4 Aug 2026, 16:35 UTC59 views3 reactionsread 6 August 2026 Photo
Church of St. Andrew the Apostle on the Vuoksa River, Russia, located some two hours north of St. Petersburg. Consecrated in 2000, it is a church of the Diocese of Vyborg under the Moscow Patriarchate. This church is significant because it holds the record for occupying the smallest island with a church in the world. It was originally only accessible by boat, but in the past decade a bridge was built so it can be acc…
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31 Jul 2026, 19:48 UTC160 views4 reactionsread 6 August 2026 Photo
Prayer House of the Patriarch Abraham in Beersheba, Israel. Founded in 2017, it is a house church of the Archdiocese of Madaba under the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem. The parish was founded to support the Russian-speaking population there, with its formation being blessed by Abp. Aristobulos (currently of Qatar). In 2020, Fr. Alexander was ordained to serve as the permanent priest there. It is the souther…
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28 Jul 2026, 16:27 UTC116 views4 reactionsread 6 August 2026 Photo
Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in Dodoma, Tanzania. Opened earlier this year, it is a parish of the Diocese of Arusha and Central Tanzania under the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria. The Orthodox Missionary Fraternity funded the construction of the church, which is the first in Tanzania's de jure capital. While there, Met. Agathonikos baptized 25 converts, marking a strong start to this new parish. There has b…
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25 Jul 2026, 22:46 UTC100 views2 reactionsread 6 August 2026 Forwarded from @uoj_america
First Divine Liturgy Celebrated in Vyksa Cathedral After More Than 100 Years
VYKSA, RUSSIA — The first Divine Liturgy in more than a century was celebrated on July 14 in the Trinity Cathedral of the Vyksa Iversky Convent, marking a major milestone in the restoration of the historic monastery church that was closed after the Soviet authorities shut down the convent in 1923.
The service was led by Metr. Georgy of Niz…
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24 Jul 2026, 17:25 UTC152 views4 reactionsread 6 August 2026 Photo
Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Founded in 1998, it is a parish of the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Western Europe, though services for the community there extend back to the 1970s, when the first Serbian Orthodox parish in the Netherlands was planted in Amsterdam. The parish community moved into its current location in 2005. Due to the surge of interest in the Church among Western European…
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24 Jul 2026, 02:42 UTC76 views3 reactionsread 6 August 2026 Forwarded from @orthochristianPhoto
New German-language Orthodox New Testament and Psalter published by Bavarian monastery
https://orthochristian.com/179098.html
The edition, titled “Das Neue Testament, die Psalmen und die biblischen Oden der Orthodoxie,” is the first Orthodox translation of the New Testament and Psalter available in German.
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22 Jul 2026, 20:42 UTC94 views2 reactionsread 6 August 2026 Forwarded from @martyrnicholasiiPhoto
A chapel in Harbin, China. Built by White Army emigres and consecrated in 1936. The chapel/memorial is dedicated to two assassinated monarchs: Nicholas II of Russia and King Alexander I of Yugoslavia. The chapel was demolished during the communist Mao Zedong regime.
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