In the churches, monasteries and church bookstores and shops of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, you can find the new church calendar for 2020. In it you will find church and official feasts, as well as important information about church marriage. Traditionally, on the first pages of the calendar you will read the address of His…
In the great spiritual celebration has become September 1st for citizens of Vratsa. The church, named “Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos”, was consecrated by Metropolitan Gregory of Vratsa with priests from the town. “Today, this church opens its doors and becomes the House of God, a place of prayer and praise to the Lord,…
On the occasion of 50th anniversary of the Dragoman, His Grace Bishop Polycarp of Belogradchik, vicar of the Sofia Metropolitan, blessed the Orthodox Christians in Dragoman. Bishop Polycarp was together with archimandrite Basil, protosingelos of the Diocese of Sofia, priest Assen Asenov, hieromonk Macarius, abbot of the “St. Athanasius” monastery and Deacon Georgi Chitalov. At…
The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople this week is organizing an International Conference entitled “The Theological Legacy of Archpriest Georges Florovsky,” on the occasion of the 40-year anniversary of his passing. The Ecumenical Patriarch, His All-Holiness Bartholomew I, inaugurated the conference on Sunday in the Bosporus metropolis, which will continue until Tuesday.
A new composition of the Autocephalous Church of Greece’s permanent Holy Synod will convene on Tuesday, inaugurating the 163rd synodical period. This week’s sessions of the Holy Synod will conclude on Thursday. According to reports, the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, will submit, for discussion, the issue of the Ukrainian Orthodox…
The Church today venerates the memory of St. Mamas of Caesarea, who was martyred at the age of 15 in third century Cappadocia, in central Asia Minor. St. Mamas, the son of pious early Christians, Theodotus and Rufina, who were also martyred, remained faithful even after numerous tortures and in the face of execution.
The church of Holy Trinity in the town of Resistencia, which construction was began by the youngest diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Diocese of Buenos Aires and South-Central America, upon the blessing of then Administrator of the Diocese Metropolitan Amfilohije, has been getting its shape. The church is being constructed on the land which was donated…
Diocesan Days – Day One at the St. Sava Church in San Gabriel, California View more photos and videos HERE and HERE For months the St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church in San Gabriel, California has been actively beautifying their church, parish hall and grounds in preparation of hosting the annual Diocesan Days celebration on this…
Marking the beginning of the Ecclesiastical New Year on Sunday, the patriarchal auxiliary bishop Ieronim of Sinaia officiated a Doxology at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest invoking God’s help and blessings upon the entire Church. The Te Deum service was attended by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, who wished everyone ‘many years with good health, salvation,…