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A 19th century wooden church was almost completely destroyed in the Kurgan province of Russia. The Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, which is a part of the Holy Kazan Monastery in the village of Chimeevo, Kurgan oblast, was ravished by a fire on Wednesday, which essentially destroyed the wooden church,…

Saint George’s Cathedral in the medieval town of Yuryev-Polsky of the Vladimir province is about to undergo major restoration, reports Pravoslavie.ru. Saint George’s Cathedral is famously the last extant stone structure built before the Mongol invasion period, constructed between 1230 to 1234. Time has been working against the magnificent cathedral and its one-of-a-kind stone carvings,…

  The new Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidoforos, will travel to Chicago on Friday, for a four-day visit to the Midwest metropolis. The visit will mark the second time that Elpidoforos has travelled from New York City after his enthronement last month. A week ago he attended a clergy-laity Assembly organized by the Holy…

  The Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan of Western and Southern Europe, His Eminence Joseph, this week laid the foundation stone for a new Orthodox Cathedral, dedicated to St. Stephen, in the French city of Montreuil. A cultural center will also be built next to the church.

  The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, extended his condolences to the families of the victims of a fire aboard a Russian navy research submersible in the Barents Sea, which killed 14 crew members this week. The Patriarch, in a statement, noted that “…I was extremely pained upon learning of the…

  The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Thursday visited the town hall of the Bosporus metropolis, where he extended his congratulations to newly elected mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu. In his comments, the Ecumenical Patriarch echoed his statement immediately following Imamoglu’s repeat election victory last month, calling for a “…sincere dialogue” with…

The Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece this week released figures showing that more than one million people in the country are provided with some form of assistance, mainly meals and groceries, provided by the Church through its huge humanitarian network around the country. In fact, the Church of Greece now fields more than 98,000 points…

In 2019, we started the Vidovdan celebration with the service of Holy Liturgy at the feast day and prayed for the repose of all the military leaders and soldiers who laid down their lives for our homeland and the Holy Cross, from Kosovo and before Kosovo to this day. Father Alexander in the Vidovdan sermon…