The Gospel published in 1697 in the Romanian language by Antimoz Iverieli, Georgian theologian, scholar, calligrapher, philosopher and one of the greatest ecclesiastic figures of Wallachia, was added to the fund of unique manuscripts of the National Library of Georgia. “The book’s primary restoration works have been completed and we are glad to inform the…

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A new church is being built in Bulgaria in honor of one of the Orthodox Church’s most beloved saints today. On Sunday, His Eminence Metropolitan John of Varna and Veliki Preslav laid the foundation stone of the future Church of St. Luke of Simferopol in Dobrich in northeastern Bulgaria, reports the site of the Bulgarian…

The Special Envoy of the M.F.A for Combating Anti-Semitism and Safeguarding the Memory of the Holocaust, Dr. E. Lianos Liantis, meets with His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew April 18, 2019 | The Special Envoy for Combating Anti-Semitism and Safeguarding the Memory of the Holocaust, Dr. Efstathios Lianos Liantis, met with His All Holiness Ecumenical…

A delegation from the St. Andrew the First-Called Foundation in Russia will travel to Jerusalem for the ceremony of the Holy Fire and then deliver the sacred flame to Russia and a number of other countries, including the United States, the Foundation’s press service told RIA-Novosti. “The delegation of the St. Andrew’s Foundation will deliver…

Their Holinesses and Beatitudes, the Primates of the Orthodox Churches in the Middles East, held a meeting that gathered Theodoros II, Patriarch of Alexandria, John X, Patriarch of Antioch, Theophilos III, Patriarch of Jerusalem and Chrysostomos II, Archbishop of Cyprus, at the Cypriot’s Archbishopric Headquarters, on April 18, 2019. In their meeting, they prayed for…

The Mount Athos Center, in collaboration with the Athos Herbarium, presents an herbarium (dried flowers) exhibition entitled ‘The Botanical Treasure of the Mount Athos Peninsula’, which will be held in the exhibition space of the Mount Athos Center from 19 April until 15 June 2019. Mount Athos represents the most important nucleus of Orthodox monasticism,…

On the occasion of Lenten season, the seminarians at the Saint John of Damascus Institute of Theology at the University of Balamand carried out a series of pastoral visits to several parishes in the Archdiocese of Tripoli, Al-Koura, and their dependencies. In their visits, the seminarians joined the parishioners in the service of Great Compline…

  Romania’s Minister for Romanians Abroad, Natalia-Elena Intotero, this week visited the Patriarchate of Bucharest’s delegation in Jerusalem, as part of her official visit to Israel. She also toured Romanian sites in Jerusalem, travelled to Jericho and also expressed a particular interest in the Holy Lands.