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Let’s Make the Paths to the Lord Straight
https://orthochristian.com/166452.html

A sermon on the Eve of Theophany
Hieromonk Laurus (Arkhipov)

Dear brothers and sisters, let us hear St. John the Baptist’s call for repentance today, let us mend our ways, make our paths to the Lord straight, and come to the Lord without any shadow of sin, trusting in His mercy and love for us.

Fight Laziness… If You Aren’t Too Lazy
https://orthochristian.com/166414.html

Priest Alexei Taakh

There are several ways to overcome laziness, both psychological and spiritual.

Moscow church lights thousands of candles for victims of abortion
https://orthochristian.com/166411.html

In recent years, the Russian Orthodox Church and non-profit organizations have opened 86 shelters for pregnant women and mothers with children and 267 humanitarian aid centers that help women continue their pregnancies by solving their material problems.

Montenegro: Influential Orthodox priest targeted in overnight arson attack
https://orthochristian.com/166410.html

The Serbian Orthodox Church has reported a disturbing incident targeting one of its priests in Tivat.

Christmas Eve marked with multiple Baptisms in Bangkok
https://orthochristian.com/166447.html

The newly baptized had been catechized for six months under the guidance of Hieromonk Micah (Phiaxayavong), a cleric of the cathedral.

Historic 12th-century church reconsecrated in Belarus after major restoration
https://orthochristian.com/166450.html

The reconstruction and restoration of the Holy Transfiguration Church, which was erected in 1161, and its ancient frescoes began in 2017 and finished in time for the upcoming celebration of the Savior-St. Euphrosyne Convent’s 900th anniversary.

Br. Nathanael’s views don’t represent ROCOR—new statement from First Hierarch
https://orthochristian.com/166448.html

The First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia issued a statement on Tuesday distancing the jurisdiction from the activities of one of American Orthodoxy’s most eccentric and controversial figures.

OCA primate visits Mexico Diocese
https://orthochristian.com/166451.html

The primate of the Orthodox Church in America paid a pastoral visit to the Diocese of Mexico over the weekend.

Church opens first mother-and-child addiction treatment center in Nizhny Novgorod Province
https://orthochristian.com/166480.html

The new center, under the patronage of St. Barnabas of Gethsemane Skete, is the first of its kind for the province.

On Trusting Your Spiritual Father
https://orthochristian.com/165619.html

Archpriest Andrew Lemeshonok

At a meeting of the sisterhood of St. Elisabeth Convent in Minsk, the nuns shared their experiences about how to maintain trust in your spiritual father.

The Reunification Was a Blessing for American Converts
https://orthochristian.com/166455.html

Nun Cornelia (Rees)

In 2022, when the fifteenth anniversary of the reunification approached, I decided to talk with people who participated in the process and combine their memories in a book.

The Mystery of Renewal
https://orthochristian.com/166449.html

Priest Valery Dukhanin

Our thirst for renewal that reveals itself in our earthly holidays (not only New Year’s, but also in our birthday parties) is our unconscious yearning for God.

Let Us Be Reverent and Prudent
https://orthochristian.com/166416.html

A Homily for the Feast of the Prophet Malachi
Priest Alexander Nazin

The Lord will find a means and a way by which the will of God for every man will be revealed to him.