Worshippers across Russia and other countries in Eastern Europe have been braving icy waters for Theophany, one of the most important holidays in the Orthodox Christian calendar. Celebrated on 19 January according to the unrevised…
Offering his reflections on the Church hymns on the feast of Theophany that point to the regeneration and renewal of nature made by Christ through His baptism into the waters, Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj said…
Hundreds of people attended the Great Blessing of Waters at Putna Monastery on this year’s feast of the Theophany of the Lord. The service was officiated by the monastery’s abbot, the Very Rev. Archimandrite Melchisedec…