The Archdiocese of Cluj spent 3.3 million Euros on philanthropy last year, offering aid or other forms of support to approximately 16,000 beneficiaries. The announcement was made at the Eparchial Assembly gathered on Saturday in central Romania’s Cluj-Napoca city. The meeting began with a Te Deum service, after which His Eminence Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj…

Archimandrites Nichifor Horia and Ioan Harpa were nominated by the Metropolitan Synod of Moldavia and Bucovina for the position of Auxiliary Bishop of Iași. The proposals were approved on February 2 and were forwarded to the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Archimandrite Nichifor Horia is the Abbot of the “Holy Three Hierarchs” in…

In celebration of International Greek Language Day, The Embassy of Greece and the University of Chicago, Division of the Humanities, Center for Hellenic Studies present, “The Greek Language: A living Bridge Through History,” a lecture by Dr. Anastasia Giannakidou Professor of Linguistics, University of Chicago. When: Saturday, February 20, 2021 at 2:00 pm EST Register…

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Bishop Gerasim and President of Srpska visited the area affected by the earthquake. On February 10, 2021, His Grace Bishop Gerasim of Gornji Karlovac met with the President of the Republic of Srpska, Mrs. Zeljka Cvijanovic in Petrinja, a city that was destroyed in a devastating earthquake in December 2020. The meeting was attended by…

St. Georgi Sofiyski Novi (St. George the Newest of Sofia) was born in the town of Kratovo in a Bulgarian family. He was left without a father from an early age and fled to Sofia to avoid forced change of faith. Ottoman rulers in Sofia, however, cunningly tried to lure him into their faith, but…

A sanctification rite for the beginning of the new academic year was performed by Archimandrite Fr. Evmenios Vassilopoulos, the Archiepiscopal Vicar of Northcote, on Monday, at the Greek Orthodox College of St. John, which is located in the greater Melbourne area. After the service, Archimandrite Evmenios read out a message by Archbishop Makarios of Australia…

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, this week conveyed his greetings to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, on the occasion of Diplomat’s Day, which is celebrated in the vast country every year on February 10. In his message, Patriarch Kirill expressed his support for the minister’s “resistance” – as he said…

Deliberation of an appeal filed by the Church of Greece before the Council of State, the country’s highest administrative court, against pandemic-related restrictions imposed by the state, has been postponed to April 2.