A procession, blessing ceremony and foundation laying was held in the Black Sea port city of Constanta for the construction of a Romanian Orthodox Cathedral dedicated to St. Dionysius Erhan, with the Archbishop of Tomis, His Eminence Theodosie, officiating. The Holy Synod of the Romanian Church officially canonized St. Dionysius in October 2018. St….

  The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, on Tuesday received a delegation of Abbots and Abbesses of Stavropegic and Patriarchal monasteries and convents. The purpose of the visit to the Patriarchal residence was to convey best wishes to the Primate of the Russian Church on the occasion of 50-year anniversary since…

  The Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, this week attended celebrations for the 55th anniversary of the establishment of the All Saints Orthodox parish and community in the Belmore suburb of Sydney. Prayers were also read out during the Divine Liturgy for rain to fall in southeast Australia, amid the ongoing destructive wildfires affecting…

  The former Archbishop of Thyateira & Great Britain Gregorios reposed in the Lord on Wednesday, at the age of 91. Gregorios had stepped down from the Throne a few months ago due to health reasons. In a statement, the Archdiocese of Thyateira expressed its great sadness over the Archbishop’s passing, calling on the clergy…

  Debate continued in Greece’s Parliament this week over articles eligible for constitutional revision, more than a week after the center-right government declined to include, in a relevant draft law, a provision re-instituting the offense of insult to religion in the country’s penal code. The decision generated negative reactions on the part of several Orthodox…

Patriarch Daniel on Sunday offered his reflections on wealth and poverty as means through which we can proceed on the path to salvation. ‘Wealth and poverty are not a purpose in themselves. They are an opportunity for us to draw near or away from God and others.’ “Neither wealth nor poverty can bring us salvation,…

The first Romanian Orthodox monastery in Portugal was inaugurated last Sunday, Nov. 17, by four Romanian hierarchs in Aldeia de Santa Margarida (Idanha-a-Nova). The monastery is dedicated to the feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God. Headed by His Eminence Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern Europe, the assembly of bishops officiated the…

The nuns from Valea Bistriței Monastery are building a house for a needy family with seven children, ages 7 to 15. The monastery announced the project in August, noting that it was undertaken with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Irineu of Alba Iulia. The monastery asked for funds from any who wanted to help,…

  They also found that the eating of greens or pulse did not agree with everyone, and that not everyone could live on dry bread. One man, they said, could eat two pounds of dry bread and still be hungry, while another might eat a pound, or only six ounces, and be satisfied. As I…