Belarusians also brave the cold to venerate their beloved St. Valentina of Minsk

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Belarusians also brave the cold to venerate their beloved St. Valentina of Minsk

A steady stream of pilgrims continued throughout the entire day to the village cemetery where St. Valentina is buried, covering the last 1.2 miles on foot, despite the freezing temperatures and hard frost.

Construction of Church of St. Ksenia on spot where her home once stood—a project initiated by society for disabled—nearing completion

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Construction of Church of St. Ksenia on spot where her home once stood—a project initiated by society for disabled—nearing completion

The building of the church was initiated by a society for disabled people in the St. Petersburg region.

New Greek Metropolitan of Chicago elected: Archim. Nathaniel Symeonides

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New Greek Metropolitan of Chicago elected: Archim. Nathaniel Symeonides

The Chicago See has been vacant since His Eminence Metropolitan Iakovos of Chicago fell asleep in the Lord on June 2 at the age of 89.

Metropolitan Synod proposes adding St. Matrona of Moscow to calendar of Romanian Orthodox Church

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Metropolitan Synod proposes adding St. Matrona of Moscow to calendar of Romanian Orthodox Church

Meeting at the patriarchal residence in Bucharest yesterday under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania, the ten-member Metropolitan Synod of Muntenia and Dobruja approved a proposal to officially add St. Matrona of Moscow to the calendar of the Romanian Orthodox Church.

Record snowfall can’t prevent St. Petersburg from venerating St. Ksenia’s relics on her day

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Record snowfall can’t prevent St. Petersburg from venerating St. Ksenia’s relics on her day

Thousands of St. Petersburg residents made their way to the Smolensk Cemetery yesterday, the day that the Church commemorates St. Ksenia of St. Petersburg, to venerate and show their devotion to this most beloved saint of the northern capital, despite that the city was blanketed by the heaviest snowfall seen yet this winter.