Category: Russian Orthodox

Orthodox church leaders leaving Georgia

obl- January 14, 2013

TBILISI, DFWatch — 14/1/13 Clerics from different Orthodox countries will leave today, Monday. The guests arrived five days ago in order to congratulate Georgian Patriarch ... Read More

Metropolitan Hilarion of ROCOR Visits India,Celebrates Divine Liturgy and Ordains Reader

obl- January 13, 2013

Russian Orthodox Church in India Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia – Moscow Patriarchate OCP News Service – 13/1/13 Mumbai: Metropolitan Hilarion the first Hierarch of ROCOR arrived in ... Read More

Syria At Threshold Of Religious War

obl- January 12, 2013

By Konstantin Garibov and Alexey Lyakhov – 12/1/13 A report recently published by international Christian human rights organization “Open Doors” says that at present, Syria ... Read More

A Visit to the Mount Athos of America

obl- January 10, 2013

Thom Nickels – 10/1/13 Philadelphia-based author/journalist It’s a little bit after one in the afternoon and Father Sergius (Bowyer), the Abbott of St. Tikhon of ... Read More

Sealed Under Turkish Mud, a Well-Preserved Byzantine Chapel

obl- January 8, 2013

A section of the 13th-century chapel at Myra. One wall of the chapel has a cross-shaped window that, when sunlit, beams its shape onto an ... Read More

Artifacts Reported Stolen from Hollywood Russian Orthodox Church

obl- December 29, 2012

Guy McCarthy  - 28/12/12 Items listed as stolen from the church’s altar room on Dec. 22 include ornate metal crosses and chalices. Los Angeles police ... Read More

Long path to reach spiritual home

obl- December 27, 2012

Margaret Jackson – 27/12/12 AMBROSE JACKSON PRIEST, TEACHER 10-12-1935 — 4-8-2012 TWO funeral services for the Very Reverend Archpriest Ambrose Trevor Jackson,  one in Adelaide ... Read More

Long path to reach spiritual home

obl- December 27, 2012

Margaret Jackson – 27/12/12 AMBROSE JACKSON PRIEST, TEACHER 10-12-1935 — 4-8-2012 TWO funeral services for the Very Reverend Archpriest Ambrose Trevor Jackson, Read More