The Week in Pictures: September 2-8, 2019
Church celebrations, cultural events, spiritual life and many more in a weekly selection of photos.
Aurelian Iftimiu
Metropolitan Nathanael, in Archpastoral Encyclical, calls for living as doers of mercy
Metropolitan Nathanael of Chicago called for becoming doers of mercy to guide individual lifestyles, blending a biting critique of the tendency to interpret the mercy of God in extreme ways with a plea for pursuing…
Ecumenical Patriarch: The work of Fr Georges Florovsky will continue to be the inspiration and direction of theology
Opening of the proceedings of the International Conference on “The Theological Legacy of Protopresbyter Georges Florovsky” on Sunday, September 1, 2019, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew stressed that Florovsky’s work is and will continue to be the…
ITO 2019: Bishop Ignatie presses need for inner beauty in ‘a world of photomaniacs’
The International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO 2019) moved on Sunday to Maglavit Monastery. There, the over 4,000 young people attended the consecration service of the monastery’s church and the Divine Liturgy. In his sermon,…
Patriarch points to importance of education ahead of new school year
On the last day of the summer school holiday, Patriarch Daniel pointed out that ‘spiritual and intellectual formation is the greatest richness of man, a treasure no one can take away from us.’ ‘What we…
Cluj Metropolitan explains meaning of Christian hope at Int’l Bose Conference on Orthodox Spirituality
His Eminence Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj spoke at the International Ecumenical Conference on Orthodox Spirituality organized at the Monastery of Bose in Italy about the meaning of Christian hope. He noted that Christian hope is…
‘Profess faith in deeds!’: Metropolitan Irineu’s message to the young people at ITO 2019
‘Profess your faith in deeds,’ Metropolitan Irineu of Oltenia said when he addressed the over four thousand young Christians who gathered in Craiova for the annual Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO 2019). The Metropolitan offered…
4,000+ young people form ‘Chalice of Joy’ as annual Int’l Meeting of Orthodox Youth kicks off in Craiova
Over 4,000 young Christians from all across the world attended the opening ceremony of the Romanian Patriarchate’s annual International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO 2019) at Mihai Viteazul Square in Craiova on Thursday, Sept. 5,…
Basilica Photos: ITO 2019 Opening Ceremony
Around 4,000 young Orthodox Christians from Romania and abroad attended the opening ceremony of the International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO 2019) at Mihai Viteazul Square in Craiova on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. The event…
Romanian Patriarch arrives in Craiova for ITO 2019, highlights need for communion and sincere love
‘We are blessed when we see young people in the church getting to know each other better, praying together, chanting together, discovering spiritual and cultural values every year with new freshness,’ the Patriarch of Romania…