On Wednesday, 23rd October 2019, His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir was visited at the Metropolitan Residence in Chisinau by Ambassador of the Bulgarian Republic, Mr. Evgueni Stoytchev. His Excelence was accompanied by representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria and by PhD, Professor Victor Tvircun. During the discussion, Ambassador Stoytchev thanked Metropolitan Vladimir for…

Dream Centers offer Children, Families Safe Spaces, Support Overcoming Trauma International Orthodox Christian Charities [IOCC] is launching a new fundraising campaign, aiming to raise $250,000 for programming that supports children and families who have survived trauma and tragedy in Syria. Children are among the millions affected by the conflict in Syria, including many displaced in their…

The New York Board of Rabbis (NYBR) welcomed Archbishop Elpidophoros and honored him at their post-sukkah reception, on October 23, 2019. The sukkot – a week-long festival that takes place five days after Yom Kippur – celebrates God’s protection of the Israelites as they fled bondage in Egypt.     Recognizing the reciprocity between the…

The anniversary of “OXI Day,” the day in October of 1940 when the Greek people refused to bow to the Italian request to conquer the nation, is always a cause of celebration throughout the world where Hellenism has set root. For an Orthodox priest in faraway Uganda, OXI Day symbolizes the struggle of the weak…

The Orthodox faithful of the village of Kotoklo in the Kakhi District in the historical Georgian section of Azerbaijan known as Saingilo had great cause to rejoice earlier this month, as the Divine Liturgy was celebrated in their local church for the first time in just under a century. His Grace Bishop Dimitri (Kapanadze) of…

Not far, and at higher altitude from Karoulia, one finds the Katounakia hesychasterion. The scenery here is calmer compared to that of Karoulia. The region of Katounakia is a group of cells located between St. Anne’s Skete and Karoulia. The name of katunakia comes from some monks from Egypt which came and settled here. They…

Families with children and persons with disabilities have priority in honouring the holy relics placed for veneration these days at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. The mentioned categories are asked to move near the baldachin and ask the gendarmes and the nearby organizers to facilitate access to venerate the holy relics. Every year, on the…

Saint Demetrius was a Thessalonian, a most pious son of pious and noble parents, and a teacher of the Faith of Christ. When Maximian first came to Thessalonica in 290, he raised the Saint to the rank of Duke of Thessaly. But when it was discovered that the Saint was a Christian, he was arrested…

By decision of St. Synod of BOC-BPS His Eminence Metropolitan Seraphim of Nevrocop participated in the International Orthodox Conference on Heresies and Paralegals in Zunga-Argolis, Greece. Representatives of the Orthodox Autocephalous Churches and representatives of the Metropolitanates of the Greek Church participated in the conference. Each year, the forum deals with practices in the fight…