Journalism profession is of particular importance in the functioning of the social body, by assuming the role of a community binder, impartial and independent, but expected to be constructive in the public space, often crossed by storms and uncertainties,’ Patriarch Daniel said. The Patriarch of Romania sent a message to the journalists in Romania…

A 1,500-year-old mosaic depicting Jesus’s feeding of the five thousand has been unearthed during an excavation of an ancient city near the Sea of Galilee, Daily Mail reports. The discovery of the so-called Burnt Church in Hippos, northern Israel, has enthralled archaeologists who have spent the summer combing it for historical evidence. A fire destroyed…

  His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on Thursday blessed the footbridge that facilitates the access of tourists and believers to Snagov Monastery, the oldest monastic settlement in the Archdiocese of Bucharest. The footbridge was initially inaugurated by the Patriarch on 20 Nov. 2010. The blessing service of September 26, 2019 was officiated in the context of…

On Monday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel celebrates his 12th anniversary at the helm of the Romanian Orthodox Church. This is the official celebration of Patriarch Daniel or the Patriarch of the National Cathedral as many could call him maybe superficially. However, there are many other “cathedrals” built under the Patriarch’s guidance, even though they are…

After giving the wronged person the good advice, Saint Paul goes on to give him advice of a higher tone, telling him not to be overcome with evil but overcome evil with good. For he knew that even if the enemy was a brute he would not go on being an enemy once he was…

It was with a vote of approval that the clergy of the Archdiocese, gathered in a pastoral assembly on September 28 in the Saint Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, reaffirmed by a large majority the decision of Archishop Jean to request the canonical attachment to the Moscow Patriarchate. The pastoral assembly began with the celebration of the…

The 3rd Annual National Orthodox Church Youth and Young Adults Camp is back again this year and is slated for December 10-15, 2019, at the Holy Resurrection Orthodox Cathedral Jinja – Holy Diocese of Gulu and Eastern Uganda. The Theme for this year: ( 2 Corinthians 13: 1, 5) “This is the third time I…

The clergy of the Russian Exarchate in Europe, who met in Paris on Saturday, decided to follow their leader’s example and join the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), the ROC press service stated on Saturday. “The meeting has adopted the relevant appeal to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia,” the statement reads. An…

The Skete of Prophet Elijah (Greek: Σκήτη Προφήτη Ηλία, Russian: Ильинский скит) is a cenobitic skete of Pantokratoros monastery in Mount Athos, Greece. Before the skete was built, within the vicinity of the monastery there were some cells of hesychast monks. In 1757 the Ukrainian monk from Poltava Paisios Velichkovsky with many Moldavian and Ukrainian…