Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia celebrates Friday his name day: The Holy Prophet Elijah. Ilia II, also transliterated as Ilya or Elijah (born January 4, 1933), is the current Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia and the spiritual leader…
Following on the heels of the glorious festivities for the 100th anniversary of the murder of the holy Royal Martyrs, the Russian Orthodox Church also commemorated the centenary of the martyrdom of St. Elizabeth the…
The Russian Orthodox Church has been celebrating the centenary of the martyrdom of the last imperial family of Russia with numerous events throughout Russia all year, with the celebrations culminating in last night’s Patriarchal Divine…
A delegation of CROCEU (Committee of the Representatives of the Orthodox Churches to the European Union) met with Her Excellency, Dr. Karin Kneissl, Austrian Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, in Vienna, on the 13…
The Holy Apostles are especially honoured, because the characteristic feature of the Church of Christ is its Apostolic nature, Patriarch Teophilos said in the feast of the Synaxis of the Twelve Apostles. On Friday June 30/July…
The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church appointed a new abbot for Optina Monastery at its session in Ekaterinburg on Saturday, reports orthochristian.com. Former abbot Archimandrite Benedict Penkov reposed in the Lord on January 22…
The holy Equal-to-the-Apostles St. Nicholas of Japan brought the holy Orthodox faith to Japan as a missionary in 1861. Now work on the nation’s first Orthodox monastery to be consecrated in his honor is underway,…
His Holiness Patriarch-Catholicos Ilia II of Georgia, the most beloved and trusted man in the nation, has celebrated his 54th mass Baptism ceremony at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi, the site of the Georgian Orthodox Church reports.…
The Swiss theologian and patrologist Schema-Archimandrite Gabriel Bunge met last weekend with Theology professors and students from the Institute of Orthodox Theology at Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich. Archimandrite Gabriel Bunge retreated from the world 38 years…
A selection of the best pictures from last week’s events in the Orthodox world.
At the National Cathedral’s Chapel in Bucharest took palce on Wednesday the procession of the Prodromitissa Icon of the Mother of God. This year’s celebrations were opened Wednesday, July 11, by a Byzantine music concert held by…
In his homily delivered Sunday at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel spoke about gratitude and mercy stressing that ‘our Saviour Jesus Christ urges every one of us to be the hands…
Greek Metropolitan Nathanael of Chicago tossed out the ceremonial first pitch at White Sox vs St Louis Cardinals Game that took place Wednesday, July 11, in Chicago, Illinois, reports The National Herald. Metropolitan Nathanael told…
The Central Committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC) has expressed its concern at the “alarming and rapidly deteriorating situation of Christians in the Middle East.” WCC full statement: The World Council of Churches Central…
The archdiocese of Timişoara, together with the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the same city, undertook the restoration of 18 churches located in Banat, the majority of which are considered cultural heritage monuments. The…
In his homily delivered Thursday at the Chapel of the National Cathedral, His Grace Bishop Varlaam of Ploiesti referred to the advanced stage of the construction works at the National Cathedral noting that ‘this edifice…
Abbot Prodromos of Great Lavra and Abbot Athanasios of the Prodromos Skete on Mount Athos celebrated Thursday the Divine Liturgy at the patronal feast of the National Cathedral’s Chapel in Bucharest in honour of the…
Elder Athanasios Prodromites, the abbot of the Romanian Skete of the Honourable Forerunner, St John the Baptist, on Mount Athos, led Wednesday the All-night Vigil service in honour of the Prodromitissa Icon of the Mother…