On Tuesday, November 10, Abbess Mikhaila (Orlova) of Holy Trinity-Makarievo Zheltovodsky Monastery in the Lyskovo Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church reposed in the Lord due to complications from the coronavirus. She was just 65 years old, reports the site of the Russian Orthodox Church. “Matushka was the first abbess of the monastery after…

For many years, the sisters of St. Elisabeth Convent in Minsk have traveled across Europe and America at Christmas time, selling their handmade items at Christmas markets and sharing the joy of the Nativity with all people. Their unique icons and hand-painted icons drew the attention of many people who had never heard of Orthodoxy…

WASHINGTON, DC – A Museum of the Bible curator conducting routine provenance research on a late 10th to early 11th-century Greek liturgical manuscript of the four Gospels discovered it was one of many items looted from the Eikosiphoinissa (also known as Kosinitza) Patriarchal and Stavropegial Monastery in northern Greece by Bulgarian soldiers during World War…

The Orthodox faithful in the western Australian city of Perth this week celebrated the feast day of St. Nektarios the Wonderworker, at a cathedral dedicated to the saint. The celebrations began on the eve of the feast day with a hierarchical Vespers service, with a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy held on Monday, officiated by the Bishop…

The Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and All Albania, His Beatitude Anastasios, has tested positive for Covid 19 virus. According to press reports, the Primate of the Albanian Orthodox Church will be transported by military plane to a hospital in Athens for treatment. The official announcement of the Orthodox Church of Albania reads: “After the appearance…

The Ecumenical Patriarch on Tuesday sent a congratulatory letter US president-elect Joe Biden, with his All-Holiness noting: “…The joy and enthusiasm for your electoral victory are merely personal sentiments. They are also shared by our Ecumenical Patriarchate and its eparchies across the world, and above all by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America with its…

The Church today venerates the memory of Menas of Egypt. St. Menas contested in the Asia Minor province of Phrygia, in 296, during the reign of Diocletian and Maximian. A soldier distinguished for his valor, he renounced his rank and withdrew to devote himself to ascetical struggles and prayer in the mountainous wilderness. Filled with…

On November 9, Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople sent a beaming letter of congratulations to Joe Biden, whom the media has widely reported to be the president-elect of America. The letter was published on the Facebook page of the Orthodox Observer. The Patriarch notes that he has had a long friendship with Biden, and that his…

Hundreds of people from Bucharest and all across Romania flocked to Radu Voda Monastery to venerate the holy relics of Saint Nectarios of Aegina during a three-day celebration marking the 100th anniversary of the Saint’s blessed repose in the Lord. During the festive Divine Liturgy celebrated on St Nectarios’ feast day, Nov. 9, the assistant…