The Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, His Beatitude John X, on Tuesday received Archimandrite Phillip, a representative of the Russian Orthodox Church, at the Patriarch see in Damascus.
Discussion on a wide variety of topics took place, particularly on cooperation and interaction between the Antioch Patriarchate and the Russian Orthodox Church delegation in Damascus.
Back in southeast Europe, the Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, on Wednesday evening attended an event in Belgrade dedicated to children of large-member families, where he presented attending children with presents and blessed them.
A musical program followed, where choirs of young people performed ecclesiastical hymns and traditional Serbian songs.
Finally, allow us to remind you that the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi continues to embellish its collection of Vatopedi psaltic tradition, with several ecclesiastical hymns commemorating Friday’s great feast day of the Theophany, added recently to the specific category found on the monastery’s e-shop account, at number 15.