50 famous and not so well-known monasteries, mosques, synagogues and other holy places on the territory of Dobrich district (Bulgaria) and Constanța district (Romania) will attract tourists. The tourist religious route is prepared under a project of the European Institute for Cultural Tourism EUREKA in Dobrich and the Clopot Humanitarian Foundation in Constanța with the…

In the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, prayers were offered for clergymen who died of COVID-19: the names of all the deceased were remembered. On May 13, 2020, in the Holy Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, prayers were offered for the clergy who died of COVID-19, and all were remembered by name, reports the UOC Information Center. The Divine Liturgy…

written by Gregory Pappas   Within a week of its launch, more than 100 names were submitted through a special online portal established by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Archbishop Elpidophoros of America had the vision and foresight to understand the need of the faithful to receive some kind of…

In a new installment in the Ancient Raith Radio podcast “Ancient Faith Presents,” Metropolitan Joseph is joined by Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick to talk about tough ministry questions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. How do a bishop and his clergy struggle to minister in these conditions? What about new technology? How do we relate to government?…

Wednesday, May 13, 2020 PDF Version “Feed My Lambs” To the Orthodox Christian Faithful of the United States of America: Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen! In this time of global pandemic, the majority of the Faithful of our Churches have been withheld from receiving Holy Communion and attending Divine Services in order to…

Dear Brother Archons, CHRIST IS RISEN! CHRISTOS ANESTI! Today marks the one year anniversary of the election of Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, wisely selected by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to whom we are profoundly grateful and unanimously elected by the Holy and Sacred Synod. We offer heartfelt congratulations to His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros for…

The Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, joins the many minority groups and others in Turkey and beyond who have issued denunciations of the recent hate speech that was published against religious leaders of the Jewish, Armenian and Greek communities in the so-called “special” Centennial Issue of the Turkish publication…

In the coming weeks, the Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage (TCCH) will oversee the resumption of works at 10 cultural heritage sites across Cyprus, in accordance with the lifting of applicable restrictions, Technical Committee Co-chairs Ali Tuncay and Takis Hadjidemetriou say in a joint statement, issued on Monday. The TCCH and UNDP, launched the procurement…

  Archimandrite Kosmas Thasitis   As we make our way through the period of the Resurrection, when everything is bathed in the True Light and is fragrant with eternity, here in the depths of Africa, despite all the difficulties, we sense the joy of the Resurrection and feel boundless serenity in our soul. Just as…