His Grace Bishop Silvester Kisitu of the Diocese of Gulu and Eastern Uganda was engaged in a meeting with the Uganda Orthodox Church Mothers’ union National secretariat staff at their office at Namungoona, Kampala. This meeting was basically aimed at formally updating the Bishop on the ongoing activities of the Union in the regions under…

Two-thirds of Russian citizens (63%) identify as Orthodox, according to a poll done by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) obtained by Interfax on Wednesday. According to the sociological poll, an overwhelming majority of orthodox Christians (86%) have been baptized and two-thirds of them (66%) were baptized because their parents or relatives had decided…

Even if the rules of iconography insist that the holy image depicted (the saints) should be with black hair and black eyes, however, from tradition and from visions, we are informed from the saints which saw the Mother of God that her hair texture resembles that of ripe wheat with blue eyes. She resembles mostly…

Former President of Colombia Mr. Andrés Pastrana Arango visited the Patriarchate escorted by his daughter and the Kisla former Police Director Mr. Averoif.  

As part of a pilgrimage to Greece, His Grace Bishop Ambrozie of Giurgiu celebrated the Divine Liturgy at St Ephraim Monastery in Nea Marki on Sunday, August 11, 2019. Thanking for the warm welcome, Bishop Ambrozie stressed the need to bear witness to the faith especially in our times, ‘holding Saint Ephraim as a confessor…

The Archdiocese of Bucharest decided, at the initiative of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, to provide financial support to Fr. Marius’ grieving family. The Archdiocese is providing $1,184 (5,000 lei) to Fr. Marius’ wife and children. Fr. Marius Gabriel Bărăscu of Parava, Bacău County, 160 miles northeast of Bucharest, tragically died in a car accident last week,…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros met on Monday, August 12, 2019, with a delegation from the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches (SCOOCH), which was comprised of His Grace Bishop David (Coptic – President of SCOOCH), His Eminence Mor Dionysios (Syriac), His Eminence Mor Titus (Malankara), His Eminence Archbishop Silvanos (Malankara-Syriac Knanaya) and His Grace Bishop…

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew met on Tuesday, August 13, at the Phanar, with Archbishop Leo of Helsinki and all Finland, who is the head of the Orthodox Autonomous Church of Finland, and the Lutheran Archbishop of Finland Tapio Luoma. They are both on a pilgrimage to the Ecumenical Patriarchate and Constantinople. The meeting with His All-Holiness…

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