According to a recent tradition, the feast of the Equal-to-the-Apostles St. Vladimir the Great and the anniversary of the Baptism of Rus’ were festively celebrated with a Baptismal Divine Liturgy in the Neman River in Belarus. The service was celebrated by Archpriest Anatoly Gerasimuk, the head of the local deanery, and other local […]
Noted British Author Paul Kingsworth Baptized at Orthodox Monastery in Ireland
The noted British author, thinker, and activist Paul Kingsnorth was united to Christ in holy Baptism at the Romanian Orthodox monastery in Shannonbridge, Ireland, on the feast of Christ’s Baptism on January 6 this year. “As a Western newcomer to Orthodoxy, I have a lifetime’s learning journey ahead of me, but I already feel like […]
New Churches Built and Consecrated Throughout Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Earlier this month, OrthoChristian reported that 9 churches of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church had been consecrated in one week. Despite pressure and persecution from state, regional, and local officials and from the schismatic “Orthodox Church of Ukraine” (OCU), the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church under His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All […]
Ukrainian Orthodox Church Consecrates 9 Churches in One Week, Remains Largest Confession in Ukraine Despite Persecution
Despite pressure and persecution from state, regional, and local officials and from the schismatic “Orthodox Church of Ukraine” (OCU), the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church under His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine remains the largest religious confession in Ukraine by far and continues to grow. Ukrainian media sources regularly feature stories of new […]
New Convent Under Construction in Madagascar
Just days after the church at St. Joseph the Hesychast Monastery in Toliara, Madagascar was consecrated comes news that the monastic presence in the African country continues to grow, with a new convent being built there. “Another monastery is being built by the tireless efforts of His Eminence Metropolitan Ignatios of North Madagascar,” reports the Friends […]
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