Message of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, on the occasion of the consecration of the Romanian Orthodox church in Johannesburg, South Africa, 30 November 2019: The joy of communion in the Romanian church in South Africa Your Eminence Metropolitan Damaskinos, Your Excellency Mr. Ambassador Marius-Constantin Borănescu, Your Excellencies, Beloved faithful, The…

Agios Andreas in Patras is the largest Church in Greece and accommodates around 7,000 worshippers. This very special church has thousands of visitors per year who come to see the exquisite architecture, beautiful paintings, and icons and to pray to the Holy Apostle Andreas, the Patron Saint of Patras. November 30 is the Feast Day…

The Government of Hungary has been working for years in the protection of the Christians internationally and in the Holy Land, and has recently announced to the Jerusalem Patriarchate its herein attached decision to grant scholarships to Palestinian Christians:  “Το Η.Ε. Archbishop of Constantina, Your Eminence! Hungary has continuously provided scholarships to talented Palestinian students…

On 28th November 2019, a meeting between Metropolitan Antony of Korsun and Western Europe, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Administration for Institutions Abroad, and His Beatitude Archbishop Chrysostomos of New Justiniana and All Cyprus took place in Nicosia. The Russian hierarch conveyed to the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus brotherly greetings from His…

On 28 November 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with Mt. Tristan Azbej, Hungary’s State Secretary for the aid to persecuted Christians. They were joined in the meeting by Rev. Sergy Zvonarev, DECR secretary for far abroad countries. Mr. Azbej warmly greeted the guests…

On 28th November 2019, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, attended the 2nd International Conference on Christian Persecution held in Budapest and delivered an address. The conference was organized under the patronage of the…

On 28th November 2019, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, attended the 2nd Conference in Defence of Christians in Budapest and delivered the following address.   I extend my heartfelt greetings to all the participants…

Eugene Vodolazkin, one of today’s most famous Russian novelist, said that he was inspired by several lives of Saints when creating the main character of his best-selling novel Laurus. Eugene Vodolazkin and his wife Tatiana recently visited the Saint Nicholas –Tabacu church in Bucharest, the home of the Russian Orthodox Community in the capital of…

Fr. Arsenie Boca, one of the most prominent Romanian elders of the 20th century, reposed in the Lord on November 28, 1989. It was recently announced that he is being considered for canonization by the Holy Synod of the Romanian Church. In the meantime, he was prayerfully commemorated yesterday at Prislop Monastery in Silvașu de…