On the 400th anniversary of the birth of Holy Hierarch Dositheus, Metropolitan of Moldavia, the Archdiocese of Iași will republish one of his most famous works, the Psalter in Verses. The activity is part of a project entitled “Restitutio. Scholar Metropolitan Dositheus – 400 years from his birth. Psalter in Verses (1673)” and implemented by…

Having the blessing of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Canada has received a particle of the relics of Saint Callinicus of Cernica, Bishop of Râmnic. The relic was accompanied across the ocean by His Eminence Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern Europe, who was Patriarch Daniel’s delegate at the Fifth Congress…

On Sunday, June 9, the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies (IOCS) in Cambridge celebrated its 25th anniversary since it officially registered as a company in the UK. Fr. Dragoș Herescu, a Romanian, currently serves as the educational institution’s director. On this occasion, the Institute commissioned an anniversary icon of the Saviour Jesus Christ, which includes…

His Grace Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Varlaam of Ploiești welcomed His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada, Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, in an audience on Friday, June 7, at the Patriarchal Palace. According to a press release by the Department for Inter-Church and Inter-Faith Relations, during the…

Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Christ is Risen! Χριστὸς Ἀνέστη! This is the third occasion that we have been so graciously welcomed here at Saint Bartholomew’s Church – a true landmark of the City of New York. Once again, we offer the Divine Liturgy in thankfulness to God for the sacred person of the Spiritual…

On Monday, June 10, 2024 His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America was honored with The Interfaith Center of New York’s 2024 James Parks Morton Interfaith Award. The James Parks Morton Interfaith Award is named in tribute of The Interfaith Center of New York’s founder the Very Rev. James Parks Morton and recognizes individuals or organizations…

For the second year in a row, Pittsburgh members of the Orthodox Volunteer Corps recently traveled to Cleveland, Ohio for a day of service at St. Herman House, a ministry of FOCUS. The St. Herman House shelters and supports homeless men on the path to well-being and independence and works to meet the basic needs…

His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch and All East sent a congratulatory message to His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on the occasion of his name day. The message read: “On the joyous feast of your patron saint, I take this opportunity to pray to the all-good God to grant you long life, strength, and…

With due ecclesiastical splendour and magnificence, on Monday, 10 June 2024, in the evening, at the celebrating Holy Monastery of “Axion Esti” in Northcote, Victoria, the Great Hierarchical Vespers were celebrated on the occasion of the Synaxis of Our Lady “Axion Esti” and the memory of the Holy Glorious Apostles Bartholomew and Barnabas. The Vespers…