On 20th November 2020, the Holy Session of the Russian Orthodox Church held its session under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. The meeting took place online due to the difficult sanitary and epidemiological situation caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The members of the Holy Synod received draft minutes…
After the Sunday Divine Liturgy celebrated outside of the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, Assistant Bishop Timotei of Prahova officiated a memorial service for the late Patriarch Irinej of Serbia. “We pray, in the spirit of the fraternal ties that exist between all the Orthodox Churches, for the rest of his soul, for the forgiveness of…
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel officiated a memorial service at St George’s Chapel of his patriarchal residence for the rest of the soul of Serbian Patriarch Irinej on Sunday. “The way in which he led the Serbian Orthodox Church strengthened its major role in the life of Serbian society, thus, contributing to the rapprochement of the…
Reports of Elder Ephraim of Arizona, who reposed a year ago on December 7, appearing to a spiritual daughter in northern Greece have been heavily circulating online recently. The message that the departed Elder conveyed to his spiritual daughter is that of Christ Himself and of all the Fathers of the Church: Repent. Christ is…
Reverend Minas Dimitropoulos served for 36 years in East Melbourne’s iconic church ‘The Annunciation of Our Lady’ Father Minas Dimitropoulos passed aged 86, last Friday, leaving behind his family, clergy and community who remember him for his years-long service to the church. Fr Minas had served most of his time, since 1979, at the Greek…
Homily at the Divine Liturgy November 22, 2020 Saint Matrona of Moscow Cathedral of Miami Dania Beach, Florida Your Eminence Metropolitan Alexios, dear brother in Christ, Beloved Fathers, and Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, It is a great joy to be with the clergy and faithful of the Slavic Vicariate, and especially to have…
On the occasion of the repose of the Serbian Patriarch Irinej, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the memory church of St. Sava in Belgrade in Belgrade, while the body of Patriarch Irinej of blessed memory was laid in the centre of the large church. His Eminence Metropolitan Hrisostom of Dabro-Bosnia, presided…
The Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral in Cluj-Napoca glowed teal on Tuesday night for Cervical Cancer elimination. The Metropolis of Cluj, Maramures and Salaj has joined the first-ever global commitment to eliminate a cancer initiated by the World Health Organization. The event was organized by the “Prof. Ion Chiricuta” Oncological Institute in Cluj-Napoca in partnership with the Metropolis of…
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel expressed his ‘deep sorrow’ to the Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church after the repose of Patriarch Irinej on Friday. Calling the Serbian Patriarch ‘a venerable and well-known personality of contemporary Orthodoxy,’ Patriarch Daniel prays for the rest of his soul among the righteous ‘in the light, peace and love…