The opening of St. Alexander Nevsky Lavra in 1957 after a period of desolation contributed to the fact that Grand Prince Alexander Nevsky became a specially dear saint for His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. On September 16, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church spoke about his attitude towards the holy…

The Holy Right-Believing Great Prince Alexander Nevsky was and remains for the Russian people an example of a model Christian, a brave warrior, and a wise commander. Churches and monasteries in Russia and around the world are named for him. In 1724, his relics were transferred to the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in St. Petersburg. The…

On Saturday, August 30/September 12, 2020, a solemn service was served in the Church of St Alexander Nevsky at the “Russian Excavations” in the Old City of Jerusalem to mark the feast day of the transfer of the relics of the holy prince from the city of Vladimir to St Petersburg, Russia. On the eve…

The coronavirus pandemic will slowly go away and it will soon be just a memory, Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria said on Thursday after a meeting with President Nicos Anastasiades. “Life goes on, so we must all muster our strength and courage to keep fighting this battle,” the Patriarch, the current Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of…

On Thursday, September 4/17, 2020, the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, met in its canonical Meeting, 115/4th /17th September 2020, chaired by H.H.B. Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III, discussed various matters and decided the following; Appointed Geronda Sacristan of the Holy Sepulchre, His Eminence Archbishop Isidoros of Hierapolis, as member of…

The St. Philip the Apostle Russian Orthodox Church in the United Arab Emirates city of Sharjah has reopened after six months. A Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the Church, previously closed due to the pandemic, officiated by Archimandrite Alexander Zarkesev.

The Holy Synod of the Jerusalem Patriarchate on Thursday announced the appointment of a new Exarch for Greece, with the up-until-now Patriarchal Commissioner for Jordan, Archimandrite Raphael, being appointed to the position.

A scheduled visit to Austria by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, has been cancelled. His All Holiness was set to arrive in the central European country next week for the dedication of the first Orthodox monastery in Austria. The reason for the cancellation was the ongoing pandemic.

Russian Orthodox Church’s Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, His Eminence Hilarion, this week underlined that the greatest of all basilicas of eastern Christendom is still considered by the Russian Church as a Christian place of worship. Hilarion, who is the Moscow Patriarchate’s head of the department for external Church relations, told a Russian television program that both…