Serbian gov’t funding monastery-based home for persons with disabilities

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Churches and Monasteries

Serbian gov’t funding monastery-based home for persons with disabilities

The agreement was signed by Abbess Maria of the St. Petka Monastery, where the home has operated since the 1940s, and the Ministry of Labor, Employment, and Veterans’ and Social Affairs.

Colombia: Romanian Church expands its mission work

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Coming to Orthodoxy

Colombia: Romanian Church expands its mission work

The visit was part of the Mission of St. John of Wallachia’s ongoing effort “to spread the light of the Orthodox faith throughout Colombia, and the missionary activities in Bucaramanga are just beginning.”

A Summer Trip to Georgia: the First Earthly Portion of the Theotokos

Svyatoslav Mozhey

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Churches and Monasteries

A Summer Trip to Georgia: the First Earthly Portion of the Theotokos

Svyatoslav Mozhey

My ten-year-old daughter’s friends came to our place and played in the room where Fr. Gabriel’s icon stood. Suddenly they ran out frightened: “Look, an icon is winking at us!”

Patriarch of Bulgaria consecrates UK’s first Bulgarian Orthodox church (+VIDEOS)

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Churches and Monasteries

Patriarch of Bulgaria consecrates UK’s first Bulgarian Orthodox church (+VIDEOS)

His Holiness Patriarch Daniil of Bulgaria visited England over the weekend to consecrate the UK’s first Bulgarian Orthodox church—the dream of several generations of Bulgarians living there.

Bulk of Old Calendarist diocese joins Antiochian Church in British Isles

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Churches and Monasteries

Bulk of Old Calendarist diocese joins Antiochian Church in British Isles

After a few years of discussions, a large portion of a diocese of one of the Old Calendarist churches has been received into the Antiochian Orthodox Church in its Archdiocese of the British Isles and Ireland.