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Online registration for the 2026 General Assembly of the Eastern American Diocese has opened on the diocesan website. With the blessing of His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas, the assembly will be […]

The National Association of Russian Explorers (NORR) celebrated its 60th camp in the Catskill Mountains of New York. […]

On Saturday, August 1, the feast of the Uncovering of the Relics of Venerable Seraphim, Wonderworker of Sarov, the eponymous parish in Sea Cliff, NY, celebrated its patronal feast day. […]

On Saturday the 1st and Sunday the 2nd of August, the feast of the Holy Prophet Elijah, with the blessing of Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America & New York, a […]

In a world marked by haste, uncertainty, and a silent, creeping existential void, the call of faith emerges not as an echo of the past, but as a beacon of […]

Every year, St. George Pathfinders of America’s New York-based "Tsarskoe Selo" Chapter holds a summer camp for boy and girl scouts of Russian heritage in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate […]
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 […]

A new bookVera AndrejukHow hard it was for the brothers in, the far north! Although autumn brought rain and wind to the brethren, the monks could not help but admire […]

Sermon on the Feast-Day of Greatmartyr PanteleimonHierodeacon Iliodor (Schevchuk)St. Panteleimon was a physician, but at those moments when his profession could not bring any benefit, he turned to God so […]

Archimandrite Melchisedek (Artiukhin)Some revere the monastic way of life while being unable to fully understand it; some consider it the pinnacle of Christian life, others an unnecessary extreme. […]

Anastasiia LutcenkoSt. Theodore reminds us that holiness is also possible in the midst of responsibility, public service and difficult decisions. He fulfilled his duty with courage, but he never allowed […]

Archimandrite Ioanichie (Balan)St. John (Iacob) was a holy hesychast of our days, who struggled for twenty-four years in the Holy Land, in the Jordan Valley and in the desert of […]

Commemorated October 2/15 and July 23/August 5Pavel AstakhovWhen it came to preserving lives, Ushakov did not divide officers and sailors into first and second class, and he did everything possible […]

Svetlana RybakovaSt. Mary shared in the apostolic labors, preaching the Gospel among women. And she remained faithful to the Lord not only in the days of His glory, but also […]






