Bulgarians Prepare for New Antarctica Chapel

Bulgaria is sending a new expedition to Antarctica, which will engage in scientific research while also preparing for the construction of a Bulgarian Orthodox church to be dedicated to St. John of Rila. More here.

Antarctican Chapels En Route

Prefabricated chapels for the Ukrainian and Belorussian stations in Antarctica are in the process of being shipped to the stations with the blessings of Metropolitans Volodymyr (Sabodan) of Kiev of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and Filaret (Vakhromeyev) of Minsk and Slutsk of the Belorussian Orthodox Church. More here.

Second Orthodox Church to be Built in Antarctica

The Ukrainian government is funding the construction of a Ukrainian Orthodox church in Antarctica for its scientists and researchers on the continent. The church, which will be under the jurisdiction of the autonomous Church of Ukraine of the Moscow Patriarchate, will be the second in Antarctica. The Ukrainian government will also be presenting a bell to the first Orthodox church on the continent, which was built by the Russian government. More here.

Pictured is Holy Trinity, Antarctica's Russian Orthodox church.