Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand, March 25, 2025 St. Vladimir Church, before and after. Photo: dioceseofthailand.org An Orthodox church in Thailand has undergone a dramatic restoration process after being severely damaged by flooding last fall. The city of Chiang Mai, located within the Thai Diocese of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Southeast Asia of…
Washington, D.C., March 25, 2025 Photo: ANI News President Trump embodies Christian values in a manner reminiscent of St. Constantine the Great, Archbishop Elpidophoros, the head of the Patriarchate of Constantinople’s Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, told the President yesterday. The Archbishop was welcomed to the White House by the head of state yesterday…
Russkaya Serda and Russkiye Kazyli are ancient villages in the autonomous republic of Tatarstan within the Russian Federation. The former is absolutely deserted, and the latter has about ten houses left. But… “islands of eternity” have survived here—Orthodox churches, albeit dilapidated. Hieromonk Vyacheslav (Shaporov) is the rector of both churches. He also heads the parish…
The Life and Blessing of Elder IliyHis entire life was marked by the protection of the Most Holy Theotokos, and everything he did was in fulfillment of the will of the Sovereign Lady for the strengthening of his homeland. “>Schema-Archimandrite Iliy (Nozdrin), the revered elder of Optina Monastery who served as the spiritual father for…
Former Buchanite Meeting House in Glasgow Vennel, Irvine. Photo: wikipedia.org Sometimes one comes across a tale so improbable and strange that you feel sure the teller of the tale is making it up—something so bizarre, you feel, it simply cannot be true. Such is the tale of “Friend Mother” Buchan and the few dozens…
