The Journal of an Athonite Pilgrim Jonathan Dunne is an English Orthodox Christian living in Sofia, Bulgaria; his wife is the Bulgarian poet, Tsvetanka Elenkova. He received the Orthodox faith in 2012, and began his pilgrimages to Mt. Athos in 2013. A writer, Jonathan has been keeping meticulous and introspective notes, the result of which…

More than 300 Orthodox Christians gathered at St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Washington D.C. to greet one of Russia’s most beloved saints—John of Kronstadt. The Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Washington, D.C. has a very special relationship with saints bearing the name John. The parish was founded by St. John…

  If someone is not under obedience to you, do not rebuke him to his face for his faults. For that would imply you have authority over him, and are not just giving advice. What is said without explicit reference to individuals is helpful to all, for each applies it to himself according to his…

Every created nature is far removed from and completely foreign to the divine nature. For if God is nature, other things are not nature; but if every other thing is nature, He is not a nature, just as He is not a being if all other things are beings. And if He is a being,…

BOSTON – Parishoners at Saint George Greek Orthodox Church are taking an appalling act of vandalism personally. Parish Council President Arthur Argeros says the graffiti scrawled on the front of the church is a direct hit to this community’s Christian Greek Orthodox faith. An upside-down cross defacing The Virgin Mary and an offensive symbol vandalizing…

Since Sunday, several people of all faiths have flocked to Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church on Chicago’s Northwest Side to see the painting of a ‘weeping’ Virgin Mary. The church is about $8 million in debt, in foreclosure and unless a lot of money can be raised quickly, the building will be sold, the pastor,…

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  The web pages of the Orthodoxia news agency today host a rare interview, in Greek, given by the Metropolitan of Paros and Naxos, His Eminence Kallinikos. In his exclusive interview, Kallinikos underlines that the Church of Greece, as he said, must have viewpoints on national issues, whereas he said the Church exhibited a correct…

  The Patriarch of Bulgaria, His Holiness Neophyte, spoke on Sunday on the occasion of the Nativity of the Theotokos, one of the great feasts of the Orthodox Church. His Holiness referred to the magnificent and virtuous life of the Ever Virgin Mary, as well as her role in the life of Christians.