“The National Cathedral has become a cardinal point,” the Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Ieronim of Sinaia said on the third anniversary of the consecration of the Cathedral’s altar. The bishop referred to the fact that the Cathedral can be seen from a considerable distance on clear days – such as from the Bucharest-Pitesti highway or the…

The town of Văleni in Braşov County will open a mobile library soon. The initiative belongs to the local parish priest, Father Claudiu Popa. The priest wanted to ​​help children he pastors by turning a bus into a mobile library, calling it a bibliobus. “One day, I realized that I had many books, both from…

On December 2, 2021, the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) and the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) hosted the sections of the Fifth National Academic Conference (with international participation) on Theology in Academic-Educational Space: Theory, History, Practice of International and Inter-Cultural Dialogue in the Situation of Global…

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The Russian Patriarchate’s Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, His Eminence Hilarion, this week attended an inauguration ceremony at Moscow’s State Historical Museum of the exhibition “The History of the Russian Empire”. His Eminence represented the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill. The new thematic exhibition is part of a series of commemorative events on…

Representatives of the 17 recognized religious faiths and confessions in Romania, including the Romanian Orthodox Church, the dominant and oldest denomination in the country, met on Thursday with Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae (tsi-U-ka) Ciucă and the relevant health minister. The meeting focused entirely on the presence of faithful in places of worship amid the ongoing…

The exodios funeral service for Fr. Loukas of Vatopedi was held on Thursday at the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi on Mount Athos. The Elder Loukas, born Panagiotis Dimakakos, reposed in the Lord on Wednesday at the age of 82. The funeral service was officiated by the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the…

The Sacred and Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople on Thursday approved a recent decision by the Church of Crete’s Holy Eparchial Synod to relieve Archbishop of Crete Irineos from his duties, due to his deteriorating health condition. The Ecumenical Patriarchate urged the Holy Eparchial Synod of Crete to instruct a three-hierarch committee…

The Church today venerates the memory of the Prophet Zephaniah, or Sophonias. Today is also the feast day of the Venerable Theodoulos the Cypriot, the Fool for Christ.