The archaelogical site, which dates back to the fourth century, has reportedly sustained damage during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
Many pilgrims come to attend feast-day Liturgies, retreats, and the funerals of those to be buried in the monastery’s St. Xenia Cemetery, often filling the monastery church to overflowing.
A wonderworking icon of the Most Holy Theotokos in the Holy Dormition Cathedral in Kherson was damaged by shelling last week.
A fire broke out at a Serbian Orthodox monastery in Montenegro over the weekend.
On Friday, December 15, the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem solemnly celebrated the 150th anniversary of the founding of its Church of the Holy Apostle Zacchaeus in Jericho.