His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia has today blessed Iveria Virgin Maria Icon Cathedral at Makhata Mountain in Tbilisi. The construction of the cathedral launched in 2002 and it was the first stage of construction of Virgin Maria Monastery. The Educational Center-Museum will be built within the frameworks of the…
Traditional procession on St. George feat-day led by His Eminnce Mark, Archbishop of Berlin and of all Germany, and the Diocesan Bishop Joanikije of Budimlje-Nikšić, in honor and glory of the Holy Great Martyr and Victorious George, went along the city of Berane, Montenegro. The procession with a huge number of faithful people, clergy, monastics…
The Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church was opened by the holy archhierarchal Liturgy and the rite of the Invocation of the Holy Spirit, officiated by His Holiness Irinej, Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, in the church of the Ascension of the Lord in the Monastery of Zicha on May 9,…
The largest mosaic depicting the More Spacious than the Heavens Icon of the Mother of God was applied on the half-dome that stands above the altar of the National Cathedral in Bucharest on Tuesday, May 7, 2019. The team of specialists was coordinated by iconographer Daniel Codrescu. The Panagia Platytera ton ouranon measures 16 meters…
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The Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, His Beatitude Daniel, on Friday received US Ambassador-at-large Sam Brownback in Bucharest. Romania is the third stop on a regional tour by the top US diplomat, who holds the portfolio for International Religious Freedom, after visiting the semi-autonomous monastic community of Mt. Athos, in northern Greece, and Bulgaria….
Though Christian mother Asia Bibi has finally been allowed to leave Pakistan, there is another woman of faith who continues to fight her death sentence for allegedly “insulting Islam.” In a case heavily resembling Bibi’s, Shagufta Kauser and her husband Shafqat Emmanuel face death by hanging for violating the same archaic blasphemy laws that left…
The Executive Committee of the Joint Working Group (JWG) between the World Council of Churches and the Roman Catholic Church met in Warsaw, Poland, from 6 to 8 May 2019 under the leadership of His Eminence Metropolitan Nifon, Archbishop of Târgoviște (Romanian Orthodox Church) and His Excellency Diarmuid Martin, Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and Primate…
BOSTON – Bishop Andonios of Phasiane has resigned from the Chancery of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America hours after the resignation of Archbishop Demetrios. In an e-mail sent to the Clergy of Direct Archdiocesan District on Saturday afternoon, May 4, he wrote that “Ultimately leaving the Archdiocese will allow me to focus my time…