The week in pictures: October 29 – November 4, 2018
A selection of the best pictures from last week’s events in the Orthodox world.
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Simferopol airport could be renamed for St. Luke of Simferopol
More than 500 people have voted for the Simferopol airport to be renamed in honor of the great surgeon and Holy Hierarch St. Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky) of Simferopol and Crimea, reports Orthochristian. Thanks to these votes…
Tulcea Bishop Visarion meets with US Ambassador to Romania Hans Klemm
His Grace Bishop Visarion of Tulcea on Tuesday, October 30, met with the Ambassador of the United States to Romania Hans Klemm. The meeting took place at the County’s Public Library being occasioned by the…
27th enthronement anniversary of His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
On 2 November 2018 His Holiness Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, celebrates the 27th enthronement anniversary. Born Demetrios Archondonis in 1940 on the island of Imvros (today, Gökçeada, Turkey), His All-Holiness Bartholomew was elected…
Religion is key part of identity for most Romanians
74% of Romanians consider that their nationality is defined by Christianity, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in 2015-17 and published on Monday. Romania has ranked fifth among 34 European countries in terms…
Statement of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops of USA on the Recent Attack in Pittsburgh, PA
The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America expresses its deep sympathies as we mourn the loss of innocent lives and pray for the speedy recovery of those wounded in the…
The Feast Day of Saint Demetrios the New at the Middletown Monastery
The end of October brought to Romanian Orthodox faithful in the North-East of the United States an opportunity for spiritual joy: the feast of the protector of the Romanian monastic community in Middletown, NY, St.…
A church dedicated to St Paisios to be built in Australia
The foundation stone for the first Greek Orthodox church dedicated to St Paisios the Athonite in Australia was laid in Perth on October 26 with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Stylianos, Primate of the…
Ecumenical Patriarch attends new Turkish airport inauguration
At the invitation of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew witnessed on Monday the inauguration of Istanbul’s new airport, on the 95th anniversary of the day when Turkey was declared a republic, marking…
Archbishop Chrysostomos of Cyprus returns to duties after surgery
His Beatitude Archbishop Chrysostomos of Cyprus returned to his official duties this morning, feeling strong and renewed following his two-week stay in London, where he had undergone laparoscopic surgery to remove two tumors on his…
Prayers offered at Colectiv Club in commemoration of fire victims. Photos
Three years after one of Romania’s worst fire which occurred during a free concert performed at the Colectiv nightclub in Bucharest, priests and believers offered their prayers for the rest of the souls of the…
Ecumenical Patriarchate: A new Forum on Modern Slavery
His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew announced his plans to convene a Third International Forum on Modern Slavery, with the theme “Awareness, Action and Impact.” Recognizing that modern slavery is a global scourge that traps millions…
Patriarch Irinej consecrates a church in Botswana
His Beatitude Patriarch Irinej consecrated, on October 27 2018, a new church dedicated to the first Serbian Archbishop, St. Sava in Gaborone, capital city of the state of Botswana. Concelebrants included Metropolitan Genadios of Gaborone…
Metropolitan Teofan explains why our prayers remain unanswered
His Eminence Metropolitan Teofan of Moldavia and Bukovina on Sunday explained that ‘not every man who asks God to solve his problems finally receives a solution.’ ‘Many of us go to church, many of us…
Thousands flock to venerate Bucharest Patron Saint Demetrius the New
Thousands of believers flocked to venerate Bucharest’s Patron Saint Demetrius the New at the patriarchal Divine Liturgy presided over by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel last Saturday, October 27. Concelebrants for the Divine Liturgy included several…
Holy Synod glorifies 20th century Bessarabian Bishop Dionysius Erhan
During its autumn regular session, the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church resolved to glorify the 20th century Bessarabian Bishop Dionysius Erhan whose relics were found incorrupt earlier this year during the consolidation works…
‘Let us love the Saints and venerate their relics, even when we are mocked for it’: Transylvania Metropolitan at Bucharest
‘Let us love the Saints and venerate sacred things, and holy relics, even when we are mocked for doing this,’ the Metropolitan of Transylvania on Friday urged the believers present at the Divine Liturgy on…
The week in pictures: October 21 – 28, 2018
A selection of the best pictures from last week’s events in the Orthodox world.