Florin Nicolaie

14th enthronement anniversary of His Beatitude Theophilos III

His Beatitude Theophilos III celebrates on 22 November 2019 his 14th enthronement anniversary. His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine (known in the world as Elias Giannopoulos, his parents, Panagiotes-Triseugenia) was born in Gargalianes of the County of Triphylia-Messinia, in 1952.  He arrived in Jerusalem in July 1964…

Nov 22, 2019Florin Nicolaie

His Beatitude Kirill celebrates his 73th birthday

His Beatitude Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrates on 20 November 2018 his 73th birthday. His Beatitude Kirill (secular name Vladimir M. Gundyaev) was born on November 20, 1946, in Leningrad. After graduation from school, he entered the Leningrad Seminary and later the Leningrad Theological Academy, from which he graduated cum laude in 1970. On…

Nov 20, 2019Florin Nicolaie

In pictures: 2018 Christmas Divine Liturgy at Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel presided over the Divine Liturgy celebrated at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest on the Feast of the Nativity of the Lord on Tuesday, December 25, 2018. Photography courtesy of Raluca Ene / Basilica.ro

Dec 26, 2018Florin Nicolaie

45th episcopal consecration anniversary of His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

On 25 December 2018 His Holiness Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, celebrates his episcopal consecration anniversary. Born Demetrios Archondonis in 1940 on the island of Imvros (today, Gökçeada, Turkey), His All-Holiness Bartholomew was elected in October 1991 as the 270th Archbishop of the 2000-year-old Church founded by St. Andrew, serving as Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome…

Dec 25, 2018Florin Nicolaie

International conference: 8 centuries of the autocephaly of the Serbian Orthodox Church

In honor of the jubilee celebrating eight centuries of the autocephaly of the Serbian Orthodox Church (1219-2019) the Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Belgrade is hosting, December 10-14, 2018, an international scholarly conference dedicated to the event of independence of the Serbian Orthodox Church and eight centuries of its contribution to the history, theology, and…

Dec 11, 2018Florin Nicolaie

International conference on topic of news agencies vs. ‘fake news’ taking place in Tirana

“Today, fake news is no longer a phenomenon but a true communication strategy in the hands of a few people or groups which try to use the ‘fourth power’ for purposes often hostile”, said the General Director of the Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA), Armela Krasniqi, on Sunday, at the opening of the international conference on…

Dec 6, 2018Florin Nicolaie

Two New Saints from Finland Canonized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate

According to the official communiqué of the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Throne on November 29, 2018: “The Holy and Sacred Synod, in unanimously accepting the proposal of the Autonomous Church of Finland under the Ecumenical Patriarchate, recorded in the Hagiologion of the Orthodox Church the Venerable John of Valaam (1873-1958), and the Holy Martyr…

Dec 5, 2018Florin Nicolaie

Archdiocese takes significant steps for the resumption of construction and completion of St. Nicholas church

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America has taken additional significant steps towards the resumption of construction and completion of Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine. A new Board of Trustees for St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine has been named, and on December 6, 2018, the feast-day of St. Nicholas, a…

Dec 3, 2018Florin Nicolaie

Missing 1600-year-old mosaic returned after four decades

A 1,600-year-old missing mosaic has finally returned to its home in Cyprus, more than four decades after it was looted from a church. Dutch art historian and art crime investigator Arthur Brand spent the past three years tracking down the stolen artifact, a Byzantine-era depiction of Saint Mark, Brand said on his website. The relic was handed over to…

Nov 23, 2018Florin Nicolaie

Abbot Ephraim of Vatopedi in good health following car accident

Archimandrite Ephraim, the abbot of the Athonite Vatopedi Monastery, was hospitalized after a car accident that occurred early in the afternoon yesterday outside the town of Grevena in Northern Greece. Besides Abbot Ephraim, there were two other hieromonks in the car. The driver was a layman. Coming out of a tunnel, the car slipped on…

Nov 20, 2018Florin Nicolaie

Patriarch of Alexandria celebrates Divine Liturgy in Sierra Leone

On Sunday 11th November 2018, His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa celebrates the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral St Eleftherios in the centre of the city of Freetown, in Sierra Leone. Participating in the Divine Liturgy were His Eminence George Metropolitan of Guinea, Archimandrites Themistocles Adamopoulos and Athanasios Kayembe…

Nov 19, 2018Florin Nicolaie