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…
Author: Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye Date: Thursday January 16 2025 Topic: Identifying The Jericho Wall Ill MEMORISE: “The slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.” – Proverbs 19:24 READ: PROVERBS 6:4-11 4. Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your…
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…
Luanda, Angola, January 14, 2025 – Another non-canonical community in Africa has joined the Russian Orthodox Church’s African Exarchate. On January 5, in the Angolan capital of Luanda, Fr. Rafael Da Conceiaco celebrated the Baptism of 27 local residents. Then he celebrated “the rite of joining the Orthodox Church for more than 200 believers who…
Souroti, Thessaloniki, Greece, January 14, 2025 – Yesterday marked the 10th anniversary of the glorification of one of the greatest elders of the 20th century and one of the most revered saints of the Orthodox Church today. On Elder Paisios of Mount Athos CanonizedAfter careful study of the reported facts, the Synod unanimously included Schemamonk…
Vilnius, January 14, 2025 – His Eminence Metropolitan Chrysostom (Martishkin), who led the Moscow Patriarchate’s Diocese of Vilnius and Lithuania from 1990 to 2010, reposed in the Lord on Christmas Eve, January 6. The Metropolitan was 90 years old when he reposed, the diocese reports. The current Metropolitan, His Eminence Innokenty, spoke of his predecessor…