On Saturday, July 21/ August 3, 2019, the commemoration of the Holy Prophet Elijah the Thesbite was celebrated at his Holy Church in Ma’alule town, suburb of Nazareth. This Church belonged to the Arab-speaking community of the Patriarchate, who deserted it along with the whole Ma’alule town when the State of Israel was established in…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America posted a message on his Facebook page after the deadly shooting at an El Paso, Texas shopping center on Saturday. Twenty people were killed and more than two dozen were injured, according to Texas and local authorities. In particular, Archbishop Elpidophoros pointed out: “Our hearts are in pain. I ask…

An international cross procession from Poland via Belarus, Volyn and Rovno Regions to Pochaev is to participate in festivities in honor of Pochaev Icon of the Theotokos. On July 31, 2019, an international religious procession, which begins in Poland, passing through Belarus and Volyn and finishes in Pochaev, entered the city of Gorokhov in the…

A procession of hundreds of faithful began on Thursday from the Metropolitan Cathedral in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, towards the historic Monastery of Rila. More than 200 people holding Crosses and icons will walk over mountain trails for six days in order to reach the monastery. This year marks the 10th consecutive year that…

Friday, 02 August 2019, on the Feast of Holy Prophet Elias, His Eminence Vladimir, Metropolitan of Chisinau and all Moldova, officiated the service of renovation of the Church of Holy Archangel Michael in Zubresti community, Straseni region. The hierarch was greeted early morning by the parish rector, father Eugen Burlac and his brother, metropolitan Protodeacon…

On Friday July 20/ August 2, 2019, the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of Prophet Elijah the Thesbite in his historic Holy Monastery, which is located between Jerusalem and Bethlehem, near the ancient Monastery of Theotokos’ Seat. On this feast the Church projects Prophet Elijah as a person full of strong and extreme zeal for the…

Iasi Byzantine Music Festival is an international event held yearly in Iasi and organized under the patronage of the Archdiocese of Iasi. This year the third edition will be held between the 2nd of October and the 6th of October. This year, the Romanian city will be the host of important names of Byzantine music…

Discover and visit this sacred place on a 360-degree Virtual Tour! Relatively unknown to the American public but visited by tourists from all over the world, the Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral located in the heart of the historic Ukrainian Village and Wicker Park district in Chicago is a monument that, by its exceptional beauty, impresses its visitors…

On Tuesday, July 30, His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion, paid an archpastoral visit to Holy Myrrhbearers Church in Harrisonburg, VA, and led the funeral of senior Eastern American Diocesan cleric Archpriest John Moses, who reposed in the Lord on Thursday, July 25. Early on Tuesday morning, the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad celebrated Divine…