by Shelley Widhalm For the past decade, the Rev. Evan Armatas has been quietly raising funds to give children in Africa the gift of an education. Armatas, a priest at the St. Spyridon Orthodox Church in Loveland, helped start the St. Nektarios Education Fund to put African students through school, but soon realized he could […]
Russian Patriarch Consecrates Church in Jerusalem A Century After Construction Began
File this one under – we don’t give up. Ever. Glory to God for All Things! Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia finally consecrated a Russian cathedral in a Jerusalem suburb on Monday, just over a century after construction began at the site. “Today is a special day for the convent, for the entire […]
Mercy As A Way Of Life
by Anastasia Pika A red cross on a white scarf, a white apron, and a modest gaze… One can meet these unusual women everywhere there are people in need, from prisons to closed psychiatric institutions. In Ukraine the largest community of sisters of mercy is in Kiev, at the Church of St. Michael, first Metropolitan […]
Many Muslims Baptized After the Death of Fr. Daniel Sisoyev
The reason for the murder of the priest Daniel Sysoev was the success of his mission among the Muslims, says his friend the famous missionary Father Oleg Stenyaev, according to the news agency Interfax-Religion. “A man gets killed when he is feared, when his spiritual superiority is feared. Father Daniel was threatened 14 times. And […]
Catholic Church in Holy Land Plans Switch to Orthodox Calendar for Pascha (Easter)
Things that make you go “hmmmm.” The Catholic churches of the Holy Land plan to observe Easter according to the Orthodox calendar, the head of the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land has announced. The change could come as early as next year. Father Pierbattista Pizzabella explained that the change was prompted by a desire […]
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