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On Tuesday, November 4, the feast of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America & New York paid an archpastoral visit to Our Lady […]

On Saturday the 1st and Sunday the 2nd of November, Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America & New York paid an archpastoral visit to Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church […]

The parish of St. John of Kronstadt Memorial Church in Utica, NY celebrated its parish feast day on Saturday, November 1. […]

On Saturday the 25th and Sunday the 26th of October, the Diocese of Chicago & Mid-America was honored to have His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America & New York, […]

Nun Maria (Valle) heads ROCOR’s School for Girls in Bethany, which has been in operation since 1937. This November, she will be visiting the Mid-American and Eastern American Dioceses to […]

On October 26, the Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the 7th Ecumenical Council, His Grace, Bishop Jerome (Shaw), paid an archpastoral visit to Holy New Martyrs & Confessors of […]

On Saturday, October 25, Priest Vadim Pismenny, cleric of St. Sergius of Radonezh Church in Golyanovo, (Moscow, Russia) reposed in the Lord. He was 63 years old. […]
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 […]

Priest Sergei BegiyanHow many times does Christ come to meet us with His grace, and how many times do we, like the Gadarenes, say to Him:“No, Lord, I can’t receive […]

For the Birthday of Righteous Paul of TaganrogSvetlana RybakovaRemarkably, the solemn translation of his relics was predicted by the saint himself shortly before his repose, when the elder was singing: […]

On November 4, the feast of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, thousands of Orthodox faithful participated in a city-wide procession in Tver following Divine Liturgy at the […]

Met. Arseny was recently sentenced to another 60 days of pre-trial detention after being released for less than a day following a year and a half in custody. […]

Mother Catherine of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia’s St. Catherine of Sinai Monastery in Sonora, CA, was formally installed as abbess yesterday. […]

The festive services took place on the feast day of the monastery’s patron saint. […]

In his sermon, the Metropolitan stressed that true fulfillment comes not from material possessions but from spiritual growth through prayer, almsgiving, and sincere repentance. […]





