More than $1 million in Antiochian endowment for widowed clergy wives
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The service project will continue into 2026.

Return of dozens of icons taken from Russia in 20th century
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Russian entrepreneur and patron Sergey Shmakov, founder and president of Sapsan Group, handed over the icons. This is the third such ceremony in seven years. Despite increasingly difficult economic conditions, Shmakov continues to purchase historical and spiritual valuables at foreign auctions to bring them home.

Zakynthos celebrates patron saint with city-wide procession of relics
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The Greek island of Zakynthos festively celebrated its patron, St. Dionysios, with reverence and splendor, including a procession with his relics through the city streets.

“I Was Falling from the Scaffolding, and Only One Thought Flashed Through My Mind: ‘O Lord, O Lord!’”
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How St. Nicholas saved a house painter
Natalya Chernykh

As I fell, I felt an elderly man catch me and gently lay me down on a straightedge (a tool used to level plastered walls).

Embracing the World With Prayer
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Artemy Slezkin

Praying for others, especially for those who you detest, is bearing their burdens according to the law of love, the law of Christ.

Joseph the Fair and Christian Paradigms
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Metropolitan Serafim (Joanta) of Germany and Central Europe

God cares about everything in a person’s life and in return expects only recognition of this and the fulfillment of His commandments:

Bishop Elijah of Constantinople’s Estonian Church reposes in the Lord
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A hierarch of the Patriarchate of Constantinople’s Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church (EAOC) reposed in the Lord earlier this week.

Belarus: St. Elisabeth Convent in Minsk named best religious tourism site
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The convent, the only monastery in Minsk, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year.

40th-day commemoration of Archbishop Peter of Chicago (ROCOR)
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The Archbishop reposed unexpectedly on November 8. He was buried 10 days later at Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, New York.

Historic Russian monastery celebrates 600 years of foundation, 30 years since revival
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On December 19, 2024, on the feast day of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, the St. Nicholas Klobukov Monastery in Kashin held patronal celebrations, marking the 600th anniversary of the monastery’s foundation and the 30th anniversary of the revival of monastic life.

Bishop Thomas (Antiochian) celebrates 20 years in episcopal dignity
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The celebration gathered the clergy and faithful of western Pennsylvania. It also doubled as the 20th anniversary of the Church of St. George being named a cathedral.

Metropolitan Rastislav consecrates beautiful new iconography at eastern Slovakian church
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The primate of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia, His Beatitude Metropolitan Rastislav of Prešov, paid a pastoral visit to the Church of the Protection of the Mother of God in Smolník in eastern Slovakia earlier this month to consecrate its beautiful new wall iconography.

Fire breaks out at Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra (+VIDEO)
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A fire broke out in the bell tower of the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra outside of Moscow last night.

World Day of Orthodox Youth 2025 to feature close disciple of St. Paisios
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The program includes engaging talks, cultural activities, and the opportunity to celebrate the Feast of the Meeting of the Lord in the Temple with a Vigil and Divine Liturgy at Warsaw’s Cathedral of St Mary Magdalene.