U.S.A., February 28, 2025 Photo: orthodoxtimes.com Orthodox sociologist Alexei Krindatch has published a new report, “What Orthodox Christians in the USA Want From Their Bishops,” based on a survey of about 1,100 Orthodox Christians in the spring of 2022. Participants represent four of the largest jurisdictions in America: the Orthodox Church in America, the…
With the blessing of Bishop Mitrophan of Gatchina and Luga, the wonderworking Icon of the Mother of God, “The Seeker of the Lost”, which first began to stream myrrh at the church of Marienburg (a historic district of the town of Gatchina in the Leningrad region) thirty years ago, is currently traveling through the Diocese…
Sasha. Artist: Maria Vishnyak Icons should first of all attune you to prayer. If you’re just standing in front of an icon, thinking how well it was painted (or, sadly, how poorly it was painted), that’s wrong. We must stand prayerfully in front of icons and not just stand there; and if you are able…
Great LentGreat Lent “>Lent is the season given to Orthodox Christians for sincere Spiritual FastingLet the mind fast, not permitting empty and bad thoughts; let the heart fast, refraining from sinful feelings; let our will fast, directing all our desires and intentions to the one thing needful…”>prayer, repentance, temporary abstinence from food and worldly…
Madrid, February 17, 2025 Photo: cerkov-ru.com The beautiful frescoes of the Russian Orthodox cathedral in Madrid were festively consecrated on Saturday, February 15. Photo: cerkov-ru.com The Divine Liturgy for the feast of the Meeting of the Lord at the St. Mary Magdalene Cathedral was celebrated by His Eminence Metropolitan Nestor of Korsun, His…
