Thousands of pious Orthodox Christians from Romania and abroad traveled to Bucharest over the weekend to celebrate the feast of St. Demetrius the New, the patron saint and protector of Bucharest and one of the most beloved saints in Romania. The relics of St. Demetrius, along with those of the newly-glorified St. Dionysius (Erhan) of…
Several clergymen of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church recently had the blessing of concelebrating the Divine Liturgy with His Holiness Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia. The concelebration came during a recent pilgrimage of clergy and faithful from the Mukachevo Diocese of the Ukrainian Church, undertaken from October 16 to 23 with the blessing of Metropolitan…
The 4th anniversary of a fire that killed 64 and wounded 147 at the Colectiv club in Bucharest in 2015 will be marked by a memorial service organized by the Archdiocese of Bucharest on Wednesday, October 30, 2019. The service will be officiated at St Nicholas – Broșteni church in Bucharest. The liturgical program includes…
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With the blessing and presence of His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All The East, the Greek Community in Damascus celebrated the Greek National Day (OXI), which coincides with its centenary anniversary. Social Affairs Minister, Ms Rima Qadiri, the Community President Mr Habib Saloumi, and MP Dr. Amira Stephanou were present, together…
An inaugural one-day theology seminar by foreign scholarship recipients of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece will be held on Saturday morning at the synodical hall in central Athens. The 37 foreign scholarship recipients, who study at the theological faculties of universities in Athens and Thessaloniki, will participate. The majority of the…
The annual Day for Missing Persons from the 1974 Turkish invasion was commemorated on Tuesday, Oct. 29. Despite the intense efforts on the part of the island republic, the fate of 830 Greek Cypriots still remains unknown. Cyprus’ presidential commissioner for humanitarian affairs, Fotis Fotiou, on Tuesday briefed members of Cyprus’ House of Representatives…
Members of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church this week reminded clerics and hierarchs remain absolutely neutral during the presidential election in the country on Nov. 10, and during local government elections scheduled for next year.
The Metropolitan Bishop of Montenegro and the Littoral, of the Serbian Orthodox Church, His Eminence Amphilochius, this week expressed support for the convening of a Pan-Orthodox synod to resolve the contentious issue of the granting of the Tomos of Autocephaly for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. His Eminence Amphilochius said it was absolutely necessary for…