Photo: pravoslavie.ru Today is the feast of the Malachi, the “Seal of the Prophets”Malachi was the last of the Old Testament Prophets, which is why the holy fathers call him the “Seal of the prophets”. After him, until John the Forerunner whom he prophesized, for a whole 400 years there were no great prophets…
Everything was ready for the feast at the end of the Nativity Fast. The cake was browned, and the sight of its well-toasted and oil-soaked crust alone made your mouth water; a fat piece of mutton spread an enticing smell throughout the log hut; thick steam was coming from a pot of burning hot…
Diveyevo. Our days. Photo: Diveevo-palomnik.ru In the summer of 2011 or 2012 I came to Diveyevo Convent for the feast of St. Seraphim to pray and sell my films. But since the territory of the convent is off-limits to “sellers at pop-up stalls”, like me, we had only two sites available: a round platform…
Perth, Australia, January 14, 2025 – On January 11, Bishop Elpidios of Perth of the Patriarchate of Constantinople’s Archdiocese of Australia celebrated a collective Baptismal service for 12 people at the Church of the Annunciation of the Theotokos in West Perth. Among those baptized were three siblings from the same family. The candidates completed a…
Dublin, January 14, 2025 – The Romanian Orthodox Church enthroned the first bishop for its newly established Diocese of Ireland and Iceland on Saturday, January 11. The Divine Liturgy at the St. Columba Church in Dublin was celebrated by His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph of Western and Southern Europe, together with several other Romanian and other…
