His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch received a newly appointed Ambassador fo Greece to Serbia, His Excellency Mr. Giorgos Diakofotakis at the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade on 1 November 2019. — Source: spc.rs
An Orthodox priest was captured by a professional photographer as he was feeding a baby girl while proclaiming the Gospel at the child’s baptism service at the Ascension of the Lord Church in Podu Olt, Brasov County. During the Baptism service, infants who are about to receive this great Sacrament of the Church can sometimes…
His Eminence Metropolitan Teofan of Moldavia and Bukovina on Sunday visited the Orthodox parish in Draxini, Botosani, where he officiated the Christening of infant Maria Parascheva, the fifth child of priest Ovidiu Lazarescu. Given the worrying demographic decline in Romania, His Eminence encourages families to give birth to children. As a token of appreciation for…
Having a peaceful and serene mind depends entirely on you. It does not depend on temptations or your fellow struggler’s behavior. You yourself will be responsible for your salvation; whether you will be saved or not depends entirely on you. When you long for your salvation and struggle hard, then the outcome will be according…
During his recent visit to the parish of St. John the Baptist in Cairns for the 25th Anniversary of the parish and the official opening of the new offices of St. John’s Community Care, His Eminence, Archbishop Makarios bestowed the Gold Cross of St. Andrew on two of the parish’s foundational workers. Mr Chaz Giannoukas…
Karoulia is the most isolated area located at the southernmost shore of Mount Athos on a rocky and very steep site and belongs to Megisti Lavra monastery. It is underneath Katounakia on a near vertical cliff. Some huts can be considered either in Katounakia either in Karoulia area. The hermit monks have built their huts…
The Orthodox faithful now have a rare opportunity to see the place of the ascetic labors of one of the many great saints of the Kiev Caves Lavra. During the restoration work that is currently taking place in the Near Caves of the Holy Dormition-Kiev Caves Lavra, the place of asceticism of the 12th-century monk…
The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, on Sunday declined to commemorate the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, in prayers during the Divine Liturgy at Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the first time that the Greek Primate’s name was omitted since the Holy Synod of the Autocephalous…
Criminals took the money and liturgical wine from the temple of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Last week, unknown persons robbed the Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos of the UOC in the village of Kut of the Glybokaya district, Chernivtsi region. This is the second robbery in recent years, reports the press service of the…