American historian and architecture expert William Brumfield discovers a remarkable wooden church connected to the Christianization of Russia. The village of Bogoslov, on the western outskirts of Rostov-the-Great, is beautiful in itself, but it is renowned for the nearby wooden church of St. John the Divine. This remarkable monument was built in the late 17th…

On the eve of the feast of the Baptism of Rus’, the much-anticipated All-Ukrainian Cross Procession was held. After a moleben, over 300,000 believers walked on foot over 2 miles from St. Vladimir’s Hill to the Kiev Caves Lavra to celebrate the Baptism of Rus’. On July 28, after the festal Liturgy, three new saints…

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The Saint Maxim the Greek Institute, with the support of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopaidi, is introducing the ‘Evyenios Voulgaris’ Scholarship Programme. Evyenios Voulgaris (1716-1806) served as principal of the Athoniada School, which had been established by the Holy Monastery of Vatopaidi. In his day, he was the greatest and most important Greek…

This year marked the 68th celebration of Petrovdan for the Fresno faithful as we gathered as the Eucharistic parish community which has been mystically identified with Ss. Peter & Paul—through Christ—to specifically ask them to intercede in our behalf, and to glorify God “who is wonderful in His saints.” The day began with the celebration…

  Hundreds of worshippers from the greater New York City area gathered on Sunday for the annual Great procession of the miraculous icon of St. Irene Chrysovalantou – in the Astoria district in the borough of Queens – which was held after the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at the Sacred Patriarchal and Stavropegial Orthodox Monastery of…

  The Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, referred to the significant role played by Egypt, Greece and Cyprus in consolidating and preserving peace and stability in the southeast Mediterranean, addressing worshippers during a Divine Liturgy at the Monastery of St. Savvas the Sanctified, in Alexandria. “Our Greece, our Cyprus,…

  The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, on Sunday led a Holy Cross procession to the Monument to Vladimir the Great, in the Russian capital’s central Borovitskaya Square – and after an earlier prayer service at the Kremlin’s Assumption Cathedral. The prayer service marked the Day of the Christianization of the…

  The Archbishop of Tirana and All Albania, His Beatitude Anastasios, visited the Metropolis of Gortyna and Megalopoli, in the central Peloponnese of southern Greece, over the weekend. In the historic village of Stemnitsa, His Beatitude presided at the sacrament of marriage of two of his spiritual offspring, and also attended the Divine Liturgy at…