Bishop Benjamin of Rybinsk and Romanov-Borisoglebsk
When the Lord calls you, you have to answer yourself whether it is your path or not. You cannot go to a monastery because it is beautiful or right, but because you love God and want to serve Him.
The Polish Orthodox Church is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its autocephaly throughout 2024. The main celebrations will be held in November.
The building, which ROCOR has owned since 1957, “has fallen into extreme disrepair and is in need of major repairs.”
Maria Tobolova
During the wedding ceremony, they drank from the shared cup to the last drop: wine mixed with water. In the Orthodox marriage sacrament, the wine in the cup symbolizes the joys of married life, while the water represents their shared sorrows, troubles, and pains. The newlyweds would have much joy in their future life, but even more sorrow and pain.
Thousands of Orthodox faithful in Belarus and Ukrainian are walking hundreds of miles this week in religious processions.