His Grace Bishop Arsenije of Nis celebrated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy on the feast day of the Ascension of the Lord in the church of the Ascension of the Lord in Medvedja. This is not the first time Bishop Arsenije comes to Medvedja, but this is the first time after one hundred years that…

On May 9/22, the Georgian Orthodox Church celebrates the memory of Syrian-Antiochian St. Shio of Mgvime the Anchorite (sixth century),1 one of the founders of Georgian monasticism. Like the first monks of Kievan Rus’, the Christian anchorites (hermits) of Transcaucasia secluded themselves in caves, and St. Shio of Mgvime or St. Shio of the Caves…

Metropolitan Porfirije: The earthquake was a temptation that enabled us to discover something about ourselves, about the meaning of life, but also about the love of God. On the Sunday of Fathers of the First Ecumenical Assembly, 31 May 2020, His Eminence Metropolitan Porfirije of Zagreb-Ljubljana celebrated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy with the concelebration of…

Children’s Day is a national holiday celebrated in Romania and it is held on June 1 every year. Children’s Day is not just an event in Romania, it is also celebrated in many different countries and is an official UN global observance. Children’s Day is an international celebration intended to bring nations together to promote…

The Saint Catherine church in the small town of Moria on Lesvos, hit international headlines when it was trashed by illegal immigrants over a month ago. Things only got worse for the church when it was being used as a place for illegal immigrants to defecate in. A local in Moria described the scene. “The…

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5 / 28 MAY 2020: In connection with the easing of strict restrictive measures by the Swiss government on 28th May, which this year fell on the Great Feast of the Ascension of the Lord, it was possible for the parishes of Switzerland to reopen the doors of their temples, receiving the faithful in limited…

Beginning Sunday, May 31, Poland will remove the limit on the number of people allowed during Church services earlier introduced as part of coronavirus quarantine measures. According to Chairman Mateusz Morawiecki of the Council of Ministers of Poland, the requirement to wear masks on the street is also canceled as of May 30, and cultural…

The opening ceremony for the main church of the Russian Armed Forces has been scheduled for June 22 of this year, a source told Interfax on Friday. “The opening of the church is planned for June 22, which is marked in Russia as the Day of Memory and Grief,” the source said. Initially, the church, built in…