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08.04.2020 | 20:13
Greek Dep. FM: Arrival of Holy Flame from Jerusalem under strict precautions
Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Kostas Vlassis this week spoke to the Orthodoxia News Agency about preparations underway in Athens to receive the Holy Flame from the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, an annual and much-anticipated rite on the culmination of Easter Holy Week, and specifically on Great and Holy Saturday, which this year,…
08.04.2020 | 20:09
Best wishes for Archbishop Ieronymos’ quick recuperation from pacemaker procedure
The Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Divine Beatitude Theodoros II extended his best wishes to the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos, who earlier in the week underwent a pacemaker procedure. Earlier, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, had also extended his best wishes to the…
08.04.2020 | 20:03
Holy Light arrival ceremony downgraded in Russia due to coronavirus
The well-attended and festive annual ceremony welcoming the Holy Flame to Russia has been cancelled this month, according to the news agency RIA Novosti. Instead, only a very low-key ceremony will held with a minimum of participants. At the same time, the Foundation of Saint Andrew the First confirmed that the ceremony of the Holy…
08.04.2020 | 19:58
Feast of the Annunciation celebrated in Russia, Georgia – based on Julian calendar
The Feast Day of the Annunciation was celebrated on Tuesday at the Cathedral of the Savior in Moscow, with a con-celebratory Divine Liturgy officiated by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill – given that the Russian Church observes the Julian calendar. The Divine Liturgy was conducted without the presence of worshipers….
08.04.2020 | 19:51
Church venerates memory of Celestine, Pope of Rome
The Church today venerates the memory of Celestine, a fifth century Pope of Rome who was renowned for his reverence and orthodoxy.
08.04.2020 | 19:25
The Jerusalem Patriarchate celebrated the Feast of the Annunciation of our Most Blessed Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary
On Tuesday, March 25/ April 7, 2020, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of the Annunciation of our Most Blessed Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary. On this Feast the Church commemorates the event when Archangel Gabriel was sent by God the Father to announce to the Virgin Mary of Nazareth the good news, that she was…
08.04.2020 | 19:00
Clergy of St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York drive through all the city districts in car procession with the cross
On 6 April, with a blessing of the acting administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, the clergy of the St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York drove in a car procession with the cross through all the New York districts carrying an icon of St. Tikhon with…
08.04.2020 | 18:39
Condolences expressed by Patriarch Kirill upon the demise of Bishop Milutin of Valjevo
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed condolences to Patriarch Irenaeus of Serbia upon the demise of Bishop Milutin of Valjevo. To His Holiness Irenaeus, Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovcy Patriarch of Serbia Your Holiness, Dear Brother and Concelebrant in the Lord, On behalf of the Russian Orthodox Church,…
08.04.2020 | 18:08
His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco issues guidance for Holy Week 2020
His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco has released the following statement regarding Holy Week 2020. Read the full text down below: Beloved Clergy, Monastics and Laity of the Metropolis of San Francisco, This will be a Holy Week and Pascha like we have never experienced. Rather than gathering in our parishes and participating…
