The Week in Pictures: August 12 – 18, 2019
The news in pictures. A selection of photographs from around the Orthodox world, covering a variety of topics from church celebrations to folk events and spiritual life.
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Iasi Byzantine Music Festival at its 3rd edition
The 3rd annual edition of Iasi Byzantine Music Festival organized by the Department of Religious Education of the Metropolis of Moldavia and Bucovina will take place from 2nd to 6th of October 2019. For five…
Sunday Octoechos published in Chinese language
A new liturgical book has been published in the Chinese language for the enrichment of the daily prayer and liturgical life of the Orthodox faithful in China. The latest text from the China Orthodox Press is a…
Metropolitan Andrei at Nicula Monastery: ‘Mother of God weeps because 5 million Romanians emigrated’
Addressing the twenty thousand believers who came to Nicula Monastery to celebrate the feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos, the Metropolitan of Cluj said that the Mother of God cries for the approximately five…
Rwandan young man baptized by Metropolitan Teofan on top of Ceahlău Mountain
The young Rwandan Catechumen Teophile Niyigena was christened by His Eminence Metropolitan Teofan of Moldavia and Bukovina at the Transfiguration of the Lord Monastery on top of the Ceahlău Mountain. The Sacrament of Baptism took…
Metropolitan Teofan speaks about St George the Pilgrim’s role in society
His Eminence Metropolitan Teofan of Moldavia and Bukovina pointed to the role played by Saint George the Pilgrim in the Romanian society of his time during his homily delivered on the feast of the Saint…
Putna Monastery donates 16 festal icons for National Cathedral
Sixteen festal icons painted by the monks of Putna Monastery have been donated for the Romanian People’s Salvation Cathedral. The announcement was made by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on the feast of the Transfiguration of…
Peter Hurley, the Irishman who fell in love with the Romanian village, to speak to Orthodox youth in Vaslui
Peter Hurley, an Irishman who fell in love with Romania’s villages and has been exploring the common ground of the Irish and Romanian cultures, will address young people in Vaslui at the opening of the…
World Photography Day 2019: Origin, history and importance
World Photography Day – August 19 – is an annual, worldwide celebration of the art, craft, science and history of photography. The World Photography Day originated from the invention of the daguerreotype, a photographic processes…
Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa to visit Cyprus
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, Theodoros II is expected to visit Cyprus to attend the annual camping of the Youth of the Orthodox Churches in the Middle East, that takes place in…
Virtual Conference to Discuss Digital Evangelism
The Antiochian Archdiocese Department of Missions and Evangelism hosts and participates in events related to missions, evangelism, and parish renewal. On October 19, 2019 from noon until 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, they are sponsoring an online conference…
Bishop Ambrozie: Saint Constantine Brâncoveanu is an example for the Christian family
‘Saint Constantine Brâncoveanu is an example for the Christian family,’ Bishop Ambrozie of Giurgiu stressed during his homily on the eve of the feast of the Holy Brancoveanu Martyrs. The Holy Brancoveanu Martyrs and Saint…
Metropolitan Nicolae at Putna’s patronal feast: The Mother of God is the Mother of us all
Addressing the pilgrims present at Putna Monastery on the feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos, the Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan of the Americas, Nicolae Condrea, referred to the universal love of the Mother of God.…
Fragment of St Constantine Brâncoveanu’s holy relics goes to Istanbul
With the blessing of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, following the request of Fr. Sergiu Vlad, rector of the Romanian Orthodox community in Istanbul, Turkey, the Romanian Patriarchate has offered a reliquary containing a fragment of…
Romania Patriarch urges believers cultivate ‘flowers of faith’ in the Garden of the Mother of God
Recalling that Romania is known as ‘the Garden of the Mother of God’ on Thursday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel invited believers to take care of this garden and cultivate ‘the flowers of faith, hope and…
King Ferdinand on the Romanian national currency
The National Bank of Romania will put into circulation on August 27, 2019 for numismatic purposes, gold and brass collector coins, along with a brass circulation coin, dedicated to the Completion of the Great Union – King…
Archbishop Leo of Finland meets with Ecumenical Patriarch at Phanar
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew met today, Tuesday, August 13, at the Phanar, with Archbishop Leo of Helsinki and all Finland, who is the head of the Orthodox Autonomous Church of Finland, and the Lutheran Archbishop of…
The Mother of God is the greatest ambassador of Christians, patriarchal auxiliary bishop Ieronim says
The patriarchal auxiliary bishop Ieronim of Sinaia on Wednesday spoke about the role played by the Theotokos in God’s salvific economy, calling the Blessed Virgin Mary ‘the greatest ambassador of Christians’. Leading the service of…