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Converts are finding Eastern Orthodoxy online. The church wants to help them commune face-to-face

December 12, 2025December 13, 2025 · Technology

LOS ANGELES — Often when a potential convert walks through the doors of his church, one of the first things the Very Rev. Andreas Blom encourages them to…

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Pope Leo XIV opens first foreign trip with visit to Turkey

November 27, 2025November 27, 2025 · Breaking News

ANKARA — Pope Leo XIV arrived in Turkey on Thursday on his first foreign trip, fulfilling Pope Francis’ plans to mark an important Orthodox anniversary and bring a…

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Bulgarians bid farewell to Orthodox Patriarch Neophyte

Bulgarians bid farewell to Orthodox Patriarch Neophyte

March 16, 2024March 16, 2024 · World News

SOFIA, Bulgaria — Bulgarians lined the streets of Sofia on Saturday to bid farewell to the late Orthodox Patriarch Neophyte. The spiritual leader of Bulgaria’s Orthodox Christians died…

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Anchorage’s oldest building, a Russian Orthodox church, gets new life in restoration project

Anchorage’s oldest building, a Russian Orthodox church, gets new life in restoration project

October 28, 2023October 28, 2023 · US News

EKLUTNA, Alaska — The Russian Orthodox church on the outskirts of Alaska’s biggest city is packed with treasures for the Christian faithful: religious icons gifted by Romanov czars,…

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Angry Russia refuses to speak at UN meeting on its attacks on Ukraine’s key port city of Odesa.

Angry Russia refuses to speak at UN meeting on its attacks on Ukraine’s key port city of Odesa.

July 26, 2023July 26, 2023 · US News

UNITED NATIONS — In an escalation of Russia’s anger at Ukraine and its Western backers, Russia refused to speak at a U.N. Security Council meeting called to disuss…

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Ukrainians celebrate Palm Sunday in church marred by dispute

Ukrainians celebrate Palm Sunday in church marred by dispute

April 9, 2023April 9, 2023 · World News

KYIV, Ukraine — Willow branches in hand, Ukrainians marked Palm Sunday in the country’s most revered Orthodox site that has been at the heart of a religious dispute…

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Tensions on the rise at revered Kyiv monastery complex

Tensions on the rise at revered Kyiv monastery complex

March 26, 2023March 26, 2023 · World News

KYIV, Ukraine — The courtyards of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra have been busy with more than just the usual worshippers, going to and from its churches in the sprawling…

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Some Ukrainians move Christmas to detach again from Russia

Some Ukrainians move Christmas to detach again from Russia

December 25, 2022December 25, 2022 · Breaking News

BOBRYTSIA, Ukraine — Ukrainians usually celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7, as do the Russians. But not this year, or at least not all of them. Some Orthodox Ukrainians…

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Scrutiny of Ukraine church draws praise, fear of overreach

Scrutiny of Ukraine church draws praise, fear of overreach

December 7, 2022December 7, 2022 · World News

KYIV, Ukraine — After its searches of holy sites belonging to Ukraine’s historic Orthodox church, the nation’s security agency posted photos of evidence it recovered — including rubles,…

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