Tallinn, January 21, 2025 Photo: orthodox.ee The Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate held its third Council session on January 10, 2025, in Tallinn. The session addressed concerns raised by the Tartu County Court’s registration department regarding the Church’s statute adopted on Estonian Church amends statutes to reflect administrative independenceThe Council of the…
Svyatogorsk, Donetsk Province, Ukraine, January 21, 2025 Photo: svlavra.church.ua His Eminence Metropolitan Arseny of Svyatogorsk, the persecuted canonical Ukrainian Orthodox hierarch who has been Ukraine court refuses to release UOC bishop despite Parliament members’ guarantees, won’t review evidenceThe Metropolitan was initially detained in late April, just before Holy Week. “>unjustly held in detention since April,…
Montgeron, France, January 21, 2025 Photo: mospat.ru The Russian and Serbian bishops of Western Europe concelebrated the Divine Liturgy on the feast of St. Seraphim of Sarov in a Paris suburb last week. His Eminence Metropolitan Nestor of Korsun, Russian Orthodox Patriarchal Exarch of Western Europe and His Grace Bishop Justin of Western Europe…
Patras, Greece, January 21, 2025 Photo: Romfea The Orthodox Church of Greece festively celebrated on Sunday the 45th anniversary of the return of one of its greatest relics—the Cross on which St. Andrew the First-Called Apostle was crucified. The joyous occasion was celebrated by two hierarchs and a host of clerics and faithful. The…
I witnessed the fallof one of the greatest empiresin the world. Pierre Gilliard Pierre Gilliard Pierre Gilliard, a citizen of Switzerland, served in the Court of Emperor Nicholas II for thirteen years as a tutor of French language to the Romanov Grand Duchesses and as a tutor to the Heir Alexei, thus living in close…
