Category: Religion

Unfortunately, thanks to the internet and television, such Western “holidays” as Halloween have spread to Orthodox countries where people could never even have imagined them.… Read More

As Ohio’s Nov. 7 abortion referendum vote nears, a pro-abortion organization called Catholics for Choice has set up billboards throughout Ohio encouraging Catholics to support… Read More

Moscow, October 31, 2023      A circular was distributed to all the diocesan hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church on October 26, calling for special… Read More

There are different ways of being excluded in life. Earlier this year, one of my older brothers died. By every indication he had lived an… Read More

byzantinepainting.com      This homily of St. John Vostorgov (1864–1918) was given at the Stavropol Boys’ School on October 31, 1893, marking both the feast of… Read More

St. Wolfgang of Ratisbon was born around the year 934, in southwestern Germany. As a member of the nobility, he received private tutoring, and went… Read More

On October 21, 2016, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church canonized Chosen By God: Life of Abbess Arsenia of Ust-MedveditsThe amazing purity of… Read More

An assault at a San Francisco Catholic church on Sunday led to a police pursuit that reportedly included the possible use of a pipe bomb.… Read More

Gaza, October 30, 2023 Photo: Facebook      A mass Baptism for children was held this weekend at the monastery that has been housing hundreds of… Read More

The Vatican’s nearly monthlong Synod on Synodality assembly, convened by Pope Francis, concluded with members approving an ambitious text calling for greater “co-responsibility” among all… Read More