OCA-Midwest events in honor of 20th anniversary of return of Tikhvin Icon

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Churches and Monasteries

OCA-Midwest events in honor of 20th anniversary of return of Tikhvin Icon

The OCA’s Diocese of Chicago and the Midwest is holding a series of events throughout 2024 to mark the 20th anniversary of the icon’s return.

Kiev City Council gives Lavra land plots to state authorities

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Church and State

Kiev City Council gives Lavra land plots to state authorities

In another move against Ukrainian Orthodox Church, the Kiev City Council voted yesterday to give the land plots on which the Holy Dormition-Kiev Caves Lavra to the state-run National Preserve for use.

Relics of 15th–16th-century Russian saint uncovered

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Relics of 15th–16th-century Russian saint uncovered

Upon completion of the archaeological work, architectural-historical, anthropological, isotopic and medical-forensic studies were carried out, by which it was established that the remains reliably belong to St. Jonah (†1534).

Urals monastery reopens as Diveyevo dependency three years after closure

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Churches and Monasteries

Urals monastery reopens as Diveyevo dependency three years after closure

The Monastery of the She Who Ripens the Grain Icon of the Mother of God in Sredneuralsk has reopened, three years after it was closed amidst a controversy surrounding its founder and spiritual father, the former Schema-Igumen Sergei Romanov.

“I’m not Afraid to Have Few Parishioners in Venezuelan Churches”

Priest Kirill Zholtkevich

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Churches and Monasteries

“I’m not Afraid to Have Few Parishioners in Venezuelan Churches”

Priest Kirill Zholtkevich

My spiritual training began with my grandfather, a priest. He took me into the altar when I was four. Since then I have been in church and have always been surrounded by clergy.