After months of intense preparation, hundreds of pilgrims descended upon the tiny remote Alaskan village of Kwethluk where St. Olga’s husband was once the priest and where she was buried after her repose in 1979.
The attacker entered the Mar Elias Church in Damascus’ Dweila neighborhood, opened fire on congregants, and then detonated an explosive device strapped to his body.
St. Sophrony, a spiritual child of the great St. Silouan the Athonite, founded the monastery in 1959 and served as abbot for many decades.
A video published yesterday shows how the godless members of the schismatic “Orthodox Church of Ukraine” treat Orthodox clergy. In the scene, a priest is thrown to the ground and beaten repeatedly and mercilessly.
Two parishes of the Orthodox Church in America, in West Sacramento and Los Angeles, recently celebrated their 100th anniversaries.