Μobile health unit operated by the Metropolis of Kissamos and Selinos’ Annousakeion Clinic, continued it visits to schools in the specific region of western Crete. The mobile health unit was purchased with a grant allocated by the Holy and Great Vatopedi Monastery on Mt. Athos. The Metropolitan of KisSAmos and SeLInos, His Eminence Amfilochios, who…

The city council of Sofia, Bulgaria has approved funding of 200,000 leva for repairs of three Orthodox cathedrals in the Bulgarian capital, and specifically for the Early Christian Church of St. George – whose distinctive red brick rotunda is considered the oldest building in Sofia -as well as the Annunciation and the Dormition of the…

The Romanian Orthodox bishop of Maramureş and Sătmar, His Grace Justin, this week presided at the blessing of a site designated for the first Romanian library in the French capital.    

  The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Irinej, concluded a visit to Hungary this week. The Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church visited several cathedrals and monasteries in the central European country. He also met with members of the country’s Parliament and inaugurated Budapest’s Ecclesiastical Museum. In a statement, the Serbian Patriarch referred to the…

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, this week continued his visit to France, and specifically to the city of Strasbourg. While in the capital of the Alsace region, the Russian Patriarch expressed a hope, as he said, that Europe will turn a page on any misunderstanding with Russia, thereby allowing the…

A contract was signed on Monday in Jerusalem to complete restoration works at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher’s Rotunda, the building of the larger dome located on the far west side. The contract also foreseen continued restoration of the small chapel in the center of the Rotunda, called the Kouvouklion in Greek and Aedicula…

The first part of the picturesque Black Sea province of Trabzon’s great monument Sümela Monastery has been opened to visitors on May 25 following a four-year-long comprehensive restoration and rock improvement work, Hurriyet Daily News reports. Sümela Monastery, which is located on a steep and rocky area in the Karadağ Mountain in Altındere Valley and…

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, visited the Basilica of Saint Stephen in Budapest on 25 May 2019, where he was greeted by Bishop Snell György who informed the high guest and his delegation about the history of this famous basilica and presented him the saintly life of its patron, the first Hungarian Christian king Stephen….

This new Museum of the Serbian Diocese of Buda (Budapest) was solemnly opened on the 25th of May 2019 in Szentendre While paying an official archpastoral visitation to the Diocese of Buda and its residence city Szentendre, the Serbian Patriarch Irinej visited first the Serbian Cathedral church knows also as the Belgrade church. At a…