I was asked to address the people. I found it very difficult. I felt that people would not believe me,- His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia said recalling the April9, 1989 night. The Patriarch said in his interview with Imedi TV that the April 9 night was a readiness for freedom…

The archives of St. Vladimir’s Seminary (SVOTS) are filled with Serbian names. Over its eighty-year history, the Seminary has counted numerous Serbian Orthodox among its faculty and student body. That long, distinguished list includes His Grace Bishop Firmilian (Ocokoljich), Dr. Veselin Kesich, His Grace Bishop Irinej (Dobrijevic), and St. Nikolaj Velimirović. This year, alone, the…

On the Forefeast of the Annunciation, April 6 th 2019, a Lenten retreat was held and organized by the Diocesan Federation of the Circles of Serbian Sisters, hosted by the St. Nicholas parish. The morning began with the service of the Invocation of the Holy Spirit. The faithful were greeted by Very Rev. Fr. George…

An overview in 1938 The following article, which is part of a report on all the Autocephalous Churches made by Archbishop John to the Second All-Diaspora Sobor of the Russian Church Abroad held in Yugoslavia in 1938, gives the historical background of the present state of the Patriarchate of Constantinople. It could well have been…

His Holiness and Beatitude, Ilia II, Catholicos- Patriarch of All Georgia has arrived at April 9 Memorial to pay tribute to those killed on April 9, 1989. 30 years have passed since April 9, 1989 tragedy. On April 9, 1989, 21 people were tragically killed and hundreds of others were injured in the attack of…

On 6 April 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, rector of the Ss. Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Moscow Church of Beheading of St. John the Baptist in-the-Woods. This church is a part of the Patriarchal Metochion…

The frontman of the “Karamazov Brothers” band urged Ukrainians to stop and not participate in the persecutions of the canonical Church. Producer and musician Oleg Karamazov published a corresponding video message in the social network. “Now, just like a hundred years ago, those deceived by politicians seize temples, beat holy fathers, tear apart the body…

The clergy of the Eastern American Diocese of the ROCOR adopted the text of an appeal to President Trump asking him to protect the canonical UOC at a diplomatic level. During the Lenten meeting of the Eastern American Diocese of the ROCOR, priests listened to speeches by clerics who had moved out of the Patriarchate…

For the fourth consecutive year during Holy and Great Lent, parishioners from the Church of St. Nicholas in Toronto held a live discussion with its sister Church of St. Nicholas in Seoul, South Korea. Following the Fourth Salutations to the Theotokos in Toronto, dozens of parishioners made their way to the church hall for the…