Each of us knows, in our daily interactions, different locations or institutions that bear the names of Saints. In Bucharest there are St Catherine Street, St Andrew Park, St Panteleimon Hospital (etc.), and across Romania there are various places named after great people who were included in the synaxaria because of their righteous life or…

On Saturday, September 26, hierarchs of both the Bulgarian and Romanian Churches came together at Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Silistra, Bulgaria, to commemorate Met. Ambrose on his 40th day and to pray for the repose of his soul. On this day, a memorial Liturgy was celebrated by Metropolitan Anthony of Western and Central…

It is essential to multiply palliative care institutions, not only in urban areas but also in rural areas. We have a very modern palliative care centre here in Bucharest, but it is too small. There is one in Cluj, there are still attempts here and there, but every diocese must have at least one palliative…

  On 25 May 2016 the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church elected by acclamation Bishop Irinej of Australia and New Zealand to the Throne of Bishops of Eastern America. He was born in 1955 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, to his father Djuro and mother Milica (nee Svilar). His elementary and secondary…

Prayers in all churches of Jordan, will be resumed as of Thursday, with full commitment to wearing masks, gloves, physical distancing, Head of the Jordan Churches Council, Christophoros Attallah, announced on Wednesday. “Any church that reports Covid-19 infections will be closed for a period specified by the government,” Attallah said in joint press briefing in…

Archbishop Anastasios’ word at the end of the Divine Liturgy, on the first Sunday of Luke (The Miracle of the fish, and the first Apostles), in the Resurrection of Christ Cathedral. Tirana, 27.09.2020. Let us not worry and let us maintain the positivity and optimism in the face of every challenge, difficulty or pain as…

The Parish of Saint Nektarios in Perth recently witnessed the entry into the Orthodox Faith of Panayiotis (Babith) and Anna (Abi). This married couple, coming from a Pentecostal background, were catechised by Father John Athanasiou, and after undergoing rigourous preparation were found to be ready to be baptised into the Orthodox Church. The Sacrament of…

On his 13th enthronement anniversary, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel urged permanent thankfulness to God because ‘we live permanently from His help and mercy and feel His blessing.’ Work in communion The Patriarch confessed that in this period of patriarchal stewardship he felt ‘God’s blessing,’ especially through ‘the work in communion’: ‘what we accomplished together with…

Last February, a missionary team of clergy and monastics from America, Canada, and Russia traveled to India to catechize about 1,000 Protestant pastors at their request. Hundreds of people were baptized during the mission trip, led by Fr. Athanasius Kone of the Holy Theotokos of Iveron Russian Orthodox Church in Honolulu. Since then, the Mission…