Photo: jerusalem-patriarchate.info On this day, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem performed the Rite of the Washing of Feet by the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. A large platform was installed in the middle of the square, covered with carpets and decorated with flowers. A priest was reading the Gospel in Greek from…
Zaporozhye, Zaporozhye Province, Ukraine, April 17, 2025 Photo: Telegram His Eminence Metropolitan Luke of Zaporozhye, one of the most outspoken hierarchs of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, has condemned the LGBT film festival that will open in Kiev on Holy Friday and called upon other religious leaders to raise their voices. The Sunny Bunny LGBT Film…
Athens, April 17, 2025 Photo: breitbart.com Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens, the primate of the Orthodox Church of Greece, spoke with Breitbart News recently, sharing his thoughts about the re-election of President Trump. The Greek primate described Trump’s election as positive, praising his economic and cultural vision while urging caution to prevent global conflicts. While…
April 17, 2025 Gathering food donations at the ROCOR cathedral in London. Photo: orthodox-europe.org As we move towards Holy Pascha, Orthodox Churches across Europe are intensifying their philanthropic activities to help the needy during this sacred season. These charitable initiatives reflect the heightened emphasis on almsgiving and compassion that characterizes the Orthodox Lenten journey…
Robert Leinweber. Peter’s denial. Photo: wikipedia.org And they that had laid hold on Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. But Peter followed Him afar off unto the high priest’s palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end. Now…
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life (Jn. 3:16). In these words, St. John the Theologian addresses us so that all of…
Bucharest, April 18, 2025 basilica.ro The Darvari Skete in Buachrest has received a fragment of the relics of St. Matrona of Moscow, which were placed for veneration following Bridegroom Matins on Holy Tuesday. According to the abbot, Archimandrite Arsenie (Irimiea), who has a personal connection to St. Matrona, the saint chose the Darvari Skete…
April 18, 2025 17th-century Epitaphios, Nizhny Novgorod State Art Museum, Russia. Wikipedia On Holy Thursday evening, during the service of Matins for Holy Friday, one of the Church’s most beloved and moving hymns, the 15th Antiphon, is chanted: Today is suspended on a tree He Who suspended the earth upon the waters.The King of…
April 18, 2025 patriarchia.ru Three Local Churches—Russian, Romanian, and Bulgarian—consecrated Chrism this year—one of the main signs autocephaly. The Churches began the long process of making Chrism on Holy Monday, with the special mixture of oil and various spices being mixed continually for three days while clergy read the Holy Gospel over it. His…
Kiev, April 16, 2025 Photo: ctrana.media Ukrainian authorities have targeted another representative of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church—one of the highest-ranking hierarchs. Yesterday, April 15, employees of the Security Service of Ukraine conducted a search on the premises of the Kiev Metropolis of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The UOC chancellor, His Eminence Metropolitan Antony…