The Sacred Relics of St. John (Maximovitch) in Poland: Fr. Peter Perekrestov Discusses the Saint, Orthodox Family Life, and Faith with Polish Orthodox Christians

     Last November, with the blessing of His Beatitude Sawa, Metropolitan of Warsaw and His Eminence, the Most Reverend Jakub, Archbishop of Bialystok and Gdansk, at the invitation of the Monastery of the Nativity of the Mother of God in Zwierki, Poland and with the organizational involvement of the Orthodox Brotherhood of the Three Holy…

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The Final Christmas of the Royal Family

   The Nativity of Christ is traditionally a favorite feast of Orthodox Rus’. Everyone, both adults and children, prepared for it. In high society, the holiday was celebrated lavishly, with many gifts and a feast with all kinds of dishes for the guests, while in the lower strata it was celebrated more modestly. But everyone…

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Detroit River Receives Blessing for the First Time in Recent Memory

Detroit, January 13, 2025 Photo: domoca.org      Orthodox Christians in Detroit celebrated the Feast of Theophany this year with the first blessing of the Detroit River in recent years. The gathering united faithful from multiple parishes across the Detroit metropolitan area, including Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Holy Trinity (Detroit), Holy Transfiguration (Livonia), and St….

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Gay Men Now Allowed to Become Catholic Priests: New Vatican Guidelines

Vatican City – The Vatican has approved new guidelines from Italian bishops permitting gay men to enter seminaries, provided they abstain from sexual activity. This marks a notable shift in the Catholic Church’s approach to the admission of homosexual individuals into the priesthood. The guidelines, published quietly on the Italian bishops’ conference website on Thursday,…

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A Christmas Evergreen: A Short Story

Photo: aif.ru      It was a long time ago—in the olden days. I can hardly believe it, but, nevertheless, it really did happen. At that time, Grandfather Frost was idly wandering around Holy Russia.1 He was such a mischievous old man—now he would freeze off someone’s nose, now someone’s ear, for no reason at all….

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