With the blessing of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, in 2012 the Archdiocese of Bucharest started a blood donation campaign called “A drop of blood for the life of his neighbour”. Starting with 2014, with the approval of the Holy Synod, this campaign was extended nationwide throughout the Romanian Patriarchate under the slogan “Donate blood, save…
On Saturday, November 9/21, 2020, the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel at the Holy Monastery dedicated to Archangel Michael which is located near the sea in the ancient town of Joppa /Yaffo. On this feast, the Church gathers for the Synaxis of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel and commemorates…
His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfejev), of Volokolamsk, president of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, arrived in Belgrade on November 21, 2020. The high guest was welcomed at the Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport by the Most Reverend Metropolitan Porfirije of Zagreb-Ljubljana and His Grace Bishop Arsenije of Nis. Before having performed…
In the early hours of Saturday, November 21st, His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, arrived in Nairobi, Kenya, for a ten-day pastoral visit to the country where the heart of Orthodoxy has been beating for many years. Despite the early hour, the Alexandrian Primate was met at the International…
In the Cathedral of the Holy Archangel Michael in Belgrade, in front of the body of the Patriarch Irinej of blessed memory the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy was celebrated by His Eminence Metropolitan Hrisostom of Dabar-Bosnia with the concelebration of Their Graces Bishops Jovan of Sumadija, David of Krusevac and Arsenij of Nis, in the prayerful…
“We knew in the person of the late Patriarch a great support for the Church of Antioch.” Damascus, November 20, 2020 His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, sent a message of condolences to the Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church over the repose in the Lord of Patriarch Irenaeus…
His Beatitude Patriarch John X sent two messages to inquire after the health of their Holinesses the Archbishops Ieronymos II of Greece and Anastasios of Albania, following the news of their hospitalization due to infection by the Corona pandemic. His Beatitude wishes both Archbishops a speedy recovery, asking “Christ the God, the Doctor of souls…
His Beatitude Theodoros ll, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa, expresses in a letter the sincere condolences of the Patriarchate of Alexandria on the passing of His Beatitude Irenaios, Patriarch of Serbia. His Eminence Hrizostom Metropolitan of Dabar-Bosnia Locum Tenens of the Throne of Serbian Patriarchs Belgrade Very moved and with deep sadness,…
On the occasion of the repose of the Serbian Patriarch Irinej of blessed memory, the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church held a meeting at the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade on November 20, 2020 and made some decisions provided by the Constitution of the Serbian Orthodox Church in such situations. A decision…