March 09, 2014 03:45 PM (Last updated: March 09, 2014 05:45 PM) The Daily Star BEIRUT: Thirteen nuns who were kidnapped last year from the historic town of Maaloula in Syria were…
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A wonderworking Athonite icon of the Theotokos, with the epithet “Joy and Consolation”, which was considered lost, was found in a monastery in the region of Ryazan and will be returned to…
At first sight it looks strange that, just as we begin to keep Lent, we mark its first Sunday with a celebration. The Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy marks the decision…
The delegation of the Antiochian Patriarchate has participated in the Synaxis of the Primates of the Orthodox Churches and its preparatory meetings held at the Headquarters of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople…
Bishop Borys Gudziak says the ouster of President Yanukovych was a step towards a freer country and could lead to a new spiritual reality, but Ukraine’s journey from ‘fear to dignity’ is…
(AFP) — A Turkish court has freed five men accused of torturing and murdering three Christian missionaries in 2007, after the suspects’ time in detention while on trial exceeded new legal limits,…
Ukrainian churches praised as crisis continues – Fr James Siemens, UK | Premier.org.uk, Current News
March 7, 2014 16:53 A Ukrainian priest and academic in Wales has praised church leaders in the troubled state who’ve been calling for justice in their country. As politicians from around the…
March 06, 2014 The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is giving witness similar to the witness of Blessed John Paul II Michael J. Miller – Catholic World Report In the midst…
Analysis/comment via Reuters and the Chicago Tribune. The other view is that Patriarch Kirill is not an arm of the Russian state, still less Putin’s regime, but a pre-eminent influential body in national…
By Phil Lawler (bio – articles ) | March 06, 2014 5:47 PM Pay close attention to the latest news about the effort to convene a meeting of all the patriarchs of…