The Russian embassy in Zagreb is leading efforts to restore the only Russian Orthodox Church in Croatia. The chapel was built by Russian émigrés in Croatia during the 1920s. In his comments, carried by the news agency Tass, Russian ambassador Anvar Azimov said the St. Nicholas the Wonderworker church was built on the coast of…

The Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church this week commenced a program called “Liberation through Literature”, an outreach initiative aimed to establish libraries with spiritual materials in correctional facilities around the country. The program is managed by the Sts. Cyril & Methodius Orthodox Cultural Center in Warsaw.

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Reports of persecution and attacks against Christians around the world continue unabated, especially in areas were Islam is the dominant religion — as well as in countries in the Far East where atheism is promoted by the state. In places ranging from south Asia, the Middle East to west Africa, extremist groups and terrorists are…

The deeply devotional Akathist Hymn, meaning the “unseated hymn”, will be recited today, Friday, at Orthodox Cathedrals around the world. The name derives from the fact that during the chanting of the hymn, all able-bodied congregants are expected to remain standing, in reverence to the Theotokos, the Virgin Mary. The Akathist Hymn is recited a…

The Great Commission was the theme of the Metropolis of San Francisco 2019 Clergy-Laity Assembly which was attended by over 180 clergy and lay delegates from Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. This annual gathering was held at Saint Nicholas Ranch and Retreat Center in Squaw Valley, California, and was replete with engaging…

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Romania’s Ministry of National Defence has announced that they plan to restore the Romanian Honorary Cemetery in Mana, Orhei district, the Republic of Moldova. The cemetery shelters the tombs of 16 Romanian soldiers who died on battlefields during World War II. The Ministry added that they will take ‘all necessary steps to restore the tombs…

“Patience – This is a great virtue,” the Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, emphasized this week, in a statement to commemorate the 107th anniversary of the birth of Elder Cleopa Ilie. The Romanian Patriarch spoke at the Patriarchical seat in Bucharest to gathered Orthodox Church clerics, where he noted that patience is often…