On the feast day of Saint Longin of Sotnik, 29 October 2019, His Grace Bishop Jovan of Sumadija served the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the church of the Descent of Holy Spirit upon Apostles in Barzilovici, near Lazarevac. His Grace was concelebrated by abbot of the monastery of Holy Great Martyr George in Celije Dositej,…

The Bishops’ Council of the Polish Church, involving every hierarch of the Church, gathered in Warsaw on Tuesday, October 29, under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Metropolitan Sawa of Warsaw and All Poland, to discuss a number of issues, including the veneration of a group of 30 martyrs. The communiqué from the session quoted by Orthochristian states:…

Dozens of mourners gathered at Brosteni Church in Bucharest on Wednesday to remember the 64 victims of the deadly fire that broke out at Colectiv nightclub four years ago. The memorial service was officiated by an assembly of priests in front of a white monument with an angel putting hands together in prayer built by…

Reverend Petre, the Former Metropolitan of Chkondidi, who was yesterday fired from the position of Bishop by the Synod because he submitted incriminating evidence against Patriarch Ilia II, said goodbye to his parishioners. “There was a holy father, who always said “see you in heaven,” as a form of farewell. Let’s say, “see you in…

“We express our full support to the Patriarch in this difficult situation,“ said Georgian businessman Mamuka Khazaradze, the founder of TBC Bank and Anaklia Development Consortium, who recently established new public movement Lelo. He, on behalf of the public movement Lelo, responded to the recent developments in the Patriarchate of Georgia with a special statement,…

Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Gakharia, who is paying an official visit to the Republic of Turkey, made a special statement in connection with the recent developments around the Georgian Orthodox Church. As the Prime Minister said such unbelievable attacks on the Georgian Patriarch, the symbol of country’s spiritual nature, are the attacks on the…

I have never thought of punishing anyone. I always think only of your help, His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia said. As it is written in the protocol of the Holy Synod meeting held on Thursday, the Patriarch said that the Church must do everything to ensure peace in the country as well…

Our Patriarch has withstood KGB and he will surely survive this bite of a mosquito, – former President Giorgi Margvelashvili told reporters. The former President visited the Patriarchate and met with Ilia II yesterday. As Giorgi Margvelashvili noted that the kind of statements we heard are not made just because of anger and that “some…

Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has met with Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II. The meeting was held in the Patriarchate, where the Prime Minister spent about 10 minutes. Giorgi Gakharia left the building without making comments.   — ipn.ge