Leaders of Various Georgian Monasteries in America Removed from Their Positions

Ashley, Pennsylvania, March 20, 2025 Bp. Saba with the now-deposed Abbess Aemilane. Photo: saintnina-monastery.org      The Georgian Orthodox Diocese in North America has defrocked and removed the heads of three of its monasteries in America. The diocese announced on Tuesday: To the faithful of our Holy Diocese, we announce that, as of March 17 of…

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The EU: The Neglected Middle Sibling in Global Politics Must Mature

Image by Markus Spiske. European Union leaders often speak of unity, sustainability and long-term vision, yet the EU’s recent actions, from its abandonment of its already insufficient sustainability regulations to its rearmament plan, both of which bypassed democratic processes, instead prioritising corporate lobby groups, suggest it is trapped in myopic thinking, reacting to events set…

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The Journey and Blessings of Elder Iliy: Volume 1 – Early Years, Conflict, and a Fortuitous Discovery

In 2017, Pravoslavie.ru published this article by Olga OrlovaOrlova, Olga “>Olga Orlova on Schema-Archimandrite Iliy (Nozdrin)Iliy (Nozdrin), Schema-Archimandrite”>Schema-Archimandrite Iliy (Nozdrin), who had just turned eighty-five. He was born fifteen years after the beginning of the Bolshevik revolution, precisely on the day it began. His name day, which according to Orthodox tradition falls on the eighth…

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