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The leader of the schismatic Kiev Patriarchate has asked forgiveness from the Russian Orthodox Church and asked to be returned to canonical communion: Leader of Ukrainian schismatics Philaret asks forgiveness from Russian Orthodox Church / OrthoChristian.Com

Today marks the 35th anniversary of the repose in the Lord of Blessed Hieromonk Seraphim (Rose)! May the good Lord bless us all through his prayers!

Full response: The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia - Official Website "... the counsel contained therein is in contradiction to the Church’s teaching on sexuality, repentance and family life. It does not represent an Orthodox understanding of anthropology or theology, and in the...

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Asking all of your prayers - my wife is getting pretty pregnant - she's due June 3! If you would, please remember Ekaterina (wife), Seraphima (the expected one), and Jesse (me). Thanks and God bless!

a friend of mine is very worried that he may have HIV. It seems he was with a guy who later told him he's positive. This friend is Orthodox and has had a very rocky path and is now talking about suicide although he hasn't actually been tested yet. Anyways, please pray for Patrick and have him...

my buddy from seminary, Fr. Daniel Mackay, the priest in St. John the Wonderworker in Eugene, OR spent three years making a series of videos about Orthodoxy ... check 'em out! http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/81466.htm

Fr. Daniel Byantoro, a convert from Islam and the founder of the Orthodox Church in Indonesia was recently here in Moscow where I had the pleasure to meet him, attend a public lecture, and interview him. Their mission there is growing but struggling, and they are in great need of help - of...

please pray for the soul of the newly-departed Sergei, and also for those who mourn him, including my friend Daria. She says she's an atheist, but it seems to me there is something more going on, and who knows - this could lead to a fanning of any spark that might be there.

Hey, Gurney, i was in Bucharest over the weekend, and i saw something that will make your day!

so the OCA Diocese of the South nominated Archimandrite Gerasim to be their bishop. that's pretty booyah! hopefully the Synod doesn't pull something ...

apparently Elder Paisios is now St. Paisios. That's pretty glorious. A new Saint of the Church. Elder Paisios canonized today. | Orthodox Magazine Orthodox Magazine

hey everyone - i would appreciate prayers for my friend, Yana. She is a Russian (and a quarter Greek!) girl that i met in a hostel in St. Petersburg. she wears a pendant of the Mother of God and says she believes in God, but doesn't go to Church and she said is scared of Orthodox people and...

Today is the 32nd anniversary of the repose of Fr. Seraphim Rose. I would ask that you all pray for him, and if any are so inclined and interested, there is an Akathist written in his honor by one of his Godsons, which can be found here: Akathists: Akathist to Blessed Seraphim for any who may...

so, two people have told me today that the Greeks don't do the Apostles' Fast .... is this true?

does anyone know where I could find an Akathist, or canon, or just any prayer to St. Anastasia the Patrician, commemorated on March 10? thank ye muchly.

If you could all please pray for the soul of Joanne, a parishioner of St. Tikhon's, that would be much appreciated. She passed away this morning. Also please pray for her Godmother, Jerusalem, who was very close with her and is not doing well.

I wants to discuss the theology of dysentery. Thoughts?

i was just told about a man named Romanos who is fairly newly baptized but has tried to commit suicide. He is in the ICU and is not expected to make it. He has a wife and 2 children. Lord have mercy!

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Gregory Sulich who passed away today.