This article could be jokingly entitled, “A Friend Among Strangers, a Stranger Among Friends, or a Tale about How an Orthodox Woman Was Looking for a Church Among Mosques.” My trip to the capital of the mountains and the heart of the Caucasus has found a special place in my heart, leaving many unforgettable impressions…
On March 29, the Russian Orthodox Church honors the memory of St. Serapion, Archbishop of Novgorod. St. Serapion was born in the fifteenth century in the village of Pekhorka1 near Moscow into a family of ordinary villagers. His religious parents nurtured their son’s love of the Lord from infancy and taught him to read and…
Bucharest, March 28, 2025 Photo: basilica.ro The Romanian Orthodox Church has begun the process of canonizing several holy women saints. The Holy Synod of the Romanian Church gathered yesterday in Bucharest under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, reports the Basilica News Agency. Among its decisions, the governing body: approved the initiation of…
Wayne, West Virginia, March 28, 2025 Photo: holycross.org The brotherhood of Holy Cross Monastery in Wayne, West Virginia (Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia) is requesting prayers for its beloved abbot Archimandrite Seraphim. Fr. Seraphim, who has been a member of Holy Cross Monastery for 32 years and abbot for 10, has been experiencing various…
Retired Archbishop Theodosius (Bilchenko) is currently the oldest Orthodox bishop in Belarus—he is now eighty-one. For over two decades—from 1997 to 2019—he headed the oldest diocese in the Belarusian land, that of Polotsk and Glubokoye. For his spiritual and educational activities, he was awarded the Prize of the President of the Republic of Belarus “For…
