A church in the southwestern Russian Belgorod Province, which directly borders Ukraine, was damaged last week due to a drone attack by the Ukrainian army.
Hierarchs and clergy from four jurisdictions came together on Thursday, May 1, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the clerical service and monastic tonsure of His Eminence Metropolitan Mark of Berlin and Germany of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.
A convent in western Ukraine celebrated its 100th anniversary over the weekend.
The land of Monastery Island in Kalyazin, home to a famous 15th-century monastery, has been returned to the ownership of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Anton Pospelov
“When we brought the remains out of the ground, the entire cemetery was filled with fragrance,” said Bishop Nichifor of Botoșani.