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On January 11, the Sunday after Christ’s Nativity, that of the Holy Ancestors of God, His Eminence Nicholas, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, celebrated Divine Liturgy in the […]
The Diocesan Media Office has published photo-reports of the Nativity of our Lord in parishes and monasteries of the Eastern American Diocese on the diocesan website. […]
The clergy and parishioners of the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City celebrated the great feast of the Nativity of Christ. The solemn All-Night Vigil on Tuesday […]
I warmly greet you all with love on the great holidays of the Nativity of Christ, Theophany, and the New Year, sincerely wishing you inner peace, joy, and tranquility, renewal […]
I sincerely greet you all on the radiant feast of the Nativity of our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ, and I address you with the words of the […]
The Russian-language documentary series "Jordanville: Heart of Russian Orthodoxy in the USA" on Channel Spas introduces viewers to the life of Orthodox Christians in Jordanville, NY, and tells the story […]
On January 4, the Sunday before the Nativity of Christ, that of the Holy Fathers, His Eminence Nicholas, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, celebrated Divine Liturgy in the […]
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 […]

The article questions why many primates choose silence or vague statements about peace while avoiding naming the persecution, citing fears of being seen as supporting Moscow, frozen pan-Orthodox relations, and […]

Archpriest Christopher Stade, the longtime rector of St. John Chrysostom Orthodox Church in House Springs, Missouri (Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia), reposed in the Lord on January 9. […]

Expert examination by the Andrei Rublev Museum of Ancient Russian Culture and Art has confirmed the icon dates to the last third of the 18th century, making it the oldest […]

The Cardiff parish describes itself as a warm and welcoming multi-national and multi-generational community of Orthodox Slavs and British people. Services are celebrated in Church Slavonic, English, and Welsh. […]

The Romanian Orthodox Mission of St. Gregory the Theologian was established on August 26, 2017 through the efforts of Fr. Nicolae Clempuș. In December 2020, the community moved to its […]

Metropolitan Luke (Kovalenko)We are often accustomed to perceiving grace as a kind of “cloud of comfort,” an invisible energy meant to solve our problems, calm our nerves, or magically set […]

400th Anniversary of the Holy Dormition-Vysha Hermitage, Part 1Varvara KashirinaThe monastery has gone through many periods throughout its long history: It was closed and abolished, but then, against all odds, […]





