Local proclamation of canonization of St. Gherasim of Tismana
https://orthochristian.com/172782.html

The newly canonized saint served as abbot of Tismana Monastery before his arrest and imprisonment under the communist regime.

Moldovan hierarch appeals to VP Vance for protection against state persecution
https://orthochristian.com/172775.html

The appeal comes days after reports that VP Vance confronted Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople about the persecution of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which he has been silent about.

Schemanun Ignatia, a Professor and a Secret Nun
https://orthochristian.com/172774.html

(Valentina Ilyinichna Puzik; 1903–2004)
Maria Tobolova

The uniqueness of matushka Ignatia’s personality lies in the fact that she was able to align scientific activity and monastic service in her life, under the conditions of an atheistic regime.

New Mt. Sinai abbot apologizes for scandal, promises unity and reform
https://orthochristian.com/172772.html

The new abbot referenced St. John of the Ladder, whose spiritual work compares religious life to “a ladder from earth to Heaven, where Christ awaits.”

Tanzania: 370+ new converts baptized, including 200+ former Muslims (+VIDEO)
https://orthochristian.com/172770.html

The candidates had undergone systematic catechesis instruction led by local priests before receiving Baptism and their first Holy Communion.

FOCUS North America provides over 15,000 backpacks to students in need since 2021
https://orthochristian.com/172759.html

The program addresses a critical need for children experiencing economic insecurity, poverty, and homelessness.

Salvation or Perdition?
https://orthochristian.com/172783.html

On Graham Greene’s novels
Alexander Popov

The uniqueness of this book is that it was written by a Catholic, but it offers a profoundly Orthodox understanding of sin and grace, holiness and pride.

OCA, ROCOR, and ACROD clergy lead pro-life prayer vigils in New York
https://orthochristian.com/172784.html

Orthodox Christians Pro-Life, a nonprofit organization, regularly holds prayer vigils outside abortion facilities in New York City, at least once a month.

“One Another” is the Path to Salvation, “Every Man For Himself” is the Road to Hell
https://orthochristian.com/172825.html

Metropolitan Luke (Kovalenko) of Zaporozhye and Melitopol

Love is not merely sympathy or compassion—it is carrying another’s cross.

On the Temptation of Externalizing the Faith
https://orthochristian.com/172791.html

Savva Tống (Duệ Uyên)

The sad thing here is not that “the Church is not extreme enough for them,” but that their Christian view has moved away from the center of Faith—where the Risen Christ is.

Canada: Romanian and Serbian hierarchs consecrate summer altar at Romanian monastery
https://orthochristian.com/172822.html

The monastery began construction on the outdoor altar in the summer of 2022. It is dedicated to Sts. Paisie and Cleopa of Sihăstria, who were canonized during the Romanian Patriarchate’s Centennial, and to St. Irodion of Lainici.

Miraculous awakening in Uganda: Orthodox mission grows following series of dreams
https://orthochristian.com/172817.html

The Russian Orthodox Church’s Exarchate of Africa is witnessing a spiritual awakening in the town of Mbale in eastern Uganda, where dozens of people—including several from Muslim backgrounds—have embraced the Orthodox faith following a series of extraordinary events.

Court denies UOC’s request for injunction in Church dissolution case
https://orthochristian.com/172831.html

The Sixth Administrative Court of Appeal has denied the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s request for an injunction in the case concerning the termination of its activities.

“The Lord Is Waiting for Us in Heaven.” On St. Silouan the Athonite
https://orthochristian.com/172839.html

Hieromonk Platon (Kudlasevich)

Having received a special grace and been vouchsafed to see God once, afterwards St. Silouan felt a longing for the Creator and strove in every possible way to please Him and regain the grace that the Lord had abundantly bestowed upon him in his youth when he worked as a novice at the mill of St. Panteleimon’s Monastery on Mt. Athos.

Ukrainian Metropolitan calls out Patriarch Bartholomew’s silence about persecution by OCU he created
https://orthochristian.com/172829.html

Met. Theodosy describes his diocese as “one of the most affected dioceses in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church” by the OCU “thieves and robbers.”

Orthodox Christians participate in 5th annual Pennsylvania March for Life
https://orthochristian.com/172834.html

Orthodox Christians from across Pennsylvania joined thousands of pro-life advocates at the state Capitol in Harrisburg on September 22 for the 5th annual Pennsylvania March for Life rally.

St. Silouan the Athonite
https://orthochristian.com/172841.html

“Without Repentance and Humility There Can Be No Spiritual Growth”
https://orthochristian.com/172844.html

In Memory of Protopriest Maxim Ivanov
Olga Izhenyakova

He did everything with an unfailing smile, in which one could read: “I love you”

Consecrations mark patronal feast of Nativity of the Theotokos at two European monasteries
https://orthochristian.com/172845.html

Two Orthodox monasteries in France and Germany marked their patronal feast of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos on September 21, with special consecration ceremonies.