Crete, April 9, 2025 Photo: romfea.gr Another hierarch from the Greek Orthodox world reposed in the Lord yesterday, April 8. Metropolitan Damaskinos of Kydonia and Apokoronou, Hypertimos, and Exarch of the Cretan and Myrtoo Sea had been facing serious health issues recently, “fighting a brave and humble daily battle against his illness,” reports Romfea….
Photo: kasheloff.ru On RepentanceFather Kyrik was an experienced practitioner of the prayer of the heart and edified his spiritual children primarily through his own example. “>Part 1 Now let us talk about On ConfessionThe main thing in Confession is that the grace of the Holy Spirit is at work there. “>Confession to a spiritual…
Kiev, April 8, 2025 Photo: spzh.eu Voices of protest are rising from across the Orthodox Christian world as religious leaders and monastic communities condemn the Ukrainian government’s recent decision to conduct scientific examinations on the sacred relics of saints in the Kiev Caves Lavra. The controversial examinations, conducted by a commission that included anatomists,…
Moscow, April 8, 2025 Moscow Tatar Orthodox Christian Community On the night of April 2, an Orthodox Tatar and altar server was brutally murdered in a church in Moscow. Some are already calling Ilyas Safovich Safiullin a martyr, especially considering that he converted to Orthodoxy from Islam eight years ago. His Holiness Patriarch Kirill…
Moscow, April 8, 2025 Photo: patriarchia.ru Yesterday marked the 100th anniversary of the great Holy Hierarch and Confessor Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow, a beloved saint for the churches in both America and Russia. That his feast not be eclipsed by the great feast of the Annunciation, it was moved to the day prior, April…
