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The message was released to mark the beginning of the Dormition Fast and the feast day of St. Elesa, the patron saint of Kythira, along with the commemoration of St. Solomonia and her seven Maccabee children.

Sermon on the Feast of the Holy Prophet Elias
Hierodeacon Iliodor (Shevchuk)

His life’s path was joyless and very difficult; he was an outcast in his own homeland and he had to flee into the desert to escape the persecution of a wicked king. St. Elias went through severe trials and spiritual distress. It was very hard for him, but he passed through all this with ...

Sermon on the feast of the Uncovering of the Relics of St. Seraphim, the Wonderworker of Sarov
Hieromonk Ignaty (Shestakov)

Learned and uneducated, rich and poor alike—everyone deeply loves St. Seraphim. It was this love, coming from the believing heart, that once played a key role in his canonization.

The Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of the Orthodox Church in America has published a second edition of a bilingual booklet containing the Akathist to St. Olga of Alaska along with a brief account of her life.

Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal on Tuesday struck down a law that would have granted legal recognition to same-sex couples who married in other European Union member states before relocating to Poland.