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15.04.2019 | 12:37
New deacon ordained as new hope for an enhanced work at Bucharest parish
The Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Varlaam of Ploiesti on Sunday performed the ordination to the diaconate of Basilica News Agency’s Editor Iulian Dumitrascu noting that he is ‘a hope for an enhanced work in a parish that is already distinguished by a multitude of spiritual and social works’. The ordination was performed during the Divine Liturgy…
15.04.2019 | 12:35
National Cathedral consecration attendance statistics
The Chancellery of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church published a report presenting information about the attendance of believers at the consecration of the National Cathedral in Bucharest, giving the exact names of parishes and group attendants. As estimated by the Romanian Gendarmerie, approximately 150,000 people visited the National Cathedral and venerated…
15.04.2019 | 12:21
Lavrov, Patriarch Kirill discuss church crisis in Ukraine, Christian presence in Middle East (VIDEO)
On April 12, 2019, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the Russian Federation Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, at the patriarchal working residence in Chisty Pereulok. The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church pointed to the high level of cooperation between the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations and the…
15.04.2019 | 10:50
OCU activists break into UOC home church and take out an altar (VIDEO)
Believers, who after the seizure of the Holy Protection temple, temporarily prayed in the church house, were told by telephone that their property was on the road. On the morning of April 12, at about 8:00, opponents of the canonical Church in the village of Kurozvany in Goshcha district in Rovno region broke down the…
15.04.2019 | 10:35
Picture gallery of Daphni Monastery mosaics
Daphni Monastery, included in the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1990, is known for its mosaics. The Byzantine Monastery of Daphni is located 7 miles way from down town Athens. It was founded in the 6th century, on the site of an ancient pagan temple destroyed by the Goths in 395. The katholicon of the…
15.04.2019 | 10:25
British Muslim leaders at the Jerusalem Patriarchate
His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III was pleased to welcome a delegation of British Muslim leaders to the Patriarchate on 6 April 2019. The delegation was on a fact finding mission to the Holy Land, exploring opportunities for peace and reconciliation. The delegation discussed the role of the Churches in the Holy Land, as a force…
14.04.2019 | 17:29
The Serbian Patriarch Irinej arrived in the monastery of Visoki Decani (video + photos)
His Holiness the Serbian Patriarch Irinej arrived in the morning of April 14, 2019, in Orahovac, the first in a series of enclaves that will be visited as part of his Archpastoral visitation to the Serbian people in Kosovo and Metohija, TV Hram announced. In the presence of quite a number of faithful people, the…
14.04.2019 | 14:19
Ilia II: When enemy threatened the Georgian language, it was defended by young people, today we especially need the unity
When the enemy threatened the Georgian language, it was defended by young people, today we especially need the unity, – Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II made this statement. Today is a Day of Georgian language. When the enemy threatened the Georgian language, the Georgian youth defended it. We are glad…
14.04.2019 | 14:03
Serbian Eastern Diocese Clergy Confession and Seminar in Philadelphia
From April 3 – 4, 2019 the St. Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Church of Philadelphia was honored with a blessing from His Grace, Bishop Irinej, to host (for the first time in the parish’s history) the annual Diocesan Clergy Confession and Seminar. Along with His Grace, Bishop Irinej, brethren clergy from throughout our Diocese and clergy…
