Celebrations of the 800th anniversary of the authoritative Holy Dormition-Pochaev Lavra’s Holy Spirit Skete began on Sunday and will last through June 17. His Eminence Metropolitan Sergei of Ternopil and Kremenets kicked off the celebration by celebrating the great rite of consecration of the skete’s Iveron Church and the Divine Liturgy, reports the Lavra’s website. Met….
Romanian Kickboxer and former professional rugby player Cătălin Moroşanu announced on his Facebook page that he visited the Holy Mount Athos to thank God for His divine help. ‘I came to thank God for everything He gave me, because He enlightened my path every time, helping me to move on,’ Moroşanu wrote on Monday. ‘I’ve…
During his opening remarks at the National Conference of Church Painting, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel urged for decisive action on saving Romania’s villages. ‘Let us not look nostalgically with that so-called mioritic passivity.’ ‘Let us take action with energy and responsibility to save the Romanian village and its priceless heritage,’ the Patriarch said on Monday….
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…