His Beatitude Patriarch Kirill celebrates on 1 February 2018 his 9th enthronement anniversary as Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church. His Beatitude Kirill (secular name Vladimir M. Gundyaev) was born on 20 November 1946, in Leningrad.…
The professors and students of the Patriarch Justinian Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Bucharest on Tuesday prayerfully celebrated the feast of the Three Holy Hierarchs, the patrons of theological education. Celebrating the Divine Liturgy at…
It is announced that the historic Holy Monastery of St. John the Baptist in the Bethabara area, east of Jericho, on the west bank of the river Jordan will be reopened as an Orthodox Shrine…
During a ceremony led by His Beatitude Archbishop Hieronymos of Athens Wednesday, Jan. 17, Saint George of Ioannina also known as St George of Fustanella was proclaimed Protector Saint of the ceremonial infantry unit that…
His Eminence Andrei, Metropolitan of Cluj, Maramures and Salaj, celebrated the Sunday Divine Liturgy at the katholikon of the Athonite Vatopedi Monastery, during which he spoke about our earthly existence stressing that ‘our whole life…
His Beatitude Rastislav, the Metropolitan of the Orthodox Church in the Czech Lands and Slovakia, celebrates on 25 January 2018 his 40th Birthday. Rastislav or Rostislav, also known as St. Rastislav, was the second known…
The Patriarch of Romania, the President of Romania, the President of the Romanian Academy, academicians, professors, clergy and other officials were among the attendees of the Wednesday scientific session ‘The Union of the Romanian Principalities:…
His Beatitude Romanian Patriarch Daniel Wednesday marked the 159th anniversary of the Union of the Romanian Principalities by officiating a Te Deum service at the Patriarchal Cathedral during which the founders of the Union were…
Romanians celebrate on Wednesday the 159th anniversary of the Union of the Romanian Principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia, a highly important event in the country’s history, which opened the way to the modernization of the Romanian…
His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch celebrates on 24 January his 23rd anniversary of episcopal consecration. His Beatitude John X was born in 1955 in the city of Lattakia, Syria. His father Mounah Yazigi…
If we had to make a list of top athletes whose generosity is beyond question, then Novak Djokovic’s name would certainly be on it. Taken off the tennis courts for six months because of persistent…
Patriarch Irinej of Serbia celebrates on 23 January his 8th enthronement anniversary. Patriarch Irinej was born on 28 August 1930 in Vidova near Čačak, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. His Beatitude is the 45th Patriarch of the…
The current primate of the Albanian Orthodox Church celebrates his name day. Monkmartyr Anastasius the Persian is the spiritual protector of His Beatitude Anastasios. His Beatitude Anastasios Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and All Albania, was…
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on Wednesday awarded several famous media personalities and Romanian journalists with the Patriarchate’s 2017 Commemorative Diploma and Medal dedicated to Patriarch Justinian Marina and the defenders of Orthodoxy during communism. At…
Under the auspices of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the Ecumenical Patriarchate will be hosting a forum on modern slavery in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from May 5-8, 2018. This forum—entitled Old Problems in the New World—will…
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel welcomed Wednesday, 17 January 2018, Her Excellency the French Ambassador to Romania Mrs. Michèle Ramis at his patriarchal residence in Bucharest. The Romanian Patriarch wished Ambassador Michèle Ramis a successful diplomatic…
Romania’s National Poet Mihai Eminescu was prayerfully commemorated during the Divine Liturgy celebrated on Monday at the Bellu Cemetery Chapel in Bucharest on his 168th birth anniversary. Mihai Eminescu, born on January 15, 1850 in…
The consecration of the temporary chapel of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker took place on Wednesday in Reykjavik at the construction site of the future site of the first Orthodox church in Iceland, the Russian embassy…