With the blessing of His Grace Bishop Ioan Casian, on the weekend of May 30-31, around June 1 the International Children’s Day, the children who participated in the two camps organized by the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Canada – St. Theodore of Sihla in Ontario, and St. Andrew – the Apostle of Quebec met with some of Sunday school…

Religious events will be allowed indoors in Ukraine since June 5, on the condition that the number of people present is limited to one person per five square meters. This decision was made on Wednesday. The Ukrainian government will also allow public catering establishments to resume operations, in particular, to serve visitors indoors. People over…

ROYA New York “For where there are two or three gathered in my name, there am I with them (Mathew 18:20).” During these troubling times of pandemic where we have become progressively more isolated, Romanian Orthodox Youth in the Americas (ROYA) provided the perfect opportunity to maintain a sense of Orthodox community. This was done…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, following the wish of the Mother Church of Constantinople to have coordination and, as far as possible, uniformity between the local Orthodox Churches on the extremely important question of the Divine Eucharist and of the way of distributing it to the faithful, sent the following letter on 17 May 2020 to…

The government will allocate 600,000 levs (about 307,000 euros) for the restoration, repair and maintenance of the Rila Monastery, one of the most important cultural monuments in Bulgaria. This was announced by Prime Minister Boyko Borissov after visiting the monastery and getting acquainted with its financial problems. Earlier, the monastery complained that it had not…

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch officiated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the church of the Holy Transfiguration of the Lord on Pashino Brdo, in Belgrade. The Patriarch was concelebrated by archpriest Dragisa Jocic, dean of the church; and Aleksandar Lukavac, presbyter Zoran Rankovic, Ph.D.; Dean of the Faculty of the Orthodox Theology of the University…

On the seventh week after Easter dedicated to Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Assembly, the faithful people of Lapovo with joy welcomed its hierarch, Bishop Jovan of Sumadija. The Bishop was concelebrated by local clergy. Serbian Orthodox Singers sang responses. Source

President of the Republic of Serbia, Mr. Aleksandar Vucic, accompanied by the Bulgarian Prime Minister Mr. Boyko Borisov, visited the church of Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste in Veliko Tarnovo, the place of repose of Saint Sava, the first Archbishop of Serbia. “I am very proud and sincerely happy that Prime Minister Borisov arranged it…

This powerful photo shot at a Greek-owned diner in Pittsburgh’s Hill District circa 1930s is an emotional reminder of how newly arrived Greek immigrants treated African-Americans. The owners are pictured serving their patrons more than three decades before the Civil Rights Movement would take place. An image evoking mutual respect which is at odds with…