Matadi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, January 17, 2025 Photo: exarchate-africa.ru More than a dozen people received Holy Baptism last week at a new parish of the Russian Orthodox Church’s African Exarchate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. On January 9, the chairman of the Exarchate’s Missionary Department Fr. George Maximov (who is…
Kodiak, Alaska, January 20, 2025 Photo: odosa.org The clergy and faithful of the Orthodox Church in America’s Holy Resurrection Cathedral in Kodiak, Alaska, rejoiced in the Baptism of more than 10 people in the days leading up to Nativity. The cathedral is home to the relics of St. Herman of Alaska, and his feast…
Zaporozhye, Zaporozhye Province, Ukraine, January 20, 2025 Photo: amazonaws.com The Zaporozhye Diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is asking for help to restore the St. Andrew’s Cathedral in Zaporozhye that suffered serious damage over the weekend. The roof, dome, ceilings, windows, and classrooms at the church were damaged by shelling on Saturday morning, January…
Kiev, January 20, 2025 Photo: YouTube All of creation is fallen and defiled by sin, thus all of creation requires cleansing, which requires repentance, the Ukrainian primate said in his homily on the eve of Theophany. The great prophet St. John the Baptist preached repentance and thereby prepared the people to receive the Messiah….
Moscow, January 20, 2025 Photo: voznessobor.ru His Grace Bishop Viktor (Pyankov), a retired hierarch of the Moscow Patriarchate, reposed in the Lord on Friday, January 17. Over the years of his ordained ministry, he served in Russia, Latvia, and Estonia. Bp. Viktor, 80, was consecrated as a hierarch in 1990 and retired from active…
