On March 31st, the 3rd Sunday Of Great and Holy Lent, The Sunday of the Cross, His Grace, Bishop Irinej, took the time out of his busy schedule to make his first-ever visit to our Parish. He was welcomed by our beloved Prota Stevo Rocknage. He was greeted by our two beautiful Serbian “devojke” –…
After touching encounters with the Serbs in Strpce and Kosovsko Pomoravlje, His Holiness Patriarch visited the Gracanica Monastery on 16 April 2019. Serbian Patriarch Irinej was solemnly greeted in Gracanica monastery by Bishop Teodosije of Raska-Prizren with abbess Stephanida as well as the sisterhood of the Gracanica. Following the prayer in the church of the…
A memorial service was officiated this week by the Patriarch of Bulgaria, His Holiness Neophyte, on the 94th anniversary of the St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, which took place on April 16, 1925. After the service, Bishop Polycarp, in an address, called on the faithful to pray for the victims of the politically-inspired…
The Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II, on Tuesday received members of a visiting US Congressional delegation in Tbilisi. Discussions revolved around the friendly relations between Georgia and the United States. The primate of the Georgian Church underlined the need for a peaceful return to Georgian sovereignty of currently occupied…
The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, this week received Israel’s new ambassador to the country, David Saranga, in Bucharest. Daniel cited the excellent relations between Romania and Israel, with a prominent example being the pilgrimage to the Holy Land annually organized by the Romanian Patriarchate.
The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Irinej, on Tuesday concluded a four-day tour of Kosovo and Metohija. The Serbian Patriarch visited several historic monasteries and Orthodox Church, while also holding meetings with Orthodox faithful and officials. The highly symbolic visit comes amid a period of intense speculation over developments regarding the region. …
The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, expressed his deep sorrow over the devastating fire that erupted at the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Monday. The Ecumenical Patriarch expressed his solidarity to the Roman Catholic faithful in the French capital and to the people of France, in general, in…
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Hellenism is alive in a very remote part of the world, and specifically in the city of Bunia, in the eastern Congo. Archimandrite Timotheos Duba, of the Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa, serves a handful of Orthodox faithful in the area, while continuing missionary work to baptize more local people into the Christian Orthodox…