Tag: Christianity
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Farewell to the Albanian poet from ‘Lunatics’ Lane’
John Buchan’s “Thirty-Nine Steps” was a famous spy novel published in 1915 dealing with German spies in Britain on the eve of the First World War.… Read More
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Synod document seeks responses to welcoming, serving everyone
The working document for the October assembly of the Synod of Bishops on synodality has called for responses to how all the baptized can better… Read More
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Beryl batters Texas Gulf Coast, flooding highways, cutting power to millions
Close to a foot of rain fell in just under 12 hours in parts of the Greater Houston area as Hurricane Beryl pushed into the… Read More
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On the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 84 people receive Orthodox Baptism
Center B (Baringo, Kenya), July 9, 2024 On July 7, 2024, on the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost, the Feast of All Saints who shone… Read More
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Marian Devotion, Orthodox and Roman Catholic
Photo: fotoload.ru Protestant critics of Orthodoxy fault us for many things, but one of the foremost of their objections is our devotion to Mary,… Read More
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In Blessed Father Stanley Rother, we see courage in faith
Most Catholics know to speak of the Church on earth as the Church Militant. They know, too, that the Church in heaven is the Church… Read More
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A Homily Delivered at Alexeyevsky Village on the Day of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God
Metropolitan Tryphon (Turkestanov)Tryphon (Turkestanov), Metropolitan “>Metropolitan Tryphon (Turkestanov) (November 29, 1861–June 14, 1934), noble-born in Moscow, was a highly respected hierarch of the Russian Orthodox… Read More
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Saint of the day: 120 martyrs of China
July 9 is the feast day celebrated for the 120 Martyrs of China, persecuted for their faith between 1648 and 1930. On October 1, 2000,… Read More
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In Trieste, pope counters dangers to democracy
Amid a spate of recent elections, including the European parliament, the UK, Iran and France, Pope Francis lamented the current state of democratic affairs throughout… Read More
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St. Nina and Leningrad: Church founded in honor of the enlightener of Iberia and the city saved by her prayers
St. Petersburg, July 8, 2024 Photo: foma.ru On July 5, 2024, a significant event took place in St. Petersburg—the foundation of a church with… Read More