An event was held on Tuesday dedicated to the cultural-monastic landscape of Vânători-Neamț and the proposal to include the monasteries in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Vânători-Neamț is a commune in Neamț County, Western Moldavia, Romania. The area includes 6 large monasteries, including the famous Neamț Monastery, and 10 dependent hermitages, with about 1,000 monastics….

The Kazan Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church is providing assistance to the families of those killed and injured in the recent school shooting in Kazan. Priests of the diocese are visiting schoolchildren who were taken to the Republic’s Children’s Hospital and are available to speak with their relatives and friends. The diocese’s Mercy service…

A bust of Fr. Haralambie Balamace was unveiled in Korçë, Albania, on Monday, commemorating his martyrdom on Pascha night in 1914. The bronze statue was erected in the local Youth Park. The opening ceremony was attended by the Ambassador of Romania to Albania and representatives of the Aromanians in the area, reports the Basilica News…

During the week of 09-16 April 2021 in Bahrain, an island nation in the Arabian Gulf, the small community of Orthodox Christians worshipping aboard Naval Support Activity Bahrain, was privileged to host Fr. David Hostetler (HCHC ’11). Fr. David’s visit was all the more blessed as it facilitated his reunion of classmate and fellow Navy…

This morning Archbishop Elpidophoros of America addressed the joint Clergy Retreat of the Holy Archdiocesan District and Metropolis of New Jersey. The Archbishop remarked “This opportunity to gather and share precious time together reminds me that we don’t do this enough! Nevertheless, I hope that as the years increase in my Archiepiscopacy, we will all…

Unto the Most Reverend and Right Reverend Hierarchs, Pious Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, Presidents and Members of Parish Councils, Honorable Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Members of Leadership 100, the Day and Afternoon Schools, Philoptochos Societies, the Youth, Greek Orthodox Organizations, and the entirety of the Christ-named Plenitude of the Holy Archdiocese…

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The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, on Monday sent a congratulatory letter to Princess Margareta, the Custodian of the Crown of Romania, on the occasion of the Day of National Rights in the country, which for decades was commemorated as Monarchy Day. His Beatitude expressed his appreciation towards the Romanian royal family for…

The semi-autonomous monastic community of Mount Athos, in northern Greece, as of today is open to pilgrims. According to the Orthodoxia Νews Αgency, members of the rotating Holy Community, the body which exercises administration of Mount Athos, on Monday decided to reopen the Orthodox monastic community to pilgrims, but with a maximum number allowed to…