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A Ukrainian government official who heads the state agency overseeing the Kiev Caves Lavra is criticizing the country’s judicial system for sticking too closely to legal procedure in the years-long case seeking to evict the Ukrainian Orthodox Church from the monastery.
The Holy Synod of the Church of Greece has revoked an honor it awarded to His Eminence Metropolitan Ambrose, former head of the Diocese of Kalavryta, just two weeks after granting it, citing a letter from the bishop that members found offensive to the Synod.
The letter was published ahead of the return of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill to the British Parliament, which would have allowed adults with a life expectancy of less than six months to request help ending their lives under certain conditions.
Hierarchs and clergy from across the Orthodox world have condemned the killing and called for justice, though Ukrainian authorities have been largely silent on the matter.
Noting that Patriarch Bartholomew previously recognized the canonicity of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church under His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine, Fr. Gabriel says “We all know that Patriarch Bartholomew did not act voluntarily” in creating the schismatic OCU.
Six communities in Nigeria now have clean drinking water after the Patriarchal Exarchate of Africa of the Russian Orthodox Church, with the support of donors, drilled and equipped new wells at their parishes in August 2026.
The Charlotte parish’s territory already extends into South Carolina, and its clergy had long recognized the need to bring together the faithful living in and around Columbia.
Every day, Orthodox Christians come to stand watch at the walls of the Lavra, keeping up an unbroken prayer vigil to the Lord and the Mother of God for peace, justice, and the preservation of the holy Kiev inheritance of the Theotokos.
The OCDA’s ministry focuses on removing barriers that can make it hard for deaf Orthodox Christians to take part in the life of the Church.
Romanian and Serbian faithful from the Timok Valley region gathered Sunday at Malajnica Monastery in Serbia to celebrate the local proclamation of the canonization of St. Magdalena of Malajnica.
His Eminence Metropolitan Anthony of Boryspil is calling on the faithful of his diocese to make three prostrations every day, praying for the softening of the hearts of those working against the Church.
His Holiness Patriarch Daniil of Bulgaria led a procession through the streets of Sofia on Saturday, September 12, carrying a relic of the Holy Cross, part of two days of celebrations marking the 1700th anniversary of the finding of the Holy and Life-Giving Cross of Christ.
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