Pope Francis met with a group of young priests and monks of Eastern Orthodox Churches for a private audience in the Vatican on Thursday morning. The Pope ended the meeting by praying the ‘Our Father’ together. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2023-02/pope-eastern-church-monks-and-priests-francis.html | Vatican News

In this episode of The Black American Orthodox Experience, Fr. Chrysostom speaks with Abbess Katherine Weston (Mother Katherine) about her experience as the only Black Abbess in the Eastern Orthodox Church in America, her musical compositions which blend musical traditions from the Black American Church with the Orthodox Liturgy, and effective missions to communities of color. Learn more about this year's Summer Music Institute on the topic of American Orthodox Music: https://youtu.be/0-ZZ_dwH-f