Failed seizure of Ukrainian cathedral leaves clerics hospitalized after violent assault (+VIDEOS)

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Churches and Monasteries

Failed seizure of Ukrainian cathedral leaves clerics hospitalized after violent assault (+VIDEOS)

Multiple clergy members sustained injuries, including the local bishop, while one priest suffered broken ribs from the violence.

Albanian Church releases documentary on Communist-era martyr Fr. Aleksandër Lipe (+VIDEO)

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Churches and Monasteries

Albanian Church releases documentary on Communist-era martyr Fr. Aleksandër Lipe (+VIDEO)

The Albanian Orthodox Church’s Radio Ngjallja has released a 40-minute documentary about Fr. Aleksandër Lipe, an Orthodox priest who was executed during Albania’s Communist era.

35th anniversary of canonization of St. John of Kronstadt celebrated in St. Petersburg

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

35th anniversary of canonization of St. John of Kronstadt celebrated in St. Petersburg

June 14 marked the 35th anniversary of the Patriarchate of Moscow’s 1990 canonization of St. John of Kronstadt, one of the greatest saints of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Orthodox Church as a whole.

Russian parish in northern France celebrates centenary

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Churches and Monasteries

Russian parish in northern France celebrates centenary

Another Russian Orthodox church in France has reached its centenary this year.

“Paradise on Earth, Visible and Invisible”

Pilgrims on the Velikoretsky cross procession

Lada Bayeva

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

“Paradise on Earth, Visible and Invisible”

Pilgrims on the Velikoretsky cross procession

Lada Bayeva

Participation in cross processions, prayer and fasting helps you get to know God.