On Saturday, May 26/June 8, 2019, the eve of the Sunday of the Holy Fathers, His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos officiated the Divine Liturgy at the Russian-speaking parish of the Church of St. Nikolaos, which belongs to the Patriarchate and was buiit by Patriarch Damianos in 1911. The Church had been…
According to the still-functioning official website of the “Kiev Patriarchate” (KP), a public forum of Ukrainian intelligentsia, “For the Ukrainian Orthodox Church! For the Kiev Patriarchate!” will be held on June 11. The announcement claims that the event will be held “at the initiative of wide swaths of the public” and will be attended by…
The Polish Church festively celebrated the miraculous Bielsk Icon of the Mother of God on Saturday and Sunday in Bielsk Podlaski in northeastern Poland, with the participation of several hierarchs, including the primate His Beatitude Metropolitan Sawa. The feast began in the city’s oldest church—of the Nativity of the Mother of God—on the eve of…
A suspicious package was found outside of St. Joseph Orthodox Church (OCA) in Wheaton, Illinois on Monday evening as the parish council gathered to hold their monthly meeting. Rector Fr. Joseph Kopka writes on the parish’s Facebook page: “The box looked very questionable and had an unsigned letter taped on top. The letter mentioned that…
On June 2nd, 2019, His Grace Bishop Irinej presided over the celebration of the Divine Liturgy at the Holy Resurrection Serbian Orthodox Church in Steubenville, Ohio. During the Liturgy of this last Sunday after Pascha, Bishop Irinej ordained the Reverend Deacon Stefan Djoric to the Holy Priesthood. Fr. Stefan Djoric recently graduated from St. Vladimir’s…
There have been military clergy in the Serbian Army since it gained statehood. Knjaz Milosh Obrenovich in the constitution of the newly liberated state, in 1839, defines that they shall have priests in the army. After the Second World War, it was not allowed to pray to God in Serbian military barracks. This service was…
As the new roof starts taking its form, atop our beloved New York City Cathedral, the saving of Saint Sava Cathedral has truly begun. The principal steel roof trusses are now in place, bolted and welded, tying together the previously freestanding historic stone walls. With the imminent installation of the metal-deck roof covering – presently…
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