Orthodox Christianity

Orthodox Film El Tonto Por Cristo completes production, sets national tour for fall (+VIDEO) orthochristian.com/171404.html A new Orthodox film will be shown to audiences across the country this fall, offering what critics are calling an unprecedented cinematic experience that bridg...

“Gates of hell shall not prevail”: UOC Chancellor responds to state ultimatum orthochristian.com/171406.html His Eminence Metropolitan Anthony of Bovary, chancellor of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church, delivered a sermon on Sunday, condemning the coordinated government campai...

Historic 16th-century church opens to visitors in Veliky Novgorod orthochristian.com/171405.html The Church of St. Prokopy significantly influenced the development of Novgorod architecture, serving as a model for the nearby Church of the Annunciation at the Market in the mid-16th ce...

Mt. Athos explains monastic response to Greek PM visit amid gay marriage protests orthochristian.com/171402.html The statement comes after reports that several monasteries had considered boycotting the Prime Minister’s visit in protest of Greece’s legalization of same-sex marriage a...

Jerusalem Patriarch: “Silence in the face of suffering is a betrayal of conscience” orthochristian.com/171403.html Speaking to gathered clergy and press, Pat. Theophilos III described Gaza as “a land bruised by prolonged affliction and pierced by the cries of its people.”

“My daughter was choking in my arms. I was losing her…” orthochristian.com/171376.html A Story about the Power of the Jesus Prayer Alexandra Gripas Suddenly, I shouted loudly and clearly, with tears: “Lord, help me! Lord, help us! Save my daughter,” and I titled her head to the fl...

Fr. Clement Nehamaiyah, A Priest From India orthochristian.com/171375.html Priest Valery Dukhanin In these moments you truly discover that race, nationality, languages, or cultures by no means divide us in Orthodoxy. Because we are all united by the grace of the Holy Spirit!

Thousands celebrate local proclamation of newly canonized St. Calistrat at Romanian monastery orthochristian.com/171366.html St. Calistrat was canonized in July 2024, together with 15 other martyrs, confessors, and ascetics of the 20th century.

965th anniversary of persecuted Ukrainian monastery (+VIDEO) orthochristian.com/171367.html The festive date comes amidst the state’s two-year campaign to kick the Church out of its own monastery. The case is currently being heard by Chernigov courts.

Georgian Church condemns EU demands to repeal anti-LGBT laws, warns of betrayed promises orthochristian.com/171368.html The statement suggests a growing rift between Georgia’s religious establishment and European institutions, potentially complicating the country’s long-standing goa...

Heart surgery for persecuted Ukrainian hierarch orthochristian.com/171369.html His Eminence Metropolitan Vissarion of Ovruch and Korosten of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church was hospitalized and underwent heart surgery on Sunday, July 20.

The Serbian School in Zagreb: A Place Where Children Aren’t Afraid To Be Serbs orthochristian.com/171337.html Sergei Mudrov Probably it was the benevolence of God that the Serbs, long-suffering from the hardships of wartime upheaval, were able to send their children to such school ...

Federal court blocks Washington state law targeting confession confidentiality orthochristian.com/171365.html The relevant legislation, signed on May 2, is being contested by four major Orthodox Christian jurisdictions: the Orthodox Church in America, the Antiochian Orthodox Christi...

On the Enlightener of Alaska and Canada Hieromartyr Jacob Korchinsky orthochristian.com/171338.html Archbishop Job (Smakouz) His Grace Bishop Job (Smakouz), based on scattered materials, compiled a short hagiographical work on the priestly labors, missionary activity, and martyric ...

40,000 faithful and 12 bishops participate in Liturgy and procession for Royal Martyrs (+VIDEO) orthochristian.com/171326.html The bishops were assisted by numerous clergy from the Ekaterinburg and other metropolitanates. Holy Communion was served from 100 chalices to accommodate th...

OCA celebrates St. Olga of Alaska at All-American Council (+VIDEO) orthochristian.com/171327.html The hierarchs and representatives of the entire Orthodox Church in America celebrated the newly glorified St. Olga of Alaska last week.

Estonian Orthodox Church and Pükhtitsa Monastery appeal to European Court of Human Rights orthochristian.com/171325.html The Estonian Orthodox Christian Church and Pükhtitsa Monastery have filed complaints with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) after, in their view, domestic...

Patriarch of Georgia has 50,000 Godchildren after latest mass Baptism orthochristian.com/171323.html Another mass Baptism was held in Tbilisi’s Holy Trinity Cathedral on July 13.