Jerusalem, April 1, 2025 Photo: spc.rs His Holiness Patriarch Porfirije of Serbia arrived in the Holy Land yesterday morning for a pilgrimage to the many holy sites there. The Serbian primate and his entourage were hosted at the Jerusalem Patriarch by His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos and other local hierarchs, reports the Serbian Orthodox Church….
April 1 is the feast-day of the holy Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria (†283) and with them Martyrs Claudius the Tribune, his wife Hilaria, their sons Jason and Maurus, Diodorus the Presbyter and Marianus the Deacon. The Martyrdom of Sts. Chrysanthus and Daria. Miniature from the Menologion of Basil II, Late tenth—early eleventh centuries St….
Kiev, March 28, 2025 pravlife.org A state commission to “inspect” the incorrupt relics of the Kiev Caves Lavra arrived at the monastery this morning. The group, consisting of employees of the Ministry of Culture, the state-operated Kiev Caves Museum-Preserve, and various specialists, took an angle grinder to the locks on the buildings leading to…
Tirana, March 31, 2025 Photo: Radio Ngjalla The Albanian Orthodox Church celebrated the enthronement of its new primate on Saturday, March 29, at the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Tirana. His Eminence John of Korçë was Albanian Synod elects new primate to succeed Archbishop AnastasiosBy unanimous vote, the lot fell to Met. John,…
Kiev, March 31, 2025 Photo: was.media On Friday, a state commission was sent to the Holy Dormition-Kiev Caves Lavra to “inspect” the incorrupt relics that lie in the Near and Far Caves. The group cut off the locks to the Caves and installed their own in order to block the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church…
Faisalabad, Punjab Province, Pakistan, March 31, 2025 Orthodox Church in Pakistan More than three dozen new Orthodox Christians were baptized and chrismated in Pakistan recently. A mass Baptismal service took place in Faisalabad, Punjab Province, celebrated by visiting priest from Stavropol, Russia, Fr. Anthony Skrinnikov. Local priest Fr. Paul Sushil was also present. Altogether,…
Slovyansk, Donetsk Province, Ukraine, March 31, 2025 Photo: rbk.ru Ukrainian courts have extended the detention of His Eminence Metropolitan Arseny of Svyatogorsk of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church yet again. With this latest extension, through the end of May, Met. Arseny, who is also the abbot of the Holy Dormition-Svyatogorsk Lavra, will be in…
Athens, March 31, 2025 Photo: orthodoxwitness.org At its session earlier this month, the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece unanimously accepted the proposal to canonize a beloved 20th-century married saint. The request to canonize Papa-Demetrios Gagastathis was submitted by Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Trikki, Gardiki, and Pyli. Having been accepted by the Greek Synod, it…
Repentance is our reconciliation with God —St. John Climacus Lent is a time of repentance—a time when our stony hearts should be transformed by the power of God from insensible to sensitive, from cold and hardened to warm and open—open to others and to God Himself. Lent is a time of renewal, when as…
Self-portrait, by Y.A. Orlov. 2018. Oil on canvas. 110×80 cm. From the author’s private collection The Russian Academy of Fine Arts recently featured an exhibition of work by Yuri Orlov, People’s Artist of the Russian Federation. His art is defined by a desire to portray the realities of contemporary life with both precision and depth—yet…