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Coconut Creek, FL: Metropolitan Nicholas visits Paideia Classical Academy

On Monday, February 3, Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America & New York paid an archpastoral visit to Paideia Classical Academy in Coconut Creek, FL. His Eminence was warmly greeted by […]

Coconut Creek, FL: Synodal Liturgical Music Commission to hold Singing Workshop

From February 28-March 1, instructors affiliated with the Synodal School of Liturgical Music will lead the workshop "Let My Prayer Arise: Orthodox Chant in ROCOR Tradition," at the Paideia Classical Academy […]

Pompano Beach, FL: Metropolitan Nicholas performs Archpastoral Visit to St. Luke the Blessed Surgeon Church

On Saturday the 1st and Sunday the 2nd of February, Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America & New York visited St. Luke the Blessed Surgeon Church in Pompano Beach, FL and […]

Mayfield, PA: Bishop Luke celebrates Liturgy in St. John the Baptist Cathedral

On January 26, the Sunday after the Theophany of our Lord, Eastern American Diocesan vicar Bishop Luke of Syracuse performed an archpastoral visit to St. John the Baptist Cathedral in […]

Boston, MA: Metropolitan Nicholas officiates Divine Services in Holy Epiphany Church

On Saturday the 25th and Sunday the 26th of January, His Eminence Nicholas, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, paid an archpastoral visit to Holy Epiphany Church in Roslindale […]

Mt. Crawford, VA: Holy Myrrhbearers Parish begins Iconography Project

In recent weeks, the clergy and parishioners of Holy Myrrhbearers Church in Mount Crawford, VA, have been overjoyed to witness the beginning of a long-awaited penultimate project in the construction […]

Mahopac, NY: Bishop Jerome officiates Theophany Services at New Kursk Root Hermitage

On Saturday the 18th and Sunday the 19th of January, the great feast of the Theophany of the Lord, Bishop Jerome (Shaw) celebrated Divine Liturgy in Nativity of the Mother […]

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 […]

New Martyr John Popov: A Genius of Theology

Natalia VashchinaHe was so inconvenient for the government, his personality was so significant, and his authority in Orthodox circles was so high that he had to be dealt with once […]

UOC lawyer: America funds the persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (+VIDEO)

Robert Amsterdam and the firm have spoken with Western media outlets and international human rights organizations many times in order to raise awareness of the Ukrainian government’s plans to ban […]

8 hierarchs for the feast of St. Xenia of St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg festively celebrated the memory of one of its most beloved saints, Blessed Xenia, on Thursday, February 6. […]

Liturgy in ruins of Antioch church two years after earthquake

The services were celebrated under a canopy, with a makeshift iconostasis of icons on tripod stands set up in front of a huge pile of rubble. […]

The oldest wooden church in the Urals restored

According to an administrative document from 1707, the church was built in 1617, though local tradition says it actually dates to 1500. […]

The “Assuage My Sorrow” Icon

January 25/February 7Tradition relates that the first time this icon was glorified was in the second half of the eighteenth century. […]

The Patience and Faith of the Saints

Revelation: Removing the Veil, Part 26Metropolitan Athanasios of LimassolRevelation was written to tell us that Christ will prevail. […]

Icon Fundraiser to Grow Future Building Fund

Members of Saint Timothy are mounting and selling icons as a fundraiser for the mission.  All proceeds go directly to

Father German Ciuba to Serve in May and June

Visiting Priest, Abbot German Ciuba, will be offering Divine Services for Saint Timothy Mission during his visit to North Carolina

Baptism of Spyridon and Katherine

Spyridon (Ethan) Two new faithful were welcomed into Saint Timothy Mission Saturday afternoon upon their baptism – Ethan (now Spyridon)

Father Jonah Campbell to Visit Saint Timothy Mission

The visiting priest will provide services for October 9th and 10th Saint Timothy Mission looks forward to a visit this

Saint Timothy Mission Celebrates One Year Anniversary

Attendees of Saint Timothy’s Founder’s Day Celebration On Thursday, September 16th, 2021, many of the faithful of Saint Timothy Mission

Saint Timothy Mission Approaches First Anniversary

Looking Over the Past Year Almost one year ago, in September 2020, a small but determined group of faithful Orthodox