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Alaska Native woman becomes Orthodox Church's first female North American saint
Olga Michael, a Yup'ik woman from a remote Alaska Native village, has been declared the first female Orthodox saint from North America, honoured for her compassion, humility, and lifelong service to ...
Who was Olga, the Alaska Native drawing devotion as Orthodoxy’s new saint?
St. Olga of Kwethluk, Matushka of All Alaska,” as she is officially known, was canonized on June 19 as the first female ...
Alaska Native woman, ‘everybody’s helper,’ is Orthodox church’s first female North American saint
The Orthodox Church in America has its first female saint from North America. Hundreds of pilgrims joined several bishops in ...
Greek City Times5d
Suicide Bombing Targets Greek Orthodox Damascus Church, Kills 20
A suicide bombing at the Greek Orthodox Mar Elias Church in Damascus kills over 20 during Sunday mass, raising fears of ...
Montrose Press6d
RELIGION: Fr. Seraphim Rose on 'Orthodoxy in America'
Father Seraphim Rose was born in 1932 in San Diego, California, and died in 1982 as a priest-monk at St. Herman of Alaska Monastery in Platina, California. While not yet ...
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Watch: Where faith, folklore and tattooing meet in Cork
Working from his studio on MacCurtain Street, Rob Sexton is combining tattooing with traditional wood carving. After learning from the Razuk family of Jerusalem, Coptic Christian tattooists tracing ...
Hindustan Times13d
Why is Friday the 13th considered unlucky? All you need to know
It's Friday the 13th, a day considered unlucky in Western culture.People believe bad things can happen on this day due to a long-standing superstition. While there are no details about the origin ...
Greek City Times13d
Greek Orthodox Church Endorses New Personal Number System - Greek City Times
The Holy Synod of the Church of Greece, convened on June 12 and 13, 2025, under the presidency of His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece, has expressed its support for the new ...
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Country Club suspends Orthodox Jewish family over prayer video. Plaintiffs suing for $50M
BOCA RATON — Last week, a $50 million federal lawsuit was filed against a prestigious South Florida country club for suspending an Orthodox Jewish family from its facilities. The lawsuit, Scharf v.
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ST. MARY'S ROMANIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH | Encyclopedia of Cleveland History - Case Western Reserve University
MARY'S ROMANIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH was established on 15 Aug. 1904 by 101 ROMANIANS in Cleveland. The church's first structure, at 6201-05 Detroit Ave., cost $10,000 and was dedicated in Aug. 1905. It ...
AOL16d
Mandatory military service for Israel's ultra-Orthodox tests Netanyahu's rule
But the politically powerful ultra-Orthodox, who make up roughly 13% of Israel's population, have traditionally received exemptions from the military while studying full-time in religious ...
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Netanyahu’s government could collapse over Israel’s ultra-Orthodox military draft law - WANE 15
The threats coming from the ultra-Orthodox could be posturing, and many expect Netanyahu to pull off a last-minute deal. But Wednesday’s vote is the most serious challenge to Netanyahu’s ...