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The Monastery of St. John the Baptist in Tolleshunt Knights, near Essex, England is the oldest Orthodox monastic community in the country. It was founded in 1958 by Elder Sophrony (Sakharov), the spiritual child of St. Silouan the Athonite who is himself venerated throughout the Orthodox world. Elder Sophrony served as the monastery’s abbot until…

On the 4th August 2019, the first hierarch of the Orthodox Church of Moldova, Metropolitan Vladimir, celebrated the Divine Liturgy on the 6th Sunday after Pentecost at the Nativity of the Lord Cathedral in Chisinau. The hierarch was assisted at the service by archpriest Vadim Cheibas, Metropolitan Secretary and Cathedral Dean, and the Cathedral clergy….

His Holiness Patriarch Irinej celebrated in the church of St. Mary Magdalene in the village of Beli Potok, near Belgrade, at the foot of Mount Avala. The church was built in 1883 thanks to voluntary donations and the work of the local faithful. The church was built in the style of the Raška school. The…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I amid an official visit to the Republic of Turkey on August 7-8. “Negotiations between the head of state and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are planned as part of a visit to Ankara,” according to the president’s press…

The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, on Sunday visited the Greek Orthodox Church of the Transfiguration of Christ, in Mattituck, New York, two days before the Feast Day of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The parish this year commemorates the 50th year of its foundation.

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Sunday afternoon presided at the Great Vespers service at the Cathedral of the Panaghia Koumariotissa  Orthodox Church in the Bosporus metropolis, and specifically at the Yeniköy district, known in the past as Neohorion. The service and the Patriarch’s visit was part of the Theotokia 2019…

The international procession, which started from Poland via Belarus and Ukraine to take part in fesivities in honor of Pochaev Icon of the Theotokos, arrived in Pochaev. On August 3, 2019, the International cross procession, which was attended by pilgrims from Poland, Belarus and Ukraine, arrived at the Holy Assumption Pochaev Lavra, the UOC Information…

In a statement released Sunday, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew expressed his revulsion and deep shock at the murderous shootings at El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, “which killed and injured many of our fellow citizens,” reads the statement. Patriarch Bartholomew said he strongly condemns “all acts of hatred, be it racial, religious or social, but also…