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50+ min ago   (1108+ words) by Tony Davenport | Jan 20, 2026 The number of Christians exposed to persecution and at risk of suffering violence worldwide rose by 8 million people during 2025 to reach 388 million. 201 million are women or girls while 110 million are minors under the age of 15. "Unfortunately,…...

1+ hour ago   (261+ words) On Sunday, January 18, 2026, Bishop Iakovos of Claudiopolis presided at the Divine Liturgy on the Patronal Feast of St Athanasius Greek Orthodox Church in Cambridge. Archimandrite Theophanis Petrou and Presbyters Gregory Craveiro and Gregory Florides concelebrated with Bishop Iakovos of Claudiopolis…...

1+ hour, 21+ min ago   (831+ words) Reading I 1 Samuel 16:1-13 The LORD said to Samuel:How long will you grieve for Saul,whom I have rejected as king of Israel?Fill your horn with oil, and be on your way.I am sending you to Jesse of…...

1+ hour, 22+ min ago   (551+ words) The Feast of Theophany was celebrated at the Patriarchate of Jerusalem on Monday, 6th/19th January 2026. On this day, the Church recalls with gratitude and thanksgiving that our Lord Jesus Christ, though sinless, accepted Baptism in the River Jordan, so that through…...

1+ hour, 39+ min ago   (505+ words) On January 19, 2026, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow celebrated the Divine Liturgy and the Rite of the Great Blessing of Waters at the Epiphany Cathedral in Yelokhovo. At the conclusion of the service, the Patriarch addressed the faithful with a Primatial homily,…...

2+ hour, 11+ min ago   (372+ words) More than a decade ago, writer Ta-Nehisi Coates successfully pushed reparations into the contemporary conversation with his seminal essay on why, after 250 years of slavery, 90 years of Jim Crow, and decades of discriminatory housing policies, the United States owed a…...

2+ hour, 21+ min ago   (310+ words) But as thinkers including sociologist Peter Berger have pointed out, historically, when the Christian faith is embraced as a useful commodity, the results are'unavoidably self-liquidating. There is a risk, that is, in emphasizing the utility of Christianity. We might lose…...

2+ hour, 21+ min ago   (1931+ words) The "Christian AI" market is getting crowded. At Gloo, users are "getting more personal" with their chatbot "than with most pastors." Pray.com's AI-generated Bible videos are styled like video games and replete with dramatic monsters and sexy ladies. New…...

2+ hour, 30+ min ago   (410+ words) On January 19, 2026, the feast of Theophany according to the Old Calendar, Porfirije, Patriarch of Serbia, presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Temple of Saint Sava, where he delivered a profound sermon on the meaning of the great feast of…...

2+ hour, 42+ min ago   (158+ words) The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew sent a warm Patriarchal Letter of Condolence to Prince Pavlos, expressing, on behalf of the Mother Church and personally, his heartfelt sympathy for the passing of the late Princess Irene. In his message, the Ecumenical Patriarch…...