Tallinn, April 2, 2025 Photo: orthodox.ee After a battle lasting several months, the Estonian Orthodox Church was finally able to register with a new legal name on Monday, March 31. Thus, the Estonian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate is now officially known as the Estonian Orthodox Christian Church (without mention of the Moscow Patriarchate), which it…
Edessa, Greece, April 1, 2025 Photo: orthodoxianewsagency.gr St. Kallinikos of Edessa, a 20th-century Holy Hierarch of the Church of Greece who was canonized by the Patriarchate of Constantinople in New saint: Metropolitan Kallinikos of Edessa (1918-1984) canonized by ConstantinopleThe bells of the Holy Metropolis of Edessa and Pella of the Greek Orthodox Church rung…
Doha, Qatar, April 2, 2025 Photo: Antiochian Patriarchate An historic event took place on Friday, March 28, as the primate of the Antiochian Patriarchate concelebrated with hierarchs of the Jerusalem Patriarchate for the first time since communion was restored between the ancient Churches after nearly a decade in the Antiochian Patriarchate restores communion with…
“The Standing of St. Mary of Egypt” (Thursday of the Great Canon “>Thursday of the Great Canon in the Typikon) is the name of Thursday’s Matins service of the Fifth Week of Great Lent (typically served, however, on Wednesday evening). During this Matins service, the The Great Canon of Repentance by St. Andrew, Bishop…
Photo Credit: Marsai Martin/Instagram The fashionable woman that is Marsai Martin! The ‘Black-ish’ star arrived at the Los Angeles premiere of her latest film, ‘G20,’ in a dazzling burgundy Gaurav Gupta gown, making a bold style statement. Styled by Wayman and Micah, Marsai’s strapless, floor-length gown shimmered with sequins, its fitted bodice highlighting her silhouette…
A new 3D animated short, ‘Sopo’, is on the way from Creele Animation Studios, a Nigerian startup based in Lagos. Directed by Nissi Ogulu, a co-founder of the studio, the film draws inspiration from the early life of legendary Afrobeat pioneer Fela Aníkúlápó–Kuti. Loosely adapted from ‘Dis Fela Sef! The Legend(s) Untold,’ a memoir by…
