Orthodox Bishops Speak Out Against the Infringement of Religious Liberty by the Department of Health and Human Services | February 2nd, 2012
The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America, which is comprised of the 65 canonical Orthodox bishops in the United States, Canada and Mexico, join their voices with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
OCA, ROCOR Metropolitans, hierarchs concelebrate the Divine Liturgy at ROCOR’s NYC cathedral | December 12th, 2011
SYOSSET, NY [OCA] — His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah, Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, and His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, concelebrated the Divine Liturgy for the first time at
Statement by the Synod of Bishops on Relations with the OCA | December 11th, 2011
Metropolitah Hilarion, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, and Metropolitan Jonah, Primate of the Orthodox Church in America.
Since the normalization of ties between the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia and the
Early 20th century Chinese Orthodox books discovered in Beijing | November 22nd, 2011
Orthodox.cn— While searching
online catalogues of ancient books collections of several major universities in China, three rare Chinese Orthodox books have been discovered in the rare book collection of Beijing Normal University. These lithographed editions include:
Horologion 《時課經》published 1909
Psalter 《聖詠經》published 1910
Genesis 《創世紀第一書》published 1911
The
Orthodox Brotherhood Of Apostles Saints Peter and Paul (Moscow Patriarchate) in
Boise artist excels at ancient Orthodox Christian tradition | November 11th, 2011
By Katy Moeller
The Idaho Statesman
BOISE, Idaho — Matthew Garrett makes a living from the tip of his paintbrush.
The 34-year-old paints nearly every day, re-creating scenes from the Bible and heavenly images of the risen Jesus, Christian saints and angels on wood and canvas. He carries forward the ancient tradition of
Church-backed abortion bill sparks protest in Russia | November 8th, 2011
Russia has world's highest rate of abortions
Lawmaker says limits needed to reverse population decline
Feminists, physicians call for more sex education instead
By Alissa de Carbonnel
MOSCOW, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Women of all ages used to fill gynecologist Lyubov Yerofeyeva's Soviet state clinic, lined up by the dozen for back-to-back abortions. "It was more common to take sick
Orthodoxy in Cambodia website launched | November 3rd, 2011
A website has been launched to provide information on the new presence of Orthodoxy in Cambodia.
Here is the Google translation of the Russian-language site
http://cambodia.orthodox.or.th/. The website hopes to expand to a Khmer-language version as well.
Tiny, 1,400-year-old Christian relic found in Jerusalem | October 31st, 2011
Bone box with cross on the lid was likely carried by a believer 1,400 years ago
A restorer from the Israel Antiquities Authority displays a Byzantine Christian icon box made of bone with a cross carved on the lid in Jerusalem.
JERUSALEM
A pre-schism church in Italy is returned to the Orthodox Church | September 30th, 2011
The Monastery of St John the Harvester (San Giovanni Theristis), a well-known Orthodox saint who lived there some 1,000 years ago, is in the town of Bivongi.
To be free or not to be free: Welsh Christianity at the crossroads | September 16th, 2011
This interview by Nun Nectaria (McLees) originally appeared in Road to Emmaus, Fall, 2009
Fr. Deiniol of All Saints of Wales Orthodox Mission, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales.
Hieromonk Deiniol, the