Suprasl 2024 gathers youth from around the world
https://orthochristian.com/161844.html

Over 90 youth from 25 countries participated in “Suprasl 2024: A World Gathering of Orthodox Youth,” held at the Suprasl Academy at the Annunciation Monastery between 30 June -8 July 2024.

Metropolitans of Chișinău and Riga celebrate 35th anniversaries as bishops
https://orthochristian.com/161866.html

Both His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir of Chișinău and All Moldova and His Eminence Metropolitan Alexander of Riga and All Latvia celebrated the 35th anniversary of their episcopal consecrations recently.

Holy Martyrs Theodore the Varangian and His Son John
https://orthochristian.com/161874.html

Almost simultaneously, pagans rose up against Christ and the Church in Denmark, Germany, and the Baltic Slavic principalities. Everywhere the unrest was accompanied by the destruction of churches, and the killing of clergy and other Christians.

Our Wounds Are Our Strength
https://orthochristian.com/161837.html

Fr. Charalampos Papadopoulos

Unforeseen situations are contrary to God’s will and our desires, and that’s why they seem unforeseen to us. But in fact, they’re not unforeseen.

https://t.me/stranazozh
An interesting page for Russian speakers who are interested in healthy eating

Anna Alexandrovna Taneyeva (Vyrubova)—Nun Maria (1884-1964)
https://orthochristian.com/161899.html

Maria Tobolova

Nun Maria spent almost half of her life—forty-four years—in seclusion and ended her days in the service of God in the angelic—that is, monastic rank.

Holiness and Sanctification
https://orthochristian.com/161903.html

Metropolitan Seraphim (Joanta) of Germany and Central Europe

This is fundamental to the Christian life.

The Birth of Civilization, or the Baptism of Russia as a Turning Point in Russian History
https://orthochristian.com/161921.html

Professor Alexei Svetozarsky, Vitaly Kaplan

Of course, the majority of people did not understand the full depth of the Christian teaching, but they accepted it in the simplicity of their hearts, out of trust. It is a distinctive characteristic of patriarchal societies: “This is what our elders did, and we will imitate it.” For example, the Tale of Bygone Years conveys this position as follows: if the prince, the boyars, and the armed force (“druzhina”) had not assessed this faith positively and had not considered it to be their own, then they would have had no reason to get baptized.

Abbess Alexandra (Zharin): “How Will You Get Closer to God While Lying on the Sofa?”
https://orthochristian.com/161929.html

Abbess Alexandra (Zharin)

The Orthodox were terribly persecuted by the secular authorities of Rzeczpospolita, the Catholics and Uniates. People were humiliated, deprived of their civil rights, tortured and killed, but they remained faithful to Orthodoxy.

Belarus: 18 receive river Baptism on feast of Baptism of Rus’
https://orthochristian.com/161927.html

The feast of St. Vladimir the great and the Baptism of Rus’ was festively celebrated at Belarus’ St. Elisha-Larishevsky Monastery with a Baptismal Liturgy in the Neman River.

Church-museum complex at site of Baptism of Rus’ to open next week
https://orthochristian.com/161894.html

New Chersonesos will be able to receive up to 50,000 guests per day, and according to Met. Tikhon, will be the largest historical-archaeological park in Russia. Admission is free.

Synod temporarily suspends Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) while commission investigates accusations
https://orthochristian.com/161897.html

The Holy Synod of the Moscow Patriarchate resolved yesterday to temporarily suspend His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) of Budapest while a commission “studies the situation in the Diocese of Budapest and Hungary.”