The Week in Pictures: August 26 – September 1, 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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Ecumenical Patriarch honours Associate Professor Christos Yannaras with Offikion of Archon Grand Rhetor
The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew honoured the distinguished Associate Professor and writer Christos Yannaras with the Offikion of Archon Grand Rhetor, after the completion of Vespers, which he celebrated on Saturday, August 31, the eve of…
Romania’s Enescu Festival launches mobile app for 2019 edition
George Enescu International Festival and Samsung have launched Enescu Experience, a mobile app allowing users to discover the festival and its associate programs. The app can be downloaded for free from Google Play and the…
Patriarch of Romania attends opening of 2019 Enescu Festival
The Berlin Philharmonic, one of the world’s top orchestras, opened the 2019 edition of the George Enescu Festival at Bucharest’s Palace Hall in the presence of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel. The twenty-fourth edition of “George…
World Record Academy: Bucharest has “longest choreographed fountain system”
The World Record Academy has recognized the recently re-designed fountains in Bucharest’s Unirii Square as “the longest choreographed fountain system” in the world. The fountains underwent a revamping process, which required an investment of EUR…
Academy president Ioan-Aurel Pop: Romanian – among the world’s top 20 spoken languages
Romanian is among the top 20 spoken languages of the planet’s roughly 7,000, says president of the Romanian Academy, Ioan-Aurel Pop. “Through our language we communicate and introduce ourselves to the world with the Romanian…
Patriarch Daniel at ITO 2019: Young people are a blessing and joy to the society
Young people are a blessing and joy to the society With great spiritual joy, we address a word of blessing to you, young participants in Craiova, at the International Meeting of Young Orthodox (ITO), organised…
Message of the Romanian Patriarch Daniel at the Ecumenical International Conference on Orthodox Spirituality in Bose
Message of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, at the Ecumenical International Conference on Orthodox Spirituality in Bose, 4-6 September 2019. Please find below the full text of His Beatitude’s message in…
Patriarch Irinej of Serbia in stable condition after being urgently admitted to hospital
His Beatitude Patriarch Irinej of Serbia is in stable condition after being rushed to the hospital on August 29, just a day after his 89th birthday, Pravmir reports. The Patriarch is continuing to undergo treatment at…
Queen Helen’s remains to be moved to Curtea de Arges Cathedral
The remains of Queen Helen will be moved to the New Archbishopric and Royal Cathedral of Curtea de Arges, under a decision by the Romanian Crown Custodian, Margareta. „71 years after Queen Helen’s exile and…
Filipino Municipality establishes St. John Maximovitch Day
One of the greatest hierarchs in the history of the Orthodox Church will now be officially celebrated annually in the Filipino municipality of Guiuan, Orthochristian reports. The great wonderworker St. John (Maximovitch) of Shanghai and…
Prayers offered at Bucharest Patriarchal Cathedral for beginning of Ecclesiastical New Year
Marking the beginning of the Ecclesiastical New Year on Sunday, the patriarchal auxiliary bishop Ieronim of Sinaia officiated a Doxology at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest invoking God’s help and blessings upon the entire Church.…
Ecumenical Patriarch blesses Ecclesiastical New Year, prays for integrity of creation at Constantinople
His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on Sunday officiated the service of the Indiction in the presence of tens of hierarchs and offered prayers for the integrity of creation on the 30th anniversary since the establishment…
30 August: International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
Enforced disappearance has frequently been used as a strategy to spread terror within the society. The feeling of insecurity generated by this practice is not limited to the close relatives of the disappeared, but also…
Ecumenical Patriarch’s message for Indiction: Care for environment is an essential expression of church life
Sunday, September 1 marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the first day of the ecclesiastical year as the Day of the Protection of the Environment. This day of prayer was instituted in the…
Greek Synod proposes Elder Gervasios of Patras to the Ecumenical Patriarchate for canonization
The Orthodox Church could soon know the joy of a new saint among the hosts of millions who have already been revealed as holy God-pleasers. Meeting in Athens on Tuesday, the Holy Synod of the…
The Week in Pictures: August 19-25, 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.
Saint John defends family unity and fights moral disorder, Patriarch Daniel says
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on Thursday pointed to the example given by the Honourable Forerunner and Baptist John to defend moral values. In his homily, the patriarch recalled that St John is ‘a protector of…