The Metropolitan of Astana and Almaty and first hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church in Kazakhstan, His Eminence Alexandros, arrived in the east Mediterranean country for a visit, at the head of a group of pilgrims. The Metropolitan and the pilgrims were welcomed at the Athens International Airport on Saturday by the Kazakh Ambassador to…

The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, presided at a celebratory Divine Liturgy in Bucharest on Sunday, on the occasion of the beginning of the Indiction. His Beatitude Daniel expressed a hope that the new ecclesiastical year will one of prayer and spiritual awakening for all.  

The Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Neophyte, on Sunday visited the Kremikovtsi Monastery, on the occasion of the beginning of the Indiction, the ecclesiastical new year, as well as the conclusion of the summer camp season annually organized by the Patriarchate.

On September 1st, when the Church New Year began, His Eminence Metropolitan of Varna and the Great Preslav John consecrated the church of St. John of Rila in the village of Rositsa, General Toshevo Municipality, Dobrich spiritual district. At the spiritual event were Mr. Valentin Dimitrov, Mayor of General Toshevo Municipality and Mrs. Dimitrichka Stoyanova,…

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…