American Orthodoxy in 2040: Explosive growth but impending clergy crisis (+VIDEO)
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In a recent two-hour discussion on Ancient Faith Radio, three Orthodox researchers presented data suggesting American Orthodoxy will experience significant growth over the next 15 years—but warned the Church is unprepared to handle it.

Wonderworking Kursk-Root icon begins eight-week journey through Western Europe
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The eight-week visitation will bring the wonderworking icon to more than 40 locations across Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, Gibraltar, Monaco, Italy, England, Wales, Ireland, and Northern Ireland.

Constantinople canonizes two more Romanian Athonites
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The Patriarchate of Constantinople has canonized two more Romanian monks from Mt. Athos: the founder of the Romanian Prodromou Skete, Hieroschemonk Nifon (Ionescu) and St. Nectarie (Crețu) the Protopsaltis.

Gospels and Acts of the Apostles published in Siberian Nenets language
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The Nenets are the most numerous of the Samoyedic peoples, with approximately 45,000 members. They live in northern Western and Eastern Siberia and also inhabit islands in the Arctic Ocean. Christianity came to the Nenets in the 18th century through Russian missionaries.

Georgian monasteries in U.S. go into schism after leadership deposed
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Three monasteries whose abbots and abbesses were previously deposed have left the jurisdiction of the Georgian Orthodox Church and gone into schism.

OCA diocese addresses demolition of Holy Resurrection Cathedral in Wilkes-Barre
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The cathedral building, which had housed the community since 1972, was demolished this week following the discovery of serious structural issues in 2024.

Athonites who served with Dumenko should be excommunicated, cell monks write
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In their new statement, the cell monks emphasize that Dumenko and his group are schismatics, outside the Church, and thus it violates the canons of the Church and the ethos of Mt. Athos to celebrate with them.

Constantinople upholds Church of Cyprus’ deposition of Metropolitan Tychikos of Paphos
https://orthochristian.com/173386.html

While the Patriarchate acknowledged procedural omissions in how the Church of Cyprus handled the case relative to its own charter, the Holy Synod nevertheless unanimously ratified the Cypriot decision.

New Archbishop of Sinai consecrated at Holy Sepulchre (+VIDEO)
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Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem consecrated Archimandrite Symeon as the new Archbishop of Sinai, Pharan and Raitho at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre yesterday, October 19.

Valiant Knights of the Faith of Christ
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Alexandra Kalinovskaya

With the promise of earthly blessings, the impious ruler tried to turn Sts. Sergius and Bacchus away from the true faith. But the future martyrs did not listen to his flattering words.

Farewell, Communism
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Confession of One Adept
Alexander Popov

And is not man’s right to live, not to die, and his will to choose good or evil the most valuable thing in the world?

The Widow of Nain and the General Resurrection
https://orthochristian.com/173368.html

The Gospel of Luke 7:11–16
St. Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky), Archbishop of Crimea

Our faith is in vain—faith in Christ, in God, is in vain if we do not believe in the resurrection, the general resurrection, and first of all the resurrection of Christ.

The Holy Hierarchs of Moscow
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Commemorated October 5/18

In celebrating the memory of all the Russian hierarchs on a single day, the Church renders equal honor to each of them as heavenly protectors of the city of Moscow and intercessors for our homeland.