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![Florence, Italy: Two Weddings Crown Visit of First Hierarch to Church of Nativity & Saint Nicholas](https://eadiocese.org/display_image.php?ext=jpg&relativeimage=images/news/2024/09-01-florence/457695385_10160835008803640_7758808276426391468_n.jpg&archive=0&final_h=67&final_w=90&percent=100)
On September 1, the 10th Sunday after Pentecost, a joyous series of events took place in the Church of the Nativity of Christ and St. Nicholas in Florence, Italy. The […]
![Jordanville, NY: Bishop Luke officiates Feast of Dormition in Holy Trinity Monastery](https://eadiocese.org/display_image.php?ext=jpg&relativeimage=images/news/2024/08-28-jville/PXL_20240828_005409613.NIGHT.jpg&archive=0&final_h=67&final_w=90&percent=100)
The feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos is celebrated very solemnly in Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY. In recent years, the Burial of the Mother of […]
On Tuesday the 27th and Wednesday the 28th of August, the great feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos, Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America & New York officiate […]
![North Port, FL: Dormition of the Mother of God in Our Lady of Pochaev Church](https://eadiocese.org/display_image.php?ext=jpg&relativeimage=images/news/2024/08-28-nport/image_50752257.jpg&archive=0&final_h=67&final_w=90&percent=100)
The Dormition is one of the most beloved and significant feasts of the Orthodox Church. The three great Lavras in Ukraine – Kiev Caves, Pochaev, and Svyatogorsk ‒ are dedicated […]
![Jordanville, NY: Rite of Consecration of Antimensia performed at Holy Trinity Monastery](https://eadiocese.org/display_image.php?ext=peg&relativeimage=images/news/2024/08-25-jville/10.jpeg&archive=0&final_h=67&final_w=90&percent=100)
On Sunday, August 25, with the blessing of His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas, Archbishop Gabriel of Montreal & Canada visited Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY. There, he presided over the […]
On August 25, the 9th Sunday after Pentecost and the Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America & New York celebrated Divine Liturgy in the […]
![Jordanville, NY: On Feast of Transfiguration, Bishop Luke celebrates Liturgy in Holy Trinity Monastery](https://eadiocese.org/display_image.php?ext=jpg&relativeimage=images/news/2024/08-19-jville/IMG_3821.jpg&archive=0&final_h=67&final_w=89&percent=100)
On Sunday the 18th and Monday the 19th of August, on the great feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Bishop Luke of Syracuse, vicar of the Eastern American Diocese, […]
The condition of the Primate of the Russian Church is satisfactory. The post His Holiness Patriarch Kirill Contracted the Coronavirus appeared first on A Russian Orthodox Church Website. […]
The 4th Plenary Session of the Commission for Dialogue between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Coptic Church took place from September 19 to 24, in Moscow. The Moscow Patriarchate membership […]
To the clergy, monastics, and faithful of the Orthodox Church in America, As Hurricane Ian approaches Florida and as we see the extensive damage to the Atlantic Provinces from Hurricane […]
The Patriarch noted that fraternal peoples should not be separated by an "impenetrable wall of hatred." The post Patriarch Kirill: The Church Prays for the Fraternal Strife to End as […]
At the beginning of the new academic year, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel sent a message to all students, urging them to combine study with prayer. The patriarchal message focuses on […]
On Tuesday, 13 September, 2022, the members of the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, led by His Eminence Metropolitan Mark of Berlin and Germany, […]
His Holiness Patriarch Porfirije once again donated blood for the needs of hospitals. The post Voluntary Blood Donation Takes Place in Churches in Serbia appeared first on A Russian Orthodox […]
![Fr. Seraphim Celebrations in Platina](http://www.pravoslavie.ru/sas/image/104415/441590.p.jpg)
On Monday, September 2, over one hundred pilgrims arrived at the hillside desert monastery of St. Herman of Alaska, co-founded by Fr. Seraphim (Rose). All wished to prayerfully commemorate the […]
![The Role of Christian Women](http://www.pravoslavie.ru/sas/image/104414/441413.p.jpg)
Strength of Spirit, Part 4St. Seraphim (Chichagov)How infinitely far they are from understanding the true glory and majesty of the mother of a family who raises her son in truth, […]
![The Prophecies of Sts, Cosmas of Aitolia and Paisios the Hagiorite on the Liberation of the Balkans and Constantinople](http://www.pravoslavie.ru/sas/image/103457/345767.p.jpg)
Athanasios ZoitakisThe saint was not only an outstanding Orthodox enlightener; he is truly considered a great prophet of latter times. St. Cosmas of Aitolia left a great number of stunningly […]
![OCA bishop of Alaska leading pilgrimage to Russian birthplace of St. Innocent of Alaska](http://www.pravoslavie.ru/sas/image/104415/441515.p.jpg)
Tomorrow, the American delegation will present the film Sacred Alaska at the Anga Youth House and will tell about the preaching of Russian missionaries among the peoples of Alaska in […]
![Constantinople condemns ROC’s African Exarchate and “Russian World” theory](http://www.pravoslavie.ru/sas/image/104415/441507.p.jpg)
The Synaxis included presentations on several themes, including “The Church and Geopolitical Issues, with a presentation of the genesis, development, and application of the so-called ‘Russian World’ theory.” […]
![595th anniversary of Moldovan monastery](http://www.pravoslavie.ru/sas/image/104414/441496.p.jpg)
The first documentary attestation of the monastery came in 1429, when Prince Alexander the Good issued a decree granting it the status of a royal monastery. […]
![Why Don’t Orthodox Christians Pray in Their Own Words?](http://www.pravoslavie.ru/sas/image/104414/441454.p.jpg)
Priest Anthony RusakevichFrom people who are not church-goers or are far from Christianity one complaint against the Orthodox Church is an outsider’s lack of understanding of the service in general […]