The highly venerated Rublev Trinity Icon has been returned to its historical place on the iconostasis of the Holy Trinity Cathedral at the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra outside Moscow. After more than a century away, the Icon returned to the Lavra in time for the feast of Pentecost this year—an historical event for which an…

A convent closed by the Soviet authorities in 1930 has been officially reestablished by decree of the Holy Synod of the Moscow Patriarchate. On July 15, the Synodal hierarchs resolved “to open the Iveron-Sts. Peter and Paul Convent in the village of Oktyabrskoye in the Kostanay Province of the Kostanay Diocese and appoint Nun Nika…

On the 30th of July 2024, Metropolitan Sergius, Patriarchal Exarch of Southeast Asia, Metropolitan of Singapore and Southeast Asia, visited the newly formed community in honour of the Holy First-Faithful Apostles Peter and Paul in Semarang (Central Java Province, Indonesia), where he celebrated a prayer service. The congregation warmly welcomed the Archpastor. After the service,…

DECR Communication service, 30.07.2024. On 30 July 2024, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus’ met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of India to the Russian Federation H.E. Vinay Kumar at the Patriarchal Residence in the Danilov Stavropegial Monastery in Moscow. Archpriest Nikolai Lishchenyuk, Deputy Chairman of the Department for…

With the blessing of Bishop Alexii of Vienna and Austria, Archpriest Radoslav Ristic, accompanied by Deacon Nikolai Markovic, visited Orthodox prisoners held in the Stein Correctional Institution in Krems, Austria. The clergy performed a prayer service and Liturgy in the prison church, the diocesan website reported on 24 July. The services were followed by a…

On the 27th of July in the city of Campina das Misoins (Brazil) on the square of the Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Prince Vladimir, a prayer service to the holy Baptist of Rus’ had been held. The square is located in the central part of the city, in 2021 a chapel in the name of the Equal…

On Monday morning, Assistant Bishop Timotei of Prahova officiated the exhumation service of the holy relics of Saint Sofian of St Anthimos Monastery at Căldărușani Monastery near Bucharest. The venerable relics were placed in the cemetery church for a specific service before being transported to St Anthimos Monastery. “A specific rite was observed for such…

“We are all called to weave a crown of good deeds, following the example of the Mother of God and the saints, by helping our brothers and sisters who are suffering at home and in hospitals, orphans and widows, the elderly burdened by loneliness, need, and frailty, and large families, combining good deeds with prayer,”…

The National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova commended the Metropolis of Bessarabia for its assistance in organizing and conducting the 2024 Population and Housing Census. “Thanks to your support, data collection activities about individuals and their dwellings took place, which are extremely important and necessary for understanding the demographic, ethnocultural, and socio-economic…