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03.05.2019 | 19:25
Veneration of the Holy Icon of Our Lady Eleovrytissa at Vatopedi on Friday
The veneration of the Holy Icon of Our Lady Eleovrytissa, which dates from the 14th century and is located in the oil storeroom of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, took place on Friday at Monastery on the semi-autonomous monastic community of Mt. Athos. The great vespers were observed on Thursday at Vatopedi’s Katholikon,…
03.05.2019 | 19:17
Veneration of Sts. Timotheos and Mavra today
Today the Church venerates Sts. Timotheos and Mavra, a newly-married Christian couple in Thebes, Egypt, who suffered martyrdom in the year 286, during the reign of the Emperor Diocletian.
03.05.2019 | 19:09
His Beatitude, Metropolitan Onuphry, Meets with Vladimir Zelensky
The head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the newly-elected President of Ukraine discussed church issues at the Metropolitan’s residence of His Beatitude Onuphry in Feofania. On April 30, 2019, the meeting of His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine with the newly elected President of Ukraine Vladimir Alexandrovich Zelensky was held at…
03.05.2019 | 18:42
Patriarchate of Georgia: Negotiations are underway with Azeri side over Davit Gareji issue and some positive steps are taken
The Patriarchate of Georgia has released a statement regarding Davit Gareji issue. As noted in the statement, the recent events related to David-Gareji have caused a fair sense of grievance among the people, and many people have already voiced their positions. “The recent occurrence of circumstances in connection with David Gareja have evoked people’s just…
03.05.2019 | 18:09
Historical St Nicholas Cathedral in Cyprus turned into a mosque under Turkish Occupation
A devastating fire ravaged France’s Notre Dame Cathedral earlier this month, prompting worldwide heartbreak, commitments of rebuilding funds, and a vow to restore the structure from the French president. Meanwhile, the Notre Dame of Cyprus, St. Nicholas Cathedral, is used as a mosque in the northern part of the country, which has been illegally occupied by Turkey for…
03.05.2019 | 17:57
Feast Day of Zoodochos Pigi, Life Giving Spring of the Mother of God
Zoodochos Pigi, Bright Friday, is the first Friday after Easter, when the Greek Orthodox Church celebrates Life-Giving Spring, a title given to the Mother of God, and an actual miracle-working spring near Constantinople, with an Icon of the same name. Today we commemorate the Life-Giving Spring of the Most Holy Theotokos. Today, all over Greece,…
03.05.2019 | 16:01
Easter in Sarajevo
The greatest and most joyful feast-day of Orthodox Christians, and therefore of Orthodox Serbs, was celebrated solemnly in the city of Sarajevo, capital city of Bosnia and Hercegovina, on April 28, 2019. All the churches, both in the Ffederal Sarajevo as well as in Eastern (Serbian) Sarajevo, were full of Orthodox Serbs who participated in…
03.05.2019 | 15:50
Easter celebrations in the Cathedral church in Trebinje, Hercegovina
Festal solemnities of the Resurrection of the Lord in the Cathedral church of Holy Transfiguration of the Lord in Trebinje started with Paschal matins. Diocesan Bishop Dimitrije of Zahumlje-Herzegovina officiated the Divine Liturgy with concelebration of the Bishop Emeritus Atanasije and the clergy of the Cathedral church. During the Liturgy the Paschal Encyclical of the…
03.05.2019 | 15:44
Celebration of the Resurrection of Christ in Karlovac
The Feast-day of the Resurrection of Christ was celebrated with the solemn Liturgy in the Cathedral church of Saint Nicholas of Myra in Karlovac, being officiated by His Grace Bishop Gerasim of Gornji Karlovac with the concelebration of local priests. The Paschal Encyclical of the Serbian Patriarch and all the Hierarchs of the Serbian Orthodox…
