Orthodox Dispatch

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Notable stories include a recap of a leaked document detailing the creation of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Volodomyr Zelenskyy receiving the Beacon of Hope award from St. Nicholas National Shrine with a video message, and the election of Bp. Athenagoras of Nazianzus...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Notable stories include the consecration of the only Greek Orthodox church in Alaska, a Ukrainian Orthodox hierarch addressing the UN over the mobilization of clergy, and police expelling a UOC priest and parishioners from their parish in Biloziria. Links to podcast: https://linktr.ee/ OrthodoxDispatchSupp...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Notable stories include the selection of three candidates for the vacant throne of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Jersey, the concelebration of OCA and ROCOR hierarchs at an Old Rite parish in Alaska, and a Swiss archimandrite commenting on the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s involvement in Ukrainian churc...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Notable stories include commemorations of the 25th anniversary of 9/11, an invitation from Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew concerning a Synaxis of the four ancient thrones of the East, and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church being left off the updated list of religious organizations eligible for mobilization ex...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Notable stories include an exhortation from Metr. Tikhon for the beginning of the new ecclesiastical year, Patr. Theophilos III planning meetings with Putin and Zelensky to pursue peace in Ukraine, and multiple hierarchs mourning a monk who was killed at the Sviatohirsk Lavra. Watch our new documentary: ht...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Notable stories include the funeral of a monk killed at the UOC’s Sviatohirsk Lavra, a priest renewing his appeal to GOARCH to oppose the persecution of the UOC, and a former Byzantine Catholic priest being received into the Orthodox priesthood. Watch our new documentary: https://uoj.news/man-and-church/an...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Highlights include the Trump administration backing Jordanville’s battle against a proposed wind farm project, Metr. Joseph (Bulgarian) being located in a New York hospital after a traffic accident, and a woman receiving healing after praying before the Hawaiian Iveron Icon. Watch our new documentary: http...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Highlights include the wonderworking myrrh-streaming Hawaiian Icon of the Mother of God being welcomed to Bulgaria, developments in Holy Trinity Monastery’s battle against a proposed wind farm project, and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presiding over services for the 1,400th anniversary of the singing o...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Highlights include ROCOR's Eastern Diocese adopting a new social media policy for clergy, a petition urging the St. Nicholas Shrine to rescind an award being given to Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky, and archaeologists identifying the probable site of the First Ecumenical Council. Links to Podca...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Highlights include the election of Metr. Apostolos of New Jersey as the Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada, the nomination of Bp. Gerasim to be the new spiritual leader of the OCA’s Diocese of the South, and a video showing the abduction of a UOC priest in Lutsk, Ukraine. Links to podca...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Highlights include the first-ever All-Night Vigil on St. Paul Island in Alaska, a Greek Orthodox parish honoring Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy this fall, and pilgrims waiting hours to venerate the tomb of St. Paisios the Athonite. Links to podcast: https://linktr.ee/OrthodoxDispatch Support UOJ-U...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Highlights include a St. Vladimir’s seminarian seeking support after living away from his family for a year, restoration updates at St. Theodosius Cathedral in Cleveland, and the latest threat issued by the Estonian government to the Estonian Orthodox Christian Church. Seminarian interview: https://uoj.new...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Highlights include the publishing of a service commemorating America’s 250th anniversary, new religious education materials from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, and the incorporation of ROCOR’s Pastoral School of Chicago and Mid-America into Holy Trinity Seminary. OCA service: https://www.oca.or...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Highlights include the anniversary of St. Olga of Alaska’s glorification, the stepping down of Abp. Sotirios of Canada after 52 years of episcopal ministry, and the repose of a UOC deacon who died while saving a child from drowning. Restore the Glory of the Home Where St. John's Relics Rest: https://ww...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Highlights include the worldwide reaction to damage done to the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, multiple book releases, and the arrest of a metropolitan of the Patriarchate of Alexandria. Links to podcast: https://linktr.ee/OrthodoxDispatch Support UOJ-USA: https://buy.stripe.com/00w3cv7xS40uaX7gmT6Ri00Subscribe on P...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Highlights include reports of Patr. Theophilos III of Jerusalem serving as a possible mediator for Ukraine-Russia peace talks, the election of a new abbot at St. Nektarios Monastery in New York, and updates in the case of former Metr. Tychikos of Paphos. Links to podcast: https://linktr.ee/OrthodoxDispatch...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Highlights include a fundraiser for a well-known OCA volunteer who is suffering from a serious medical emergency, a visit of Abp. Michael and several priests from America to Serbia during the visit of the Belt of the Theotokos, and an exclusive report on a defrocked Antiochian priest in Chile. Fundraiser f...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Highlights include the annual St. Tikhon's Memorial Day Pilgrimage, significant book releases, and the detainment and release of Metr. Hilarion Alfeyev in the Czech Republic. STM Pocket Psalter: https://stmpress.com/products/stm-pocket-psalter?_pos=2&_sid=0ea070fc7&_ss=r&se_activity_id=1514...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Highlights include the repose of a beloved Orthodox bookseller, a chapel in Oklahoma built through Make-a-Wish, the funeral for an Orthodox Christian killed in World War II after the return of his remains, and St. Tikhon’s Monastery Press pulling its latest prayer book. Links to podcast: https://linktr.ee/...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Highlights include the election of Shio III as the next Patriarch of Georgia, Metr. Nathanael of Chicago's eulogy for fallen police officer John Bartholomew, and Abp. Alexei's support for the closure of a liquor store in a small Alaska community. Link to help Newman family: Newman Family House Fire...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Highlights include ROCOR’s decision to move forward with the glorification process for Hieromonk Seraphim Rose, the adoption of new social media guidelines by the OCA, and a major court victory for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC). St. Ignatius fundraiser: https://stignatius.breezechms.com/give/online?f...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world.  Highlights include ROCOR’s rejection of a petition to receive Bp. Emilianos of Meloa, the announcement of funeral services for a Greek Orthodox police officer killed in the line of duty, and the retirement of Abp. Alexander of the OCA’s Diocese of the South.  Interview with Bp. Emilianos: https://youtu.be...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world.  Highlights include tributes for the late Elder Joseph of St. Nektarios Monastery from Abp. Elpidophoros and Metr. Saba, the assault of an Orthodox pro-life volunteer, an upcoming conference on Orthodox spirituality and mental health, and the convening of the Georgian Synod for the next step in electing Pa...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world. Highlights include the organization of a new Orthodox retreat center in California and a word from Logos Cinema. Meeting of the Lord Ranch: https://www.meetingofthelord.com/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExd042TTZUQUZVRkFhSkxDR3NydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR674AfW6FOVnIU-hFkrEIJBgcj137cecCAAtjci...

News Editor Aaron Hickman recaps the previous week’s top stories shaping the Orthodox world.  Highlights include an internal email from the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate which attacked multiple Orthodox jurisdictions and the Society of St. John, two consecrations to the episcopacy in the United States, and updates on the situation at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.  Links t...