A fire broke out at the Holy Transfiguration Valaam Monastery yesterday. It destroyed a garage with cars and other equipment, but thankfully, there were no casualties. The fire that raged for 16 hours was successfully extinguished by local firefighters, the monastery’s voluntary firefighters, and reinforcements from nearby Sortavala, His Grace Bishop Pankraty of Troitsk, Abbot…

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church met with the President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, on Tuesday, February 16, 2021. The meeting took place around 13:00 p.m. at the Patriarchal Residence. No public details were provided about the talks. “It was a normal visit at the beginning of the year, an official meeting…

The Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church began with the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy at the Saint Sava Memorial Cathedral in the Vracar district, Belgrade, at 9 am on February 18, 2021. The Liturgy was officiated by His Eminence Metropolitan Hrizostom of Dabar-Bosnia with the concelebration and prayerful presence of the hierarchs of…

  The Bulgaria state has again allocated significant funds for the restoration of churches and monasteries throughout the country. At its meeting yesterday, the Council of Ministers resolved to give about $2,155,000 (about 3.5 million lev) for repairs and construction on 9 churches, reports Dobrotoliubie. Funds were also allocated for repairs to one mosque. “In…

The Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church, at which a new patriarch is being elected, began with a liturgy, at 9 am, in the Temple of Saint Sava, in Vracar. The liturgy was led by Metropolitan Chrysostom of Dabar-Bosnia, accompanied by other bishops, who, as the oldest member of the Synod, also has the…

Igumen Arseny (Sokolov), Russian Patriarchal representative to the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, recently delivered wheelchairs and gifts from Russia to the students of the Amal school for disabled children in the Syrian capital of Damascus, reports the site of the Russian Orthodox Church. This is the second time such aid has been…

Holy Synod of Bishops, at which 46th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church will be elected, will be held today in the crypt of Saint Sava Temple at noon. Before that, at 9 o’clock, a holy liturgy was held, which is common prior to every assembly, it was confirmed to Tanjug in the Patriarchate of…

Young artist Cristian Leana, Romania’s Got Talent Finalist and social media influencer known as “Mr. Puzzle”, wanted to express his gratitude to Archbishop Teodosie of Tomis with what he does best: he made a portrait of the Romanian hierarch with 720 Rubik’s cubes. “I will make the portrait of His Eminence Archbishop Teodosie as a…

The Organisational Committee for Greek National Day of Victoria, has had to make the unfortunate call to officially announce the cancellation of the march for 2021. The march to celebrate the 200th national anniversary of the beginning of the Greek revolution was scheduled to take place on Sunday, March 21 at the Shrine of Remembrance….