The second part of the Archontariki with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, with an assembly of faithful gathered at a university chapel in the city of Cluj, Romania, was posted today on the pages of the Orthodoxia news agency. 

The Russian Orthodox Church this week expressed its displeasure over a proposal by a Russian lawmaker, who called for future clerics to first undergo a psychiatric examination and a criminal background check. The Patriarchate of Moscow said such checks would be unconstitutional; stressing that clerics should not fall under guidelines in place for candidates of…

A memorial service was held this week by priests of the Archdiocese of Bucharest for the 21 health care professionals in Romania who lost their lives due to the Covid-19 virus. The memorial service was held at the hospital chapel of Sts. Cosmas and Damian, in the Romanian capital.   In aceste momente se desfășoară…

  Turkey’s official tourism promotion agency this week featured the iconic Panaghia Soumela Monastery in northeast Asia Minor on its website – yet another instance where tourism officials in the predominately Muslim country use Orthodox and Hellenic monuments and cultural treasures to attract tourists and pilgrims. Restoration works at the monastery have been completed, with…

  A memorial service was held on Tuesday evening at the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, on Mount Athos, on the occasion of the 11-year anniversary of the repose of the Elder Joseph of Vatopedi. The service was officiated by the Abbot of the Holy Monastery of the Osios Gregorios, Elder Archimandrite Christoforos. The…

On June 29-30, Rector of Tbilisi Theological Academy and Seminary, Protopresbyter Giorgi Zviadadze, PhD in Theology and Philology, met with this year’s graduates of the educational institution. On June 29, a meeting was held with the students of the Faculty of Christian Psychology and the Faculty of Christian Art, at which the Rector, Father Giorgi…

  On June 30, 2020, a meeting was held in the administrative building of the Ministry of Defense of Georgia, which was related to the possible future cooperation between the Ministry of Defense of Georgia and the authorized higher educational institutions of this country. The meeting was attended by the representatives of Tbilisi Theological Academy…

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel Monday presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest for the feast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. During his homily, the Patriarch of Romania highlighted the main characteristics of the two Apostles, noting that they were different as regards their intellectual and spiritual formation, as well…

BOSTON – His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco in an interview with the National Herald, on the occasion of the first anniversary of the enthronement of Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, characterized him as a 21st century Archbishop. We note that Archbishop Elpidophoros has visited the Metropolis of San Francisco more than any other Metropolis…