300-year-old Athonite icons stolen from Ukrainian Church

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Churches and Monasteries

Rating: 7,3|Votes: 4

300-year-old Athonite icons stolen from Ukrainian Church

The thieves broke the door to enter the church and stole the parish’s icons of the “It is Truly Meet” Mother of God and of the Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon.

Holy Sepulchre reopens after three-day closure

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Churches and Monasteries

Rating: 10|Votes: 10

Holy Sepulchre reopens after three-day closure

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the holiest site in all of Christendom, reopened early this morning following a three-day closure in protest of the municipality’s plan to begin collecting back-taxes on Church-owned properties.

Archaeologists find possible physical evidence of Prophet Isaiah

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Church History

Rating: 9,3|Votes: 16

Archaeologists find possible physical evidence of Prophet Isaiah

A recent article from “Biblical Archaeology Review” makes the claim that archaeologists have recently uncovered the first physical evidence for the existence of the holy Prophet Isaiah.

St. Seraphim (Sobolev) the Wonderworker, link between Russian and Bulgarian Churches, celebrated in Sofia

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Rating: 9,7|Votes: 9

St. Seraphim (Sobolev) the Wonderworker, link between Russian and Bulgarian Churches, celebrated in Sofia

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church commemorated the memory of St. Seraphim the Wonderworker yesterday in the Russian Orthodox dependency Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.

Orthodox orphanage in Guatemala wins legal right to stay on its property

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Orthodoxy Today

Rating: 10|Votes: 45

Orthodox orphanage in Guatemala wins legal right to stay on its property

Mother Inés’, the abbess of the Holy Trinity Monastery in Amatitlan, Guatemala, and head of the Hogar Rafael Ayau Orphanage in Guatemala City, has released a joyous letter announcing the favorable end to the legal battles that embroiled the orphanage over the past year.