On the 13th of February 2020, the teacher of Liturgics Mr. Giorgi Metreveli delivered a lecture assigned according to the syllabus to the third year students at the Monastery of Shiomghvime. The topic of the lecture was the “Shiomghvime Typicon – Its History and Comparison with the Contemporary Divine Ministry”. Particularly interesting in the Shiomghvime…

Russian President Vladimir Putin said earlier that “marriage is the union between a man and a woman”   The Russian Orthodox Church supports the stance of Russian President Vladimir Putin that marriage is the union between a man and a woman, Head of the Synodal Department for Church Relations with Society and Mass Media Vladimir…

With the grace of God, on 13th. Feb. 2020, His Excellency Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has honored PART of his pledge to the Uganda Orthodox Church as he donated a Brand New Pajero Mitsubishi to the Bishop of the Orthodox Diocese of Gulu and Eastern Uganda, His Grace Silvester Kisitu. This pledge was done last year,…

The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church elected the new assistant bishop to the Archdiocese of Vad, Feleac and Cluj during a meeting held at the patriarchal residence in Bucharest on February 13, 2020. The episcopal see became vacant after His Grace Bishop Vasile of Somes has requested and has been granted a withdrawal…

For years, Fr. Claudiu Banu of the Church of St. Menas in Constanţa in southeastern Romania has visited abandoned children in hospitals and children’s homes, offering them gifts with the help of the faithful. But he wanted to do more. Now, again, with the help of his faithful flock, Father Claudiu is in the midst…

The Orthodox faithful of Tanzania celebrated a day of firsts earlier this week. On Monday, February 10, the first Orthodox monastery in the nation celebrated its first Divine Liturgy. The service was celebrated by His Grace Bishop Agathonikos of Arusha and Central Tanzania at the holy habitation in Kidamali together with a number of Greek…

The Orthodox Metropolis of Korea has issued the following statement reagarding the cancellation of celebratory events for the 120 Anniversary of Orthodoxy in Korea:   Please be informed that due to the corona virus problem, we had to cancel all the organized events for the 120 Anniversary of Orthodoxy in Korea (February 21 to 23)….

A new documentary film about our monastery is set for release on April 23rd. The project began two and a half years ago, when Sam Cox, a young filmmaker and spiritual seeker, approached Fr. Seraphim, (the Abbot of Holy Cross Monastery in Wayne, West Virginia), about making the film. Sam wanted to know why men…

Thus far, it is known that 6 Churches will attend, while 5 Churches will not. In addition to the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, which took the initiative to convene a fraternal gathering to discuss issues of Church unity against the background of the ongoing Ukrainian crisis, and the Churches of Russia and of the Czech Lands and Slovakia, whose…