Lamia, Fthiotida, Greece, April 16, 2025 Photo: imfth.gr One metropolis within the Orthodox Church of Greece has distributed 32,000 ready meals, care packages, and Pascha gifts to help the less fortunate. “The Holy Metropolis of Fthiotida and Metropolitan Symeon of Fthiotida wanted, at the beginning of Holy Week, beyond the spiritual call of the…
Wayne, West Virginia, April 16, 2025 Photo: eadiocese.org The brotherhood of Holy Cross Monastery (Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia) in Wayne, West Virginia, elected a new abbot on Palm Sunday. This decision was made in light of the Prayers requested for Abbot Seraphim of Holy Cross Monastery in West VirginiaThe brotherhood of Holy Cross…
Istanbul, April 16, 2025 Photo: imgix.net Turkey has launched an ambitious restoration project focused on the dome of the 1,486-year-old Hagia Sophia, marking one of the most significant repair efforts in the monument’s long history, experts announced on Monday. The comprehensive project will reinforce the main dome and half domes of the historic structure,…
JOS – It was a bloodletting Palm Sunday (13th April 2025) in Plateau State after Islamic Jihadists reported to be Fulani militia slaughtered 51 Christians in the Bassa Community of the state located in Central Nigeria. According to reports from various Nigerian national dailies, the genocide happened at night shortly after the Christians celebrated the…
Hatfield, Hertfordshire County, England, April 14, 2025 Photo: thyateira.org.uk A truly glorious event took place on Lazarus Saturday, April 12, at Twelve Apostles Greek Orthodox Church in Hatfield, Hertfordshire County, England. That day, nearly 200 individuals were received into the Orthodox Church at the church an hour north of London, reports the Archdiocese of…
