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Three Feasts of the Savior and the Mirror of Christ https://orthochristian.com/179499.html Hieromonk Spyridon (Dorosh) Our faith is called Christianity because Christ is at its center. We look to Him, we strive towards Him, and we become like Him.

The Procession of the Life-Giving Cross https://orthochristian.com/155424.html St. Alexei Mechev O Cross of the Lord! Guide us all to the path of salvation, establish peace and calm in our land, so that we may live a quiet and peaceful life in all piety and purity.

Procession with wonderworking icon of Theotokos in northeastern Romania (+VIDEO) https://orthochristian.com/179562.html Orthodox faithful came out for a procession through the streets of Câmpulung Moldovenesc in northeastern Romania on Sunday, accompanying a centuries-old wonderworking icon of the Theotokos through the city for the third year running.

Ukrainian Church publishes “English Through the Bible” for seminarians https://orthochristian.com/179561.html The textbook is designed for students at theological institutions of higher education, specifically seminarians studying English as a second language.

Primates of Alexandria and Albania at 65th anniversary of Patriarch Bartholomew’s diaconal ordination (+VIDEO) https://orthochristian.com/179563.html Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople marked the 65th anniversary of his ordination to the diaconate with a concelebrated Liturgy on his native island of Imbros, joined by Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and Archbishop John of Albania.

Metropolitan receives 13 Kenyan villagers and consecrates church foundation https://orthochristian.com/179560.html The visit came as part of a broader trip to Kenya by Metropolitan Konstantin. Following the service, Metropolitan Konstantin met with catechists who assist the dean at parishes in the area, speaking and praying with them.

Debar Diocese of Macedonian Orthodox Church in support of organ donation https://orthochristian.com/179559.html The diocese frames organ donation as an expression of love, solidarity, and care for neighbor, and calls on the faithful to support it.

What Does it Mean to Stand in the Faith? https://orthochristian.com/179497.html Sergei Kagirin Hieromartyr Benjamin was condemned for his sharply negative attitude towards the Renovationist schism.

The Union of our Spirits: Ekklesia as Epiclesis https://orthochristian.com/179540.html Fr. Lawrence Farley The Lord’s sacramental presence among us at Liturgy is a gift, a charisma, the gracious fulfillment of His promise to manifest Himself when His disciples gather together.

The Union of our Spirits: Ekklesia as Epiclesis https://orthochristian.com/179540.html Fr. Lawrence Farley The Lord’s sacramental presence among us at Liturgy is a gift, a charisma, the gracious fulfillment of His promise to manifest Himself when His disciples gather together.

What Does it Mean to Stand in the Faith? https://orthochristian.com/179497.html Hieromartyr Benjamin was condemned for his sharply negative attitude towards the Renovationist schism.

Feast of Supraśl icon of the Mother of God draws pilgrims from across Poland and abroad https://orthochristian.com/179543.html Thousands of pilgrims gathered at the Annunciation Monastery in Supraśl, Poland, on August 9-10 to mark the feast of the Supraśl Icon of the Mother of God, one of the Polish Orthodox Church’s most celebrated feasts of the Theotokos.

6-day, 75-mile procession retraces path of St. John of Rila https://orthochristian.com/179544.html His Holiness Patriarch Daniil of Bulgaria joined hundreds of pilgrims this week on a six-day, 75-mile procession retracing the path once taken by the relics of St. John of Rila, walking the final stretch to the Seven Rila Lakes before the group completed its journey at Rila Monastery.

Zaporozhye flock called to prayer amidst state campaign against diocese https://orthochristian.com/179542.html The hierarch calls on the faithful not respond to the accusations with anger or hostility.

Relics of St. Gorazd return to Greater Moravia from Albania after 1,200 years (+VIDEO) https://orthochristian.com/179538.html Part of the relics of St. Gorazd I, a disciple of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, have returned to Greater Moravia from Albania after 1,200 years, and they’re now resting in the cathedral church of the Olomouc-Brno Diocese of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia.

Monument to St. Siluoan unveiled in his home region in Russia https://orthochristian.com/179539.html The monument was unveiled in the 160th anniversary year of the saint’s birth.

Abba Pambo. Restraint of the Tongue as a Spiritual Discipline https://orthochristian.com/179492.html Hieromonk Spyridon (Dorosh) For the hermits, silence was the battlefield of continuous spiritual warfare. In solitude, the usual worldly concerns disappeared, and a person was left face to face with his own passions and with temptations from the evil one and the demons.

What Does Your Faith Smell Like? https://orthochristian.com/179518.html On the commemoration of the Nativity of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker Metropolitan Luke (Kovalenko) Sanctity inspires, heals, and calls us to goodness. It proves that the Gospel is not a distant ideal but real life, accessible to each of us.

Procession honors St. Spyridon miraculously saving Corfu from Turkish invasion https://orthochristian.com/179514.html Every August, the Orthodox faithful gather in Corfu to celebrate the great St. Spyridon of Tremithus, one of the most beloved saints not only of the Church in Greece, but of the entire Orthodox Church.

First visit of Macedonian Orthodox bishop to Mt. Athos since Church’s return to canonical communion (+VIDEO) https://orthochristian.com/179489.html The visit came at the invitation of Hierodeacon Chrysostom, abbot of the Koutloumousiou Skete of St. Panteleimon in Karyes, where Bishop Partenij was set to preside at the feast-day Vigil and Divine Liturgy for the Great Martyr and Healer St. Panteleimon.