Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Dendias will visit Albania on Tuesday, where he will meet with the country’s political leadership. He will first meet with Acting Foreign Minister of Albania Gent Cakaj, before meeting with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and President Ilir Meta. Talks will focus on issues of bilateral, European and regional interest, with…

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, and Dr. Zoran Loncar, Minister of Health in the Government of the Republic of Serbia, called on all citizens of Serbia yesterday to adhere to anti-epidemic measures in the next period, and during slava celebrations, in order to preserve public health. At today’s meeting at the Patriarchate, Belgrade, which was…

In addition to many lay personalities, the Chef of Mount Athos has so far cooked for four Primates of Orthodox Autocephalous Churches including Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and the Patriarchs of Jerusalem, Antioch and Russia. In an exclusive interview with the Basilica News Agency marking the International Chefs’ Day (October 20), Father Epiphanios of the Mylopotamos Cell of…

Today’s X-ray of Metropolitan’s lungs showed a reduction of lung inflammation, allowing us to state that Metropolitan Amfilohije’s health condition has once again slightly improved compared to yesterday– the Clinical Center of Montenegro reported. Metropolitan Amfilohije’s recovery may seem to be proceeding slowly, but to the satisfaction of the medical team it is happening on…

Marking Father Dumitru Staniloae’s 27 year memorial anniversary, the members of the Romanian Orthodox Christian Students Association (ASCOR) gathered at Cernica Monastery ‘to pray for the rest of the soul of the reverend professor and his generation, but also to receive power and strength to profess the true faith and fulfil our role in society,…

Dear brothers and sisters You are invited to participate in the ‘3rd e-Synaxis from Holy Mount Athos with Elder Ephraim and the faithful of the Saint Nicholas and Saint John the Apostle Students Church in Cluj-Napoca, Romania’, which will take place Tuesday October 20, 2020, 07:30-09:30 PM Athens Time. Elder Ephraim will talk in Greek…

The Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest keeps a very important gift of Romanians: the holy relics of Saint Demetrios the New, Protector of Bucharest. Received from General Pyotr Saltykov, the holy relics have been blessing Romanians for over 240 years. In 1786, the relics of St. Demetrios were placed in a wooden reliquary, clad in silver…

The Church and the religious art in Northeastern Romania represent true cultural landmarks that attract visitors from all over the world,’ Romania’s Minister of Culture Bogdan Gheorghiu wrote on Facebook, AGERPRES reports. The statement was made following a meeting of the minister with a delegation of the Archdiocese of Suceava and Radauti, held at the…

His Beatitude Metropolitan Theodosius (Lazor), the retired Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada of the Orthodox Church in America, reposed in the Lord this morning after an extended illness, reports the official OCA website. Met. Theodosius was consecrated as the bishop of Alaska in May 1967. In May 1970, he headed the…