Jabłeczna, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland, March 20, 2025 Photo: notesfrompoland.com Polish authorities are worried that the historic Orthodox Monastery of St. Onuphrius in Jabłeczna in eastern Poland could eventually find itself outside of Polish territory. Poland’s national water authority has announced a project to reinforce the Bug River’s banks along the Belarus border, responding to…
Springfield, Virginia, March 20, 2025 Photo: oca.org His Grace Bishop Alexei of Sitka and Alaska of the Orthodox Church in America has been formally elevated to the status of Archbishop. The Orthodox Church in America reports: The Holy Synod meeting today under the presidency of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, Wednesday, March 19, 2025, unanimously…
Athens, March 21, 2025 Photo: Romfea Another scandal has erupted surrounding “artwork” on display at Greece’s National Gallery in Athens, this time blaspheming one of the Church’s most well-known prayers. Orthodox protests against blasphemous display in Greek National GalleryThe National Gallery in Athens, Greece, is currently hosting an exhibition entitled The Allure of the…
Warsaw, March 21, 2025 St. Szymon Fedorońko (left), St. Włodzimierz Ochab (right). Photo: Wikipedia, swzygmunt.knc.pl At its session on Tuesday, March 18, the Holy Synod of the Polish Orthodox Church canonized three priests who were martyred in 1940 and those who were killed with them. In particular, the hierarchs canonized Archpriest Col. Szymon Fedorońko,…
On Rejoice O Valaam, beloved of St. Herman!In beautiful Lake Ladoga, the largest in the formerly Finnish territory of Karelia, is the Athos of the North—the Valaam Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior. “>Valaam, in honor of the feast of the 40 Holy Martyrs of Sebaste“>Forty Martyrs of Sebaste, the pastry workshop of the…
