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13.04.2019 | 13:58
Canadian City Council Receives Icon of Its Own Saint
The City Council in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, received an icon of its own resident saint this week. Mayor Fred Eisenberger, head of Canada’s ninth largest city, accepted the icon of the recently glorified Saint Sebastian Dabovich, who served as priest in the city a century ago. “Saint Sebastian was the priest of the first multi-cultural…
13.04.2019 | 13:32
Four new monks at Bulgarian Zographou Monastery on Mt. Athos
Novice Elenko was tonsured as Fr. Spyridon at the Bulgarian Zographou Monastery on Mt. Athos on the Sunday of Orthodoxy, as OrthoChristian previously reported. And on the Sunday of St. John Climacus and the great feast of the Annunciation, the monastery had the joy of another four men dedicating their lives to God in the…
13.04.2019 | 13:24
Epiphany: We are proud to be called Bandera followers
The head of the OCU considers Stepan Bandera “a genius who created the Ukrainian national spirit” and is honoured to be called a Bandera follower (“banderovets”). The head of the OPU Epiphany Dumenko said that he was proud when OCU members and he are called Bandera followers. He stated this during a visit to the…
13.04.2019 | 13:14
New press offers high-quality Orthodox children’s books and more
Exaltation Press, a new Orthodox publishing company has just been launched to help make more Orthodox books available in the English language. While we in the English-speaking world have been blessed with many good Orthodox authors and publishing companies, Orthodoxy in the English-speaking world is still a very small fish in a big pond. A…
13.04.2019 | 13:04
Orthodox Church organizes Football School Championship ‘Youth and Faith’
The Orthodox Deanery of Nicoresti within the Archdiocese of the Lower Danube in partnership with the Brahasesti Secondary School organized the sixth edition of the Football School Championship titled ‘Youth and Faith’ on Sunday, April 7, 2019. The event hosted by the Brahasesti school’s gym gathered children from ten parishes Hânţeşti, Ţepu, Ghidigeni, Toflea, Braşăşti,…
13.04.2019 | 12:34
President Pavlopoulos meets Antioch Patriarch John X on final day of visit to Lebanon (video+photos)
President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopios Pavlopoulos on Friday concluded his two-day visit to Lebanon by going to Balamand and meeting the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East John X, who presented him with the Medal of the Apostles Peter and Paul. In statements as he accepted the medal, President Pavlopoulos referred…
13.04.2019 | 11:46
Famous Orthodox Photography Website celebrates 15th anniversary
The renowned OrthPhoto.net website dedicated to Orthodox Photography celebrated Wednesday, April 10, its 15th anniversary. Defined as an online community of amateur and professional photographers who wish to share and exhibit photographs presenting the Orthodox Christian faith as experienced throughout the world, OrthPhoto was established on April 10, 2004. The online gallery of Orthodox pictures…
13.04.2019 | 11:29
Chamber of Deputies establishes St Sava Day as holiday of Serbian minority in Romania
The Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday, April 10, 2019, adopted the legislative draft for the establishment of Saint Sava Day as a holiday of the Serbian minority in Romania to be celebrated on January 27 every year. All 246 deputies present voted in favour. Saint Sava Nemanja was the first Archbishop of the Serbian Orthodox…
13.04.2019 | 11:18
Bishop Ambrozie of Giurgiu celebrates Divine Liturgy at Romanian Skete Prodromos
His Grace Bishop Ambrozie of Giurgiu celebrated the All-night vigil and the Divine Liturgy at the Romanian Skete of the Honourable Forerunner on Mount Athos on the feast of the Annunciation according to the Julian unrevised calendar. In his homily, the bishop spoke about the spiritual beauty of monastic life, stressing the feats of monks…
