On Sunday, December 8, 2019 His Eminence Metropolitan Methodios celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Sts. Constantine and Helen Parish in Cambridge, MA. It was the first time that the relics of Sts. Anargyroi, St. George, St. Tryfon, St. Haralambos, and the Holy Cross, which were recently entrusted to the care of the Parish were…

BALTIMORE, MD – With a refresh of its popular gift catalog, International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) is offering gift-givers ways to share with loved ones while helping people in need at home and abroad. IOCC’s updated Gifts of Love catalog is available online: ioccgifts.org and showcases the impact that private donations have for people in…

On 11th December 2019, in the Hall of Supreme Church Council of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, the Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church held its regular session under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. His Holiness Patriarch Kirill delivered an opening address. The…

The Montenegrin government submitted its controversial bill on religious freedom on Thursday, December 5 for consideration by the nation’s Parliament despite opposition by the Serbian Orthodox Church and threats of social unrest, reports Balkan Insight. The bill proposes to register as state properly all religious buildings and sites formerly owned by the Kingdom of Montenegro…

A free medical center for the homeless in Irkutsk was opened and consecrated recently in a joint project between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian Ministry of Health. The new premises, located at a charitable church cafeteria, were consecrated by His Eminence Metropolitan Vadim of Irkutsk and Angarsk, reports the Synodal Department for Charity…

My child, always be careful, both when you are happy and when you are sad. When you are happy you should not lose control through vivacity and laughter, nor when you are sad should you be so gloomy that it shows. The reason why is that Satan shoots thoughts at us like arrows, but he…

Thousands of mourners and Orthodox faithful payed their last respects earlier today to a beloved Elder Archimandrite who transformed a remote and barren tract in the middle of Arizona’s Sonora Desert into a spiritual “oasis” and a venerable center of Christian Orthodoxy. The funeral service for the Elder Ephraim of Arizona, at the Monastery of…

Mother Ecaterina from St Leontius of Radauti Settlement gave up her carrier and entered monasticism. She studied to become a nurse and a psychologist and now she takes care of 126 children of all ages at Romania’s largest residential institution devoted to the care of orphans and other children who were separated from their biological…

The long-awaited 3rd Annual Orthodox Christian Youth and young adults Camp has been blessed and officially opened today by His Eminence Jonah Lwanga the Metropolitan of Kampala and all Uganda, at Holy Resurrection Orthodox Cathedral Jinja in Eastern Uganda. To mark this annual event which for the first time has been held in the Eastern…