The Patriarch also donated a number of liturgical books for the chapel, including the Bible, the Psalter, the Book of Hours, the Triodion, and prayer books for those praying in the chapel.
According to a recent court decision, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s Diocese of Cherkasy has been deprived of the land around its St. Michael’s Cathedral.
Abbess Maria (Miros)
Mother Maria was born in Australia and obtained a degree in medicine. But feeling a special call from God, she became a nun. We talked about the convent, choosing the monastic path, and repentance.
Hierarchical representatives of two great monastic traditions came together earlier this month to lead the annual clergy retreat for the Orthodox Church in America’s Diocese of Sitka and Alaska.
A series of large man-made tunnels and rooms has been discovered under a monastery in Russia’s Astrakhan Province.