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Number of Orthodox Increase, Catholics Decrease in Central, Eastern Europe

June 22, 2017 By Fr. John 10 Comments

The majority of residents of Central and Eastern Europe are Orthodox Christians, their numbers increasing while those of Catholics have been decreasing, according to new findings of the Pew Research Center. Overall, about 57% consider themselves Orthodox, including residents of ten countries with an Orthodox majority, including Russia, Ukraine, Greece, Belarus, Bulgaria, Serbia, Georgia, and […]

Filed Under: Latest Stories, News Tagged With: catholic, central, eastern, europe, orthodox

Catholics and Lutherans Converting to Orthodoxy in Latvia

June 21, 2017 By Fr. John 4 Comments

The Orthodox Church in Latvia is increasingly filling up with former Catholics and Lutherans. by Grigory Shugaev European Christians are complaining about the emptying of churches. The older generation is dying, and only a few adherents are replacing them. It would seem that a Catholic country such as France, at the Easter services—and not just anywhere […]

Filed Under: Latest Stories, Lutheran, News, Roman Catholics Tagged With: converts, Latvia, Latvian Orthodox Church, orthodoxy

In Honor of St. Nicholas, the Great Procession of Velikoretskoe

June 14, 2017 By Fr. John 1 Comment

This year the pilgrimage in conjunction with the presence of the relics of St. Nicholas from Bari. On Thursday, June 8, one of the largest processions in Russia – indeed a real pilgrimage – was completed, the “Veliko-Peoplesko-Russian, or pan-Russian procession”, to a village in the north of the country. This year the procession was […]

Filed Under: Latest Stories, News Tagged With: procession, st. nicholas of myra

Amazing Miracles That Communism Couldn’t Stop

June 12, 2017 By Fr. John Leave a Comment

God survived in Russia. Communism did not. by Patti Armstrong Communist governments don’t like religion. They are not even too fond of their own people. Death comes easily and frequently to their citizens. The global communist body count is estimated to be over 149,469,000 citizens killed or starved to death by their own governments since […]

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“Orthodoxy is Non-Negotiable for Moldova”

May 10, 2017 By Fr. John 2 Comments

Is Orthodoxy non-negotiable for you? For us? See also this “97% of Moldovans Identify as Orthodox Christians“ President Igor Dodon of Moldova says there are four things that are absolutely non-negotiable for his country. “I always tell all our partners that there are three or four things which I can never allow to be up for […]

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