery, burned to the ground. The tragedy at the Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God in the village of Podborki occurred in the morning of Sunday, February 23,…

According to a recent statement from the Metropolitan of Moldova and Bukovina of the Romanian Orthodox Church, there are plans to build a memorial to one of the greatest Orthodox elders of the 20th century in his hometown. On Sunday, February 16, His Eminence Metropolitan Teofan continued a series of visits he has been undertaking…

The Orthodox faithful of the Philippines experienced a unique joy over the weekend, as His Eminence Metropolitan Paul of Manila and Hanoi consecrated the first parish of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Philippines. The Metropolitan celebrated the great rite of consecration of the Church of St. Seraphim of Sarov in the city of Makalangote…

The unexpected calamity that has emerged in China with the deadly Coronavirus epidemic, it has also struck our homeland in recent days. Apart from the special prayer, which we have already started offering in our everyday Church Services, and by which we ask the Lord for the victims of the Coronavirus, for their loved ones,…

The man who has come to hate the world has escaped sorrow. But he who has an attachment to anything visible is not yet delivered from grief. For how is it possible not to be sad at the loss of something we love? Vigilance We need to have great vigilance in all things. But we…

New Orthodox church dedicated to St. Seraphim of Sarov was inaugurated this month in the Philippines by the Russian Orthodox Church. A celebratory Divine Liturgy was officiated by the Metropolitan of Manila and Hanoi, His Eminence Pavle.

A bizarre and utterly provocative incident occurred in the town of Sohos, in northern Thessaloniki prefecture, as a performance group from neighboring Turkey, all males decked out in Ottoman-era attire, re-enacted a martial procession of the Janissary corps, waving green battle flags adorned with the Muslim half moon and accompanying drum-beaters. The Janissaries were elite Ottoman…

The political crisis in the small Adriatic country of Montenegro continues to simmer, after the current government drafted and ratified a contentious law that obliges religious institutions to provide proof of ownership and titles for properties, assets and relics dating to before 1914. The Serbian Orthodox Church, representing the largest and oldest faith in Montenegro,…

Greek Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos will pay his first official visit to Egypt this week. The Greek minster will received by his Egyptian counterpart, Mohamed Zaki. He will also be received by the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Most Divine Beatitude Theodoros II. The high-level contacts confirm the already very close…