Tag: Christianity

Jon. 3:1-5,10 / Ps. 25:4-9 / 1 Cor. 7:29-31 / Mk. 1:14-20 The calling of the brothers in today’s Gospel evokes Elisha’s commissioning by the… Read More

Avgolida, Karpas Peninsula, Cyprus, January 17, 2024 Photo: politis.com.cy      An ancient ecclesiastical treasure in occupied Northern Cyprus has undergone emergency restoration. Greek and Turkish… Read More

St. Canutus (or Canute) took the throne of Denmark in 1080, succeeding his older brother Harold. He began his reign with a successful war against… Read More

Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, January 17, 2024 Photo: orthodoxmonasteryellwoodcity.org On January 6, the feast of Theophany, a long-time nun of the Transfiguration Monastery (Romanian Episcopate of… Read More

Vilnius, January 17, 2024 Fr. Justinus Kiviloo of Estonia is the head of Constantinople’s new structure. Photo: lrt.lt      Fr. Justinus Kiviloo celebrated his first… Read More

Moscow, January 18, 2024 Photo: ruskline.ru      Cyril Hovorun, formerly an archimandrite of the Moscow Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, has been defrocked by… Read More

A proposal from Maine legislators to codify the right to an abortion throughout a pregnancy in the state’s constitution has drawn the ire of the… Read More

Chervone, Zhytomyr Province, Ukraine, January 18, 2024 Photo: spzh.media      In a decision earlier this week, Ukrainian courts ordered the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church to… Read More

The drownings of three Mexican migrants in the Rio Grande has deepened a jurisdictional dispute between the U.S. federal and Texas state governments over responding… Read More

Bucharest; Keratsini, Piraeus Region, Greece, January 18, 2024 Photo: basilica.ro      On January 17, the Church celebrates one of its most beloved saints and the… Read More