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Christianity

We honor the saint who stopped Attila at the gates of Rome

On February 18, the Orthodox Church honors one of the brightest defenders of Christianity – Saint Leo, Pope of Rome, synonymous with unwavering faith and spiritual power that changed history.…

18 February 2026 · 2 min read

Christianity

Romanian Patriarchate builds new church palliative care center

The construction of the Church Palliative Care Center "St. Panteleimon" has begun in the Romanian diocese of Maramures and Szatmár. The association "Philanthropy of Maramures" announced that the goal of…

11 February 2026 · 3 min read

Christianity

Canonization of 16 Romanian Saints Held in Bucharest

On February 6, the general glorification (later, local glorifications will be held in the dioceses on the day of their memory) of 16 Romanian saints took place in the Patriarchal…

8 February 2026 · 5 min read

Christianity

Orthodox Fundamentalism: Social Portrait and Sources (part 1)

By Konstantin Kostyuk Among the social changes in the post-Soviet period, a phenomenon such as Orthodox fundamentalism has increasingly attracted attention. Due to the long atheistic tradition and the secular…

8 February 2026 · 38 min read

Christianity

Modern Aton/Athos

Organization of Monastic Life The basic regulations for monastic life are contained in the Athonite Rule; more detailed details are recorded in the internal monastic rules (canonisms). The Rule provides…

22 January 2026 · 22 min read

Christianity

Athos after the fall of Byzantium

During the Ottoman era, Athos remained under the patronage (though not always unselfish) of the Turkish sultans, which allowed the Holy Mountain to retain at least some of its former…

22 January 2026 · 25 min read