About 30 people are currently being housed and fed at the Sts. Martha and Mary Convent in Belgorod. The monastery plans to provide accommodation for as many as 50.
The Holy Resurrection Church and the nearby Holy Trinity Church are the only stone buildings in Ostashkov dating back to the 17th century that have survived to this day.
The Synod of the Metropolis of Oltenia of the Romanian Orthodox Church held a session on Bright Tuesday, May 7, during which it proposed a new monastic saint for canonization.
The celebration on Bright Tuesday was held at the Holy Protection Convent in Moscow, which has been home to her relics since 1998.
The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) detained His Eminence Metropolitan Arseny of Svyatogorsk, the abbot of the Holy Dormition-Svyatogorsk Lavra, yesterday. According to a court ruling, he is to be held in a pre-trial detention center for 60 days without the possibility of bail.