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…

Those who have not yet obtained true prayer of the heart, can find help in violence in bodily prayer—I mean stretching out the hands, beating the breast, sincere raising of the eyes to heaven, deep sighing, and frequent prostrations. But often they cannot do this owing to the presence of other people, and so the…

On February 12, 2020, the Department of Inter-Orthodox, Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, in partnership with the Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society, held their first public event at the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity. The event titled, “Love Thy Neighbor,” focused on homelessness and featured a panel of…

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada joyously presents and transmits the official announcement of the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate regarding the election of assistant (auxiliary) bishops. ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE PRESS RELEASE   Under the presidency of His All-Holiness, the Ecumenical Patriarch, the Holy and Sacred Synod convened for its regular session, today,…

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch received His Excellency Sam Fabrici, Ambassador and Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Republic of Serbia at the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade on 13 February 2020.   — Source: spc.rs