Orthochristian.com - 26/9/17 - Russian Orthodox Church After struggling with a serious illness, His Eminence Metropolitan Irenei of Nezhin and Priluki reposed in the Lord at 5:35 PM on Saturday, reports the site of the Nezhin Diocese. Met. Irinei was born on June 11, 1963 in the village of Rpotukha, in the Uman Region of the Chersky Province, Ukraine. ...
Pravoslavie.ru - 10/9/17 A bas-relief icon of the Mother of God of Cyprus was blessed and gifted to a boarding home for deaf and blind children in Sergiev Posad Russia yesterday, reports the site of the Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra. The icon was blessed during a moleben served in the refectory church in the Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra, located in Sergiev ...
Pravoslavie.ru - 3/10/2016 A ballot for the new abbot of the Russian St. Panteleimon’s Monastery on Mt. Athos was held on October 2, 2016, with Hierodeacon Evlogy (Ivanov) being chosen as the new superior, reports a correspondent of Russian Athos. The voting procedure was according to the standing so-called “Athos Constitution,” approved by the Greek administration and parliament ...
mk.ru - June 2016 As learned from a source in the Federal Security Service [FSB], a terrorist act was averted in the largest men’s monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church with several centuries of history—the Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra. According to sources, on June 14 in several cafes in the Pushkin region of Podmoskovye were found homemade explosive devices ...
October - 2014 The Google Culture Academy has launched a joint project with the Trinity-Sergius Lavra in the beginning of October, 2014. With the help of the Street View technology, the interior and exterior territories of the Lavra have been completely digitized. People all around the world are now able to make a virtual journey to the ...
January 2014 In July this year, near the walls of Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra in the Moscow region, a tent camp measuring 44 hectares will be built; it will accommodate 100,000 participants of the All-Russian Cross procession, dedicated to the 700th birth anniversary of St. Sergius of Radonezh, reports ITAR-TASS. This was reported on January 9 by ...
Dylan Pahman - 10/12/13 This past Friday, I attended the Sophia Institute annual conference. I am a fellow of Sophia and presented a short paper there on Orthodox Christian monastic enterprise. The theme of the conference this year was “Monasticism, Asceticism and Holiness in the Eastern Orthodox World.” In addition to my paper, the subjects of the ...