Amidst the controversy surrounding the Greek government’s proposal to legalize gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, the Holy Mountain has raised its voice.
From 2009 to 2013, there was a strong wave of break-ins at churches and monastery, especially in Western and Southwestern Macedonia, with hundreds of icons being stolen.
Timotheos of Assos, assistant bishop of the Holy Metropolis of Mexico in Colombia and Venezuela, travels from Caracas to Bogota to spread the gospel.
Archbishop Daniel of Pamphilon of the Ukrainian orthodox Church of the USA (Patriarchate of Constantinople) has been hospitalized.
The new monks thereby showed that they are not afraid of the state’s persecution of the Pochaev Lavra and the Church as a whole.