Salawe was Turkana. A tall, thin and wiry man, dressed in a traditional colorful cloth that draped over his shoulder, he held an aura of authority and power. He was strong, in his sixties, and not only the leader of the remote Africa desert village, but also its Shaman. His influence was evident and seen

Chukotka: Five thousand people, six villages scattered throughout the vast territory. No plants, only one road that does not take you very far anyway – it only connects two villages of the area. To get to the main land one needs a plane or a helicopter. No one was waiting for us in Lavrentiya, no

On Saturday, November 7, at San Francisco's Joy of All Who Sorrow Cathedral, Father Seraphim Bell was elevated to the rank of Archpriest.

On October 5, 2010, the first joint meeting of the Commissions of the Orthodox Church in America and the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia was held at St Seraphim Church in Sea Cliff, NY.

"This bears witness to the fact that the process set in motion by the signing of the Act of Canonical Communion is developing, and, with God's aid, will continue in the future," said the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church.

On September 6, 2010, in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, two Patriarchs — His Holiness Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, and His Holiness Theodore II of Alexandria — presided over the consecration of Bishop Nestor (Sirotenko), who will serve in Western Europe.

Kiev, Interfax — Orthodox priests who work in the countries where Orthodoxy is not a traditional religion of the majority, have to adapt to local religious traditions or invent new ones comprehensive to their newly converted parishioners. Thus, in Antarctica people are baptized in the ocean, and on the feast of the

Roman Catholic hieromonk Gabriel (Bunge) of the Order of Saint Benedict who has lived a solitary life in the Swiss mountains for over thirty years was received into Orthodoxy by Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) and Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware.) Fr. Gabriel is a renowned Benedictine hermit and considered a master of patristic thought.

With the support of a grant from the Orthodox Christian Mission Center’s (OCMC) Agape Canister Program, the St. Thomas House is assisting children with shelter, food, and clothing, as well as scholarships to local schools. Led by Fr. Stephanos Boik Nino, St. Thomas House provides for the spiritual needs of the children as well. He

International Orthodox Christian Charities aims to provide life-saving and life-preserving support as it responds to natural or man-made disasters.