GREENE, ME – In spite of the pandemic and its ensuing upheaval in our personal lives and around the world, the Mount Athos Foundation of America (MAFA) has succeeded in carrying out its mission of support for the Holy Mountain with great success. The organization shared an update on its efforts in its latest newsletter….

With the blessing of His Grace Bishop Heruvim in the Diocese of Osijek-Polje and Baranjaa aid has been collected for those endangered by the recent earthquakes that hit the Diocese of Gornji Karlovac. Material assistance in the form of food and hygiene supplies was loaded on January 8, 2021 in Osijek and Borovo with the…

On Sunday of Holy Fathers, 10 January 2021, on the feast day of Holy 20.000 martyrs of Nicomedia, His Grace Bishop Jovan of Sumadia, the Administrator of the Diocese of Belgrade-Karlovci, offciated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the monastery of Kalenic, in the chapel of Sant Anastasija of Serbia. His Grace was concelebrated by protopresbyter-staurophor…

The patriarchal auxiliary bishop Ieronim of Sinaia visited the Romanian Skete of the Honourable Forerunner (Prodromos) on Mount Athos for the feast of the Nativity of the Lord according to the unrevised Julian calendar. During the festive Divine Liturgy on Christmas Day, His Grace Bishop Ieronim ordained hierodeacon Teofil Covaci to the priesthood and monk…

On the feast of Saint John the Baptist, Metropolitan Ioan of Banat turned his attention to the inmates of Timișoara’s prison. Ten prisoners selected with the help of the penitentiary management received a financial aid from the Metropolitan. Five of the detainees are called John, the Metropolis of Banat noted. The money granted was transferred…

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed condolences to the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Mr. Joko Widodo, over the Sriwijaya Air passenger plane crash in the Java Sea near Jakarta.   His Excellency Mr. Joko WIDODO President Republic of Indonesia Your Excellency, Dear Mr. President, I was deeply grieved to…

14-year old Darius Movileanu is the first and only athlete in Europe to win the Table Tennis World Cadet Championship. Besides being a successful athlete, Darius is close to the Church. “I have been singing in the church choir since I was very young. I’ve always liked coming to church and chant,” Darius told Pro…

On the second day of the feast day of the Nativiy of Christ, 8 January 2021, Mayor of Lorain Mr. Jack W. Bradley visited the church of Saint George. The mayor in an official visit was welcomed by hieromonk Nektarije Tesanovic with members of the church administration. The mayor handed over a proclamation on the…

Metropolitan Porfirije of Zagreb and Ljubljana received, on the 8th of January 2021, the aid of the City of Belgrade, which was sent to Petrinja, and informed the news agency Tanjug that it was necessary to support people who had lost their homes in the earthquake with accommodation. He stated that more prefabricated houses were…