Orthodox Dispatch

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Highlights include updates on the ROCOR commission to investigate the life and sanctity of Fr. Seraphim Rose, a new Orthodox school in Pennsylvania, the beginning of restoration efforts at St. Theodosius Cathedral, and a new television series on the life of St. Joseph the Hesychast. Links to Podcast: https...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Highlights include the repose of Patr. Ilia II of Georgia, a multi-day conference sponsored by Patristic Nectar and presided over by Bp. Vasily (OCA), an update on St. John of the Ladder Orthodox Church in South Carolina, and successful heart surgery for Metr. Arseniy of the UOC. Donate to UOJ-USA: https:/...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Highlights include a leaked letter sent by Abp. Elpidophoros of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew acknowledging attempts to thwart the Society of St. John’s advocacy for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, a lightning strike causing a fire at St. John of the Ladder in...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Highlights include a digital release date for “Moses the Black,” the election of a new bishop in the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago, exclusive comments from Metropolitan Nicholas, First Hierarch of ROCOR, on conflict in the Middle East, and the announcement of another podcast offering from UOJ-USA. D...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Highlights include a group of American clergy and theologians pushing for a common date of Pascha with the heterodox, the continual growth of Orthodoxy in America, and the release of Metr. Arseniy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church to house arrest after nearly two years in pretrial detention. Link to Athonit...

In the first-ever episode of our new Orthodox Dispatch podcast, News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world.  The podcast will release Monday mornings on a weekly basis. To support our work, please consider donating at uoj.news/help-uoj.