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Examination of Royal Family remains may take several years, Bishop Tikhon says

A new team of experts will be formed to examine the remains of the Russian Royal Family, and a more complex examination is planned, said Bishop Tikhon of Yegoryevsk, a member of the special working group set up by the Russian Investigative Committee.

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St. Thaddeus of Tver, is inseparably linked to the Caucasus, was commemorated in the Pyatigorsk Diocese

The service was celebrated before the icon of Hieromartyr Thaddeus of Tver, with a small portion of his holy relics, at the very same hour as the holy hierarch was cruelly murdered back in 1937.

Rating: 3,2|Votes: 5

St. Amphilochius of Pochaev was commemorated on the 45th anniversary of his repose

On January 1, 2016, thousands of believers gathered at the Pochaev Lavra to commemorate Venerable Amphilochius of Pochaev (1894-1971) on the 45th anniversary of his repose.

The proposal to move celebration of Christmas to December 25 is an attempt to split Ukrainian society, Archbishop Luka says

According to His Eminence, the celebration of the Birth of Christ on this date is an ancient tradition for Orthodox Christians and it would be meaningless to move the feast-day allegedly for European integration. It is an attempt to split the Ukrainian society.

“It is impossible to deceive God”—Patriarch Kirill

In his speech before the prayer service on the eve of the secular New Year, primate of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill addressed the faithful and particularly stressed the relationship between the deeds and actions of any individual person and the will of God.