Tag: Christianity
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Ukrainian diocese donates medical equipment and medicine worth 1 mln hryvnia to treat children with cancer
Sumy, Sumy Province, Ukraine, August 15, 2024 Met. Evlogy visits patients. Photo: portal-pravoslavie.sumy.ua Every year, the Sumy Diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church collections… Read More
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French government warns of ‘very high’ terrorist threat on Catholic solemnity
The French government is urging “extreme vigilance” in the face of a “very high” terrorist threat to religious demonstrations and places of worship on the… Read More
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Monastery of St. Ephraim in Nea Makri saved from wildfire at last minute
Nea Makri, East Attica, Greece, August 15, 2024 Photo: orthodoxianewsagency.gr The Monastery of St. Ephraim of Nea Makri in East Attica was narrowly saved… Read More
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What does the Assumption mean today?
“By the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, of the Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and by our own authority, we pronounce, declare, and define… Read More
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Another church taken and sealed at the persecuted Kiev Caves Lavra
Kiev, August 15, 2024 Photo: spzh.live The administration of the state-run Kiev Caves Lavra Museum and Preserve, the body that legally owns the Lavra,… Read More
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Why Pope Francis wants us to slow down and read a good book
In 2019, on his return flight home from a papal trip to Thailand and Japan, Pope Francis was asked a question by Father Makoto Yamamoto,… Read More
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Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
August 15th is the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. On this day, the Church recognizes that Mary was taken, body and… Read More
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Greek monasteries evacuated due to raging wildfires
Attica Region, Greece, August 13, 2024 Fighting the fire at St. Ephraim Monastery in Nea Makri. Photo: Vima Orthodoxias (YouTube) Residents of nearly 10… Read More
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Pan-Orthodox celebration with Kursk Root Icon for feast of St. Petka in Sydney, Australia
Sydney, August 13, 2024 By Aleksandar Mladenovski Photo: macedonianorthodoxdiocese.org.au On Thursday, August 8, when the holy Orthodox Church celebrates the feast of the Great… Read More
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Ortega government closes Caritas chapter amid wave of arrests in Nicaraguan diocese
Nicaragua has revoked the legal status of the Caritas chapter in the Diocese of Matagalpa and continued arresting priests and laity there, delivering another blow… Read More