Category: Religion
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The Holy Spirit Was Upon Simeon
Photo: days.pravoslavie.ru In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit! Today the Holy Church is celebrating the… Read More
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Kenyan bishop recalls personal history with Patriarch Kirill, urging reconciliation between Patriarchates
Nairobi, Kenya, February 13, 2025 The future Met. Makarios of Nairobi (left) and the future Pat. Kirill of Moscow (right). Photo: Romfea “It is… Read More
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Baptisms in Africa brings dozens into the Church
Kenya and Chiradzulu District, Malawi, February 13, 2025 Photo: Facebook More than two dozen people were baptized into the holy Orthodox Church in two… Read More
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Schismatics threaten priest’s family, seize another church
Vendichany, Vinnitsa, Province, Ukraine, February 13, 2025 The men are using a buzzsaw to cut the locks off the doors of the Church of the… Read More
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Hieromartyr Nikolai Mezenstev
Hieromartyr Nikolai was born on September 8, 1863, in the village of Krasnaya Slobodka, Trubchevsky County, Orel Province, into the family of a psalmist, Dmitry… Read More
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50th anniversary of Metropolitan Longin of New Gračanica’s ordination to priesthood
Chicago, February 14, 2025 Photo: newgracanica.org The feast of the Three Holy Hierarchs—Sts. Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom—was a double… Read More
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Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Rich in poverty
Jer. 17:5-8 / Ps. 1:1-4, 6 / 1 Cor. 15:12, 16-20 / Lk. 6:17, 20-26 The blessings and woes we hear in today’s Gospel mark… Read More
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ROCOR’s Metropolitan Mark on pilgrimage to Macedonian Orthodox Church-Ohrid Archbishopric
North Macedonia, February 14, 2025 Met. Mark celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the St. Clement of Ohrid Cathedral in Skopje. Photo: mpc-spe.mk His Eminence… Read More
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UK Mass attendance jumps significantly, numbers still not quite pre-pandemic
Mass attendance throughout England and Wales increased by almost 50,000 people between 2022 and 2023, which a leading Catholic professor believes could be the catalyst… Read More
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Estonia demands Orthodox Church to change its name, then refuses to register new name
Tartu County, Estonia, February 14, 2025 St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Tallinn. Photo: visitestonia.com The Estonian Orthodox Church has changed its name twice in… Read More