Tag: Christianity

Today, December 20, marks twelve years since the Holy Synod of the Georgian Orthodox Church, headed by Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II, canonized Archimandrite St. Gabriel (Urgebadze)… Read More

Since President-elect Donald Trump’s Nov. 5 victory, most Americans expect him to tackle the issue of immigration within the first 100 days of reoccupying the… Read More

Cetinje, Montenegro, January 3, 2025 Photo: spc.rs      A gunman in Cetinje, Montenegro killed 12 people including two children before taking his own life on… Read More

Pau, France, January 3, 2025 Photo: znamhram.ru      A second parish community has been formed in the southwestern French city of Pau. This new parish,… Read More

Svyatogorsk, Donetsk Province, Ukraine, January 3, 2025 Photo: svlavra.church.ua      Another shipment of humanitarian aid has arrived at the Holy Dormition-Svyatogorsk Lavra in the Donetsk… Read More

Last December I found myself unable to shake a story I had read in the Wall Street Journal. It bothered me well into the new… Read More

Simferopol, Crimea, January 3, 2025 Photo: pravoslavie.ru      His Eminence Metropolitan Tikhon (Shevkunov) of Simferopol and Crimea made a sizable donation to a pair of… Read More

Is. 60:1-6 / Ps. 72:12, 7-8, 10-13 / Eph. 3:2-3, 5-6 / Mt. 2:1-12  An “epiphany” is an appearance. In today’s readings, with their rising… Read More

Inside the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Louis King of France for the celebration of the 11 a.m. Mass on Jan. 1 — the solemnity of Mary,… Read More

It is a great loss for humanity that the works of J.R.R. Tolkien have become a cinematic franchise, like “Star Wars” or the Marvel Universe.… Read More