On Saturday, May 2, 2020, at the cemetery of the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea, the Funeral Service of the late Seraphim Seon Ryul Kim was held, during which His Eminence Metropolitan of Pisidia Soterios delivered the following speech: My brothers, it is with special emotion and pain of soul that today we see off our dear…

The Romanian Patriarchate’s Spokesperson Vasile Banescu said that the return to a normal social life also implies to allow people ‘to exercise their fundamental right to public religious life, that is, inside the places of worship.’ ‘The Romanian Orthodox Church, like the other religious denominations in Romania, will take natural and rigorously argued steps to…

On Saturday, a lot of messages appeared online from the believers saddened to find that, when searching for the name “Cathedral of the Salvation of the Nation” on Android mobile devices, the Google Maps application returned the correct location of the site, but with an offensive title: ‘Cathedral of National Stupidity’. The name of “Romanian…

During this time when the stay at home order is still on in most of the states, thus the social interactions being limited, the majority of our parishes started to stream online the religious services. As the shepherd takes care of his sheep likewise the priests take care of the souls of their parishioners, constantly…

On Sunday, May 3rd, 2020, the third Sunday after Pascha, in the Orthodox Church are mentioned the Myrrh-bearing women and along with them all the Christian women. On this occasion HE Metropolitan Nicolae and HG Bishop Ioan Casian wanted to congratulate personally the members of AROLA Board and to thank them for all the projects…

The Romanian Patriarchate has announced that the amount of aid offered by the Church to overcome the coronavirus pandemic reached another 470,000 Euros (2,273,189 Lei) between April 28 and May 4. That brings the total aid offered by dioceses since the beginning of the health crisis to 3,551,390 Euros (17,149,663 Lei). The full text of…

The St. Iakovos Retreat Center, a ministry of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago, will temporarily convert its facilities into a quarantine site for COVID-19 first responders. Beginning on Monday, May 4th, health care workers, EMT personnel, firefighters, and law enforcement officers exposed to the COVID-19 virus can access the Retreat Center facilities for the…

On Wednesday, April 23/May 6, 2020, the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of the Holy glorious great martyr George the trophy-bearer. His father was from Cappadocia and his mother from Palestine, and he suffered a martyr’s death in 303 A.D. during the reign of Diocletian in Rome. His holy relic was transferred to Lydda and is…

In response to the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, states and companies around the globe have stepped up to increase the production of medical masks. In addition to over eight factories in Georgia already producing medical masks, the European Union supported a sewing workshop in Dedoplistskaro municipality in Kakheti, at the Kviratskhovloba Convent in…