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…

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…

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…

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…

The “Honorary Patriarch” of the OCU is not sure whether Vladimir Zelensky will support the newly formed church structure if he is elected the President of Ukraine. If Vladimir Zelensky wins the presidential election in Ukraine, the process of “the unification of Ukrainian Orthodoxy” may stop, according to Filaret Denisenko. He said this on one…

His Holiness the Serbian Patriarch Irinej celebrated the Holy Archhierarchal Liturgy in the Pec Patriarchate on the Saturday of 13th of April 2019. The Right Reverend Teodosije, Bishop of Raska-Prizren, concelebrated as well Archpriest-staurophor Stojadin Pavlovic, Editor of the TV Hram, and clergy of the Diocese of Raska-Prizren, with the participation of the sisterhood of…

His Holiness the Serbian Patriarch Irinej arrived in the Pec Patriarchate on April 12, 2019. His Holiness the Patriarch was welcomed by the Right Reverend Teodosije, Bishop of Raska and Prizren, and Monastery abbess Haritina with her sisterhood. The Patriarch will celebrate Liturgies in the Pec Patriarchate as well as in Visoki Decani and visit…

The Hierarchical Divine Liturgy celebrated on April 7, 2019 at Ćelije Monastery, where St. Justin served for more than three decades, gathered a large number of faithful from different regions. Bishops Milutin, Athanasius, Konstantine, and Jovan concelebrated, assisted by several priests and hieromonks. The choir of the nuns was led by Hegumena Glykeria. A moleben…

On the 11th of April 2019, an opening ceremony of the 6th International Patristic Conference on Saint Basil the Great in the Theological Tradition of the East and the West took place at the Assembly Hall of Ss. Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies. Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk greeted all those present, telling…