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15.05.2020 | 19:22
Feast Day of St. Andreas the Hermit
The Church and the faithful in the western Greece coastal town of Amphilochia today commemorate the feast day of St. Andreas the Hermit. A cave where the 13th century hermit lived for three decades, focusing on prayer and solitude, and near a lake next to the village of Halkiopoulo, is today a pilgrimage site. …
15.05.2020 | 19:13
Church today venerates memory of Pachomius the Great
Today is the 4th Friday after Pascha, Great and Holy Easter Sunday. The Church today venerates the memory of Pachomius the Great. The son of pagans in third century upper Egypt, he was baptized in roughly 313 — after being briefly conscripted into the Roman army. While St. Anthony the Great is the father of…
15.05.2020 | 19:05
Metropolitan of Germany: If we had ignored restrictions, authorities would have sent police to keep churches closed
The Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Germany, His Eminence Augoustinos, spoke with the Orthodoxia News Agency this week, on the occasion of an encyclical he issued to the clergy and laity, regarding measures and restrictions for places of worship in Germany, due to the coronavirus pandemic. In reference to a temporary prohibition imposed by German authorities…
15.05.2020 | 19:00
Protests continue in Montenegro in anger over stepped up persecution of Orthodoxy; Bishop remains jailed
Peaceful but determined protests are continuing in the small Adriatic country of Montenegro over the continued incarceration of the Bishop of Niksic, His Grace Ioannicus, along with another seven Orthodox clerics. Thousands of protesters gathered on Thursday evening outside the monastery of St. George, the seat of the Bishop of Niksic, to demand the clerics’…
15.05.2020 | 18:07
UOC temples to pray for the victims of political reprisals of 1937-1938
On the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, the UOC will offer prayers for all those who suffered a tragic death from godless authorities. On May 17, 2020 with the blessing of His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kyiv and All Ukraine, prayers will be offered in all temples and monasteries of the…
15.05.2020 | 18:04
UOC hierarch urges Ministry of Health to explain quarantine exit stages
The hierarch asked his ex-course mate – the Health Minister of Ukraine – to justify the stages proposed by the Cabinet of Ministers for quarantine phasing-out. On May 13, 2929, Metropolitan Luke (Kovalenko) of Zaporizhia and Melitopol called on the Minister of Health of Ukraine Maxim Stepanov, who was once the hierarch’s course mate, to…
15.05.2020 | 16:35
Metropolis of Chicago takes series of actions to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic
Metropolis of Chicago takes series of actions to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and provide humanitarian and parish relief The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago announced a series of actions it has taken regarding the operations of the Metropolis, its participation in the nationwide response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its support of parishes and…
15.05.2020 | 16:12
Patriarch Daniel tells nurses they are ‘hands of God’s merciful love’
Patriarch Daniel issued a message for International Nurses Day referring to nurses as ‘the hands of God’s merciful love.’ His Beatitude praised the courage and dedication of all female and male nurses from Romania and abroad, ‘who combine the faith in God with love for their neighbour’ in their activity. ‘International Nurses Day, celebrated this…
15.05.2020 | 16:04
The Episcopal Council of the Orthodox Church in Montenegro demands the release of Bishop Joanikije and the other detained priests
The Episcopal Council of the Orthodox Church in Montenegro has issued the following statement regarding the arrest of Bishop Joanikije and seven other priests. The statement reads: The Day of Miraculous Saint Basil of Ostrog – His glory and mercy! – is, for centuries now, a day of а great gathering of the people in…
