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“I Will Never Betray My Belief” https://orthochristian.com/180336.html Alexandra Kalinovskaya “Vladyka is having a very hard time right now. He is sick and infirm, yet they force him to do heavy labor. But you all know him: he never loses heart; he himself remains strong, and keeps us all going.”

Fr. Andrew Louth honored by Romanian diocese for contribution to Patristic studies https://orthochristian.com/180335.html His Eminence Metropolitan Teofan of Moldavia and Bukovina presented Fr. Andrew with the Moldavian Cross, the highest distinction awarded by his Metropolis, in recognition of his work studying and promoting Patristic theology.

Macedonian-Ohrid autocephaly is indisputable, says Metropolitan Grigorij https://orthochristian.com/180332.html Metropolitan Grigorij grounds his argument in the Fourth (1993) and Fifth (2015) Pre-Conciliar Commissions in Chambésy, which he says establish that only a Mother Church—not Constantinople—can grant autocephaly to its own territory.

The Math of Life https://orthochristian.com/180333.html Oksana Vinogradova "So, children… Be in a hurry to express your sincere feelings while you are still young. Do not put it off. Life is too short.”

Restored 15th-century fresco of Theotokos returned to Novgorod cathedral https://orthochristian.com/180312.html Restorers have returned a restored 15th-century fresco of the Theotokos to St. Sophia Cathedral in Veliky Novgorod, reassembling an image that existed only in scattered fragments for roughly 300 years.

Foundation laid for new chapel at Elder Ephraim’s Panagia Prousiotissa Monastery https://orthochristian.com/180314.html The Liturgy and consecration service were chanted by the visiting nuns of St. Paraskevi Monastery in Texas.

1 million+ venerate hand of St. Spyridon during month-long stay in Russia https://orthochristian.com/180308.html More than a million Orthodox faithful venerated the right hand of St. Spyridon of Tremythous during its monthlong stay in Russia, with over 300,000 of them venerating the relic in Moscow alone.

ROCOR calls for prayers as GOARCH church plans to honor President Zelensky https://orthochristian.com/180307.html The planned award has drawn pan-Orthodox opposition, including a petition addressed to the church’s Board of Trustees calling on it to rescind the honor and choose a different recipient.

Bulgarians protest upcoming visit of Patriarch Bartholomew https://orthochristian.com/180311.html The letter cites a series of statements Patriarch Bartholomew made in 2026 that conflict with Orthodox dogma and canon law, including addresses in Vilnius on June 8 and in Budapest on September 4.

Hierarchs, clergy, apologists to discuss sharing the faith at December conference (+VIDEO) https://orthochristian.com/180313.html As knowledge of Orthodoxy continues to spread in America and throughout the Orthodox diaspora, largely through online apologetics, the Apologia conference aims to bring apologists and catechists together to work towards a common approach, rooted in the Orthodox Patristic ethos.