Priest Leonid Bartkov
A family crisis is not a broken machine that needs to be repaired by a neighbor. It is a surgical procedure that God performs on your souls
The Foundation was established in 1946 on land donated by Jordan, through the efforts of the late Greek Orthodox benefactress Siksek. Since its founding, it has provided continuous humanitarian care to patients of all ages suffering from incurable illnesses, with particular focus on infants whose medical conditions exceed the capacity of hospitals or their families to provide necessary treatment, rehabilitation, or ongoing care.
Representatives of the diocesan center have begun work on an extension to the house, and plan to install a heating system along with the necessary utilities.
Igor Petkovski, a representative of the organizers, said: “We’re here to defend our truths, our rights, to show why we should truly be proud, and if there’s something to be proud of, it’s the home, the family, parenthood, and our children.”
The peaceful protest, titled Respect for the Greek Orthodox Family, took place on June 13, starting at the statue of Alexander the Great on the New Waterfront and concluding outside the Church of Hagia Sophia.
Under the practice, families who were married in the Church could have their third and subsequent children baptized at the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Tbilisi, with the Patriarch himself serving as Godfather.
Ksenia Gubina
We have undertaken our mission of helping children with special needs, and we make every possible effort to fulfill it with dignity—with love for the children and with respect for their parents!
Ekaterina Silinskaya
From an Orthodox point of view, it’s important to see that behind these external outbursts, there’s almost always internal disorder in the soul.
Since 2012, more than 1,800 women have received temporary housing through the Church’s House for Mom program, and roughly 100,000 people have received humanitarian assistance.
The Council calls on responsible institutions to make public the scientific and medical basis on which the guidelines were drafted, the reasoning that justified their approval through an expedited procedure, the legal basis and competencies underpinning their adoption, and the criteria by which minors were included in the regulations.
California authorities seized a teenage girl from her Ukrainian Orthodox Christian mother and are moving to put her up for adoption after her parents refused to consent to allow her to mutilate herself for a gender transition.
An Orthodox monk from Mount Athos led a three-day congress for Romanian Orthodox youth in the United Kingdom, addressing hundreds of young people on living an authentic Christian life in contemporary society.
The holiday was established in Georgia by His Holiness Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia of blessed memory in 2014, and coincides with the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, which propagandizes in favor of immoral lifestyles.
All funds will go directly toward the final stages of the St. Mardarije Center construction.
According to the bishop, the march represents more than a political or social debate. “It’s about publicly witnessing that life is stronger than death and that Christians are called to give this witness in the public square,” he said.
Baranov is the founder of St. John the Forerunner Orthodox Pro-Life Society in New York and has been active in the pro-life movement for nearly two decades.
This particular prayer service took place outside a Planned Parenthood facility in the Bronx, New York. Such services have been held regularly for more than five years, beginning in January 2021.
The Holy Association of Greek Clergy (ISKE) has issued a statement criticizing the recent Council of State decision reaffirming the constitutionality of same-sex marriage and adoption in Greece.
Orthodox Christians for Life is coordinating the 6th annual National Orthodox Baby Shower, a diaper/baby item drive, coinciding with the feast of the Annunciation on March 25 and continuing through April.
Elena Kucherenko
During the eight years I’ve been a mother to a special needs child, I arrived at an amazing conclusion. It is the church-going people who take the birth of a disabled child most heavily.
