A new cathedral outside Moscow dedicated to the Russian armed forces has been consecrated. The ceremony was attended by the country’s top military brass and soldiers wearing World War Two-era uniforms. The opening was originally planned for May 9, the 75th anniversary of Victory Day, but was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The consecration…

The Berat Museum Center has just completed the restoration of the icon “St. Joan the Baptist” dating back to 1835, which is authored by Naum Çetiri. The news was announced by Minister of Culture, Elva Margariti, who emphasized that “after a month of intensive work, it is added to the iconographic exhibition in the” Onufri…

While the Montenegrin authorities began demolishing supposedly “illegal” structures of the Serbian Orthodox Church yesterday beginning with the monastics’ residence at the new St. Basil of Ostrog Monastery in Ulcinj, one backhoe driver took a stand and refused to participate in such a blasphemous act. Miroslav Koprivica was sent on a job by his construction…

Director of the Republic Institute for Protection of Cultural and Historical and Natural Heritage of Republika Srpska Mrs Jasna Milesevic with an entourage visited the Bishop of Pakrac-Slavonia on Thursday, June 11th this year, His Grace Bishop Jovan welcomed the representatives of the Institute in Jasenovac Monastery, which is experiencing spiritual and building rebirth. After…

Just days after the Huși Diocese of the Romanian Orthodox Church donated three houses to disadvantaged families as part of their “Joy is Home” project, the Archdiocese of Timișoara is doing the same. In the village of Babșa in Timiș County, the Archdiocese bought and donated a house to a mother with five children who…

June 11, 2020 To the Reverend Clergy & Monastics of the Metropolis of Atlanta: My beloved Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, I greet you with love and joy in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! I pray that this message finds you well, as our hearts continue to dwell with the…

On Sunday June 1/14, 2020 the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of All Saints, as it is ordained at the Book of Pentecostarion, at the chapel dedicated to them inside the Holy Church of The Meeting of the Lord in Panagia Sayda Naya, near the Patriarchate at the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem….

June 8, 2020 Beloved Faithful in Christ, Greetings and blessings to you and your families in the Name of our Great God and Savior, Jesus Christ! As we wrote in our pastoral letter for Pentecost, these holiest of days have been difficult and heartrending. We have experienced the unprecedented restrictions on the gathering of our…

June 14, 2020 The Very Reverend and Reverend Clergy Esteemed Members of the Metropolitan Council, Esteemed Members of the Parish Councils, Philoptochos Sisterhood, Faculty and Students of the Catechetical and Greek Afternoon Schools, Directors and Participants of all Youth Organizations, and all devout Orthodox Christians of the Communities of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New…