In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit! Today we have entered the feast of the Lord’s Baptism, or as it is called in Church lexicon, Theophany. Where did this name come from? When the Lord entered as a man into the waters of the Jordan, being baptized of John,…
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit! Dear fathers, brothers and sisters! Today is a special service called The Eve of Theophany. This service is very similar to the one we celebrated on Christmas Eve—it begins with the Royal Hours and continues with the Vespers and…
In the hustle and bustle of everyday life, when time flies at the speed of light and life looks like an obstacle course, you sometimes are dying to simply drop everything and listen to what your heart tells you. To close your eyes, to feel the silence that envelops us from all sides, and…
Mexico City, January 16, 2025 Photo: oca.org The primate of the Orthodox Church in America paid a pastoral visit to the Diocese of Mexico over the weekend. It has become customary for His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon of Washington and All America and Canada to visit the diocese following the feast of the Theophany, the…
Moscow, January 17, 2025 Photo: ibt.org.ru The Institute for Bible Translation, dedicated to translating Holy Scripture into the languages of the non-Slavic peoples living in Russia, continues its blessed work with a translation of the Pentateuch in the Karachay-Balkar language. The new edition is the result of many years of work “and a careful approach…
Vyksa, Nizhny Novgorod Province, Russia, January 17, 2025 Photo: nne.ru Yesterday, a diocesan center for women suffering from chemical dependencies opened in Vyksa, Nizhny Novgorod Province. The opening ceremony began with the consecration of the premises by His Grace Bishop Gedeon of Vyksa and Pavlovo. The new center, under the patronage of St. Barnabas…
Fr. Andrew Lemeshonok At a meeting of the sisterhood of St. Elisabeth Convent in Minsk, the nuns shared their experiences about how to maintain trust in your spiritual father. Fr. Andrew Lemeshonok: Well, are we going to tune our tuning fork higher? Or are we just going to crawl along the ground? The holy…
We spoke with regular Pravoslavie.ru/OrthoChristian.com contributor Dmitry ZlodorevZlodorev, Dmitry “>Dmitry Zlodorev, a professional journalist of thirty years. Dmitry is currently working on a book about the reunification of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) with its Mother Church, the Moscow Patriarchate. Here are his insights as a Russian-American. Signing of the Reunification document…
Our yearning for renewal knows no limits. Even the seemingly mundane things can reflect, like in a drop of water, something truly great. Behind the seemingly superficial gaudiness of our New Year preparations: the decoration of the Christmas tree, the happy chatter of children anticipating their gifts, the joyful bustle of the lady of…
Malye Yasyrki, Where There Was a Secret Convent in the Soviet Era. Part 1n the Soviet era the church in Malye Yasyrki was a spiritual center where people came for prayer and spiritual guidance not only from all over the Voronezh region, but also from across the USSR. “>Part 1 The relic of the church…