Since the beginning of April, more than 8,000 former prisoners – men and women – have joined the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and about 900 more applications are currently being considered,...
By Saint Innocent (Veniaminov), Metropolitan of Moscow
To leave one's homeland and go to remote, wild places, deprived of many of the comforts of life, in order to convert people who are still wandering in...
Correction of data on gender identity cannot depend on proof of surgical operation. This is stated in the judgment of the EU Court of Justice in case C-247/23.
In 2014, V.P., an Iranian national, obtained...
The Holy Synod of the Church of Greece denies reports about the establishment of its own credit institution (bank). The official statement reads: “In connection with publications regarding the upcoming submission of a request...
By Martin Hoegger*
Rome, 27 March 2025. The second day of the Focolare Ecumenical Congress consisted of a pilgrimage in the footsteps of the first Christians who gave their lives for the Gospel: Paul, Lawrence,...
Author: John (Shakhovsky), archbishop of San Francisco
It is wrong to think that all Orthodox are not in reality sectarians, just as it is wrong to think that all sectarians are not in reality Orthodox....
Author: John (Shakhovsky), archbishop of San Francisco
Humanity knows its great figures and remembers the great criminals in its history. The lives of both are equally instructive and instructive. The story of the Acts of...
Author: John (Shakhovsky), archbishop of San Francisco
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The wonderful lies on the grounds of everything and the last boundaries of all things. It is contained in creation and constitutes the truth of his higher being....
Author: Ivan Dimitrov
Very often people prepare a will, with which they express their last will on certain issues - ideological, spiritual, material. This is also done by many of the primates of churches, as...
At its meeting on March 18, the Holy Synod of the Polish Orthodox Church decided to canonize the Katyn Martyrs.
The decision states: “Today, when we celebrate the 100th anniversary of our church independence, recalling...
The Holy Synod of the Polish Orthodox Church has joined the Roman Catholic Church in Poland in expressing concern over the new regulation of the Ministry of Education on the reform of the teaching...
By Martin Hoegger*
At the opening of the Focolare Movement's congress (Castel Gandolfo, Rome, 26 March 2025), a question was raised: why should we still be concerned about Christian unity today? Aren't there other priorities?...
Author: Archbishop John (Shakhovskoy)
Good Shepherding
These are, first of all, "ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation" (Heb. 1:14).
The Lord makes "his angels spirits, and his servants a flame of...
Author: Hieromartyr Hilarion (Troitsky), Archbishop of Vereya
2. PROPHECY
Old Testament prophecy was the greatest phenomenon of the Old Testament religion, the main nerve of the religious life of the people. The Jewish religion is the...
Author: Archbishop John (Shakhovskoy)
Evil Shepherdship
If the scribes and Pharisees sat on Moses' seat, surrounded by the wall of the Law (Matt. 23:2), then how much more could they sit on the seat of the...
Author: Holy Martyr Vladimir (Bogoyavlensky)
No action of the Church authorities has generated or generates so much misunderstanding, murmuring and discontent in Christian society, and has not been and is not subjected to such attacks...
Author: Archbishop John (Shakhovskoy)
Common Pastoral Care
There is nothing more terrible and blessed than pastoral service. Through earthly and heavenly pastors the Lord feeds His Flock – already believing souls and souls who have not...
Author: Hieromartyr Hilarion (Troitsky), Archbishop of Vereya
Prophets and priests occupied a very special, outstanding position not only in the religious and cult life, but also in the civil and public life of Old Testament...
Author: Professor Nikolai Aleksandrovich Zaozersky
The implementation of the principle of religious freedom in our legislation is ready to meet energetic opposition, as we hear, from the extreme right and especially the clergy of the...
European Parliament (EP) staff are complaining about the lack of Eastern European cuisine in its restaurants, Politico reports. An unnamed aide to a Slovak parliamentarian, whose letter was quoted by the publication, believes that...
Papua New Guinea is the most linguistically diverse country in the world, with an estimated 840 languages still spoken today – over 10% of the world’s total. Even more remarkable is that this linguistic...
Turkish police have detained the mayor of Istanbul, Reuters reports.
Ekrem İmamoğlu is accused of leading a criminal organization, bribery, bid rigging and aiding a terrorist organization.
Early this morning, İmamoğlu’s media advisor Murat İngun reported...
A seven-day mourning period has been declared in North Macedonia due to the tragedy in the city of Kočani, in which fifty-eight young people aged 14 to 25 died in a fire, and nearly...
Albania’s Orthodox Church on Sunday elected Joan Pelushi as its new leader following the death in January of Archbishop Anastasios, who had revived the church after the fall of communism in 1990.
After a 40-minute meeting, the...
The Netherlands has agreed to return over 100 bronze sculptures from Benin to Nigeria, Reuters reported.
It becomes the latest European country to return cultural artifacts to Africa.
Nigeria is seeking the return of thousands of...