Elder Cleopa Ilie passed away on 2 December 1998. Considered by many people a unique “Avva” of the Romanian spirituality, as inspiringly Rev. Prof Dr. Dumitru Staniloae called him, Elder Cleopa was born in Suliţa commune, Botoşani county, on a spring day. His parents, Alexandru and Ana Ilie, called him Constantin, and he was the fifth child…

His Grace Bishop Stefan of Remesia served the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy and a seven-day memorial service for Serbian Patriarch Irinej of blessed repose on 27 November 2020. In the prayerful presence of the Patriarch’s closest associates for many years, personal secretary subdeacon Dejan Nakic and subdeacon Vladimir Jelic, manager of the Patriarchal Court, Bishop Stefan,…

His Beatitude Jovan, Archbishop of Ohrid and Metropolitan of Skopje, prayerfully marked his name day – the feast of St. John Chrysostom, which is also the Patron Saint-day of the Stauropegic Monastery in Bitola. His Grace Marko, Bishop of Bregalnica and Locum Tenens of Bitola, presided over the All-night Vigil, while Archbishop Jovan presided over…

Two-hundred-fourteen clerics from around Russia this week participated in an online seminar on the subject of providing pastoral care to patients with Covid-19. One of the most prominent segments of the seminar dealt with health precautions that clerics should follow when ministering to a patient.

A particularly disturbing news item from the central Greece port city of Volos emerged this week, when the municipality reported that a manger scene erected in front of the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Nicholas has been torched. In an announcement, the municipality referred to well-known but unnamed hoodlums who for years have plagued the local…

On the occasion of today’s International Day of Disabled Persons, its noteworthy to remind that the Church remains at the forefront of efforts to support and assist people with disabilities. A total of seven institutions operated by the Church of Greece have been established for the care of people with special needs, including the Archdiocese…

French interior minister Gérald Darmanin on Wednesday announced what he called an unprecedented operation by French law enforcement “…against separatism”, an operation targeting 76 mosques in the country. In a post on his Twitter account, the French minister wrote that “…Following my instructions, the state services will launch an unprecedented mass operation against separatism.” Sixteen…

The Holy Synod of the Church of Serbia this week announced that the process for the election of a new Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church will soon be unveiled, following the repose last month of Patriarch Irinej. Based on the Serbian Orthodox Church’s charter, the election of a new Patriarch must come before Feb….

The Archbishop of Canada, His Eminence Sotirios, urged the bishops and priests of the Archdiocese to officiate at more Divine Liturgies during the week. In a letter sent ahead of Christmas, the hierarch said “…Officiate in the morning and save the Holy Communion…Invite Christians by families to come and commune. Set day and time so…