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…

Saint Gerasimos Greek Orthodox Church New York, New York October 19, 2020 Beloved in Christ, Tonight we have gathered in honor of your Heavenly Patron, the God-bearing Father Gerasimos, who hailed from Trikala in Peloponnesos. Before the Saint came to the island paradise of Cephalonia, where his relics are enshrined, he struggled mightily for Christ…

  Today, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America in his capacity as Chairman of the Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society announced the appointment of the Executive Board Members for the 2020-2022 term. “This dedicated group of women will continue the enduring legacy that is Philoptochos, that of charity, grace and love. Now, in the midst…

  On Sunday, October 18, 2020, Archbishop Elpidophoros of America celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Ss. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church in Silver Spring, MD. With this visit the Archbishop has been to all of the parishes, chapels and monastic communities located within the Archdiocesan District, which comprises the states of New York, Connecticut,…