Category: Orthodox Christians

Orthodox Easter: ‘Christ is risen!’

obl- April 6, 2013

Rev. Michael Shanbour, Contributing reader 5/4/13 “Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life!” ... Read More

Abkhaz Leader Meets Georgian, Russian Top Orthodox Clerics

obl- March 30, 2013

Civil Georgia, Tbilisi – 29/3/13 Senior clerics from the Georgian and Russian Orthodox Churches met Abkhaz leader Alexander Ankvab in Russia’s Black Sea resort of ... Read More

Abkhaz Leader Meets Georgian, Russian Top Orthodox Clerics

obl- March 30, 2013

Civil Georgia, Tbilisi – 29/3/13 Senior clerics from the Georgian and Russian Orthodox Churches met Abkhaz leader Alexander Ankvab in Russia’s Black Sea resort of ... Read More

Outsiders are killing Syrian People, destroying Churches and mosques – Christian Bishop

obl- March 27, 2013

Metropolitan Luka Damages are seen inside a church in the city of Homs.(Reuters / Yazan Homsy) An interior view of a damaged church in the ... Read More

The Orthodox Icon, the Light of Orthodoxy

obl- March 26, 2013

Romanian Church – 24/3/13 Saturday and Sunday the religious – cultural manifestation entitled “The Icon – Window to God” which marks the celebration of the ... Read More

Chinese audio recording of Bishop Ephraim of Bikin on the Eve of Great Lent

obl- March 16, 2013

The Chinese Orthodox Church  English translation by Nina Tkachuk Dimas  16/3/13 An audio recording of the words of Bishop Ephraim of Bikin about Great Lent; it ... Read More

Everyday Saints and Other Stories

obl- March 10, 2013

Wesley J. Smith – 8/3/13 Thirty years ago, who would have dreamed that a 490-page book by a Russian Orthodox monk would sweep Russia and ... Read More