A conciliar Holy Liturgy and 40-day memorial service was held on Tuesday for reposed Patriarch Irinej of Serbia at the crypt of the St. Sava cathedral in Belgrade, where the latter is interred. Besides the relatives and close associates of Irinej, the services were attended by the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic, who left flowers…

An exodios funeral service and inter-ment was held on Wednesday for the reposed Metropolitan of Kastoria Seraphim, the Metropolis’ pastoral father for the past 24 years. he funeral service was held in the morning at the Dormition of the Theotokos cathedral in the eponymous lake-side city, officiated by the Metropolitan of Didymoticho, His Eminence Damaskinos,…

The Church today venerates the memory of Anysia, the Virgin-martyr of Thessaloniki. Today is also the feast day of St. Theodora of Caesarea.

The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, issued a pastoral encyclical for the coming New Year, where he noted that “…We are greeting the New Year of the Grace of our Lord, even as we share the long-suffering of our Lord that has strained our hearts and souls in the year that is behind us….

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has inspected the rehabilitation of the road to the Rila Monastery. A 150 m long retaining wall has been built to fortify a section of the road which was blocked by a landslide at the beginning of the year. The inspection was broadcast online on Borissov’s Facebook page. “I want…

For many of us, the year 2020 was extremely memorable – a year of reassessment of our value system. Some said farewell to loved ones, others lost their jobs, others saw the way to the salvation of their souls. On the eve of the New 2021, most Bulgarians look to the uncertain future with mixed…

On the Feast of St. Stephen, Bishop Tikhon Tiveriopolski became the second vaccinated in Bulgaria after the Minister of Health Kostadin Angelov, the Ministry of Health has reported. Before dedicating himself to the church, the bishop himself worked as a paramedic in a hospital in Stuttgart. “With this act during these bright holidays, I want…

The earthquake that hit Croatia on December 29, 2020, severely damaged Serbian Orthodox churches and parish houses in Petrinja and Sisak (phоto gallery). – The damage to the church of St. Petka and the parish house in Sisak is such that worship services and life in them are permanently disabled. Also, the church of St. Spyridon…

The Conciliar Holy Liturgy and forty-day memorial service for Serbian Patriarch Irinej of blessed repose were served in the crypt of the Saint Sava Cathedral in the Vracar district on 29 December 2020. His Eminence Metropolitan Hrizostom of Dabar-Bosnia, the Locum Tenens of the Patriarchаl throne, officiated the Liturgy with the concelebration of Their Graces…