Category: Religion

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock Our world is a world of locked gates, bolted doors, barred windows, and guard dogs watching over our possessions. When we …

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — After experiencing progressive improvement the past few days, Pope Francis experienced “an isolated crisis of bronchospasm” which led to coughing and “vomiting with inhalation,” which …

Rostuše, North Macedonia, February 19, 2025 Met. Mark serving at Bigorsky Monastery. Photo: bigorski.org.mk      His Eminence Metropolitan Mark of Berlin and Germany, the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of …

Sasha. Artist: Maria Vishnyak Icons should first of all attune you to prayer. If you’re just standing in front of an icon, thinking how well it was painted (or, …

     Great LentGreat Lent “>Lent is the season given to Orthodox Christians for sincere Spiritual FastingLet the mind fast, not permitting empty and bad thoughts; let the heart fast, …

Warsaw, February 18, 2025 Photo: orthodox.pl      The Polish Orthodox Church hosted the World Day of Orthodox Youth again this year in Warsaw. The event, which drew young Orthodox …

When the recent Los Angeles fires forced the local Capuchin Franciscan friars to evacuate, they sought shelter at the Pasadena Convention Center along with hundreds of others. There, they …

Madrid, February 17, 2025 Photo: ​cerkov-ru.com      The beautiful frescoes of the Russian Orthodox cathedral in Madrid were festively consecrated on Saturday, February 15. Photo: cerkov-ru.com      The Divine …

It’s 39 years since I was received into full communion with the Catholic Church. In some ways it seems like an eon ago. In other ways it seems like …

Washington, D.C., February 18, 2025 Photo: mospat.ru      A documentary focusing on the current persecution of Ukrainian Orthodox Christians by Ukrainian authorities was shown in Washington, D.C. last week. …