Florin Nicolaie

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 in the second round of the contest, St. Luke’s name will move on to the third round vote, which will…

Nov 3, 2018Florin Nicolaie

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 in October 1991 as the 270th Archbishop of the 2000-year-old Church founded by St. Andrew, serving as Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome…

Nov 2, 2018Florin Nicolaie

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. Dimitrios the New of Basarabi. On the evening of October 26, His Eminence Nicolae, the Metropolitan of the Romanian Orthodox…

Oct 31, 2018Florin Nicolaie

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 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, by His Grace Bishop Nikandros of Dorylaeon. The new church will be built on the…

Oct 31, 2018Florin Nicolaie

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 of people to lives of suffering, injustice and humiliation, His All-Holiness established a Task Force on Modern Slavery as a…

Oct 30, 2018Florin Nicolaie

World Council of Churches has repeatedly called for the release of the archbishops of Aleppo

Last week the 2,000-day mark since the abduction of two Syrian archbishops was passed. Syriac Orthodox Archbishop Yohanna Ibrahim and Greek Orthodox Archbishop Paul Yazigi haven’t been heard from since gunmen kidnapped them outside Aleppo in April 2013, almost five and a half years ago. The World Council of Churches (WCC) has repeatedly called for…

Oct 23, 2018Florin Nicolaie

Bulgaria allocated BGN 1 300 000 for the finishing and repairs of the churches and buildings of the BOC

On October 16 meeting, the government approved additional spending on the budget of the Council of Ministers for 2018 amounting to BGN 1 300 000. Of these, BGN 200,000 are for the finishing works on the newly built cathedral „St. St. Kiril i Metodiy „in Lovech, and 500 000 BGN – for finishing works on…

Oct 23, 2018Florin Nicolaie

Statement by the assembly of the French Orthodox Bishops on the Ukrainian issue

The Assembly of the French Orthodox Bishops (AEOF) published a statement on the situation created by the Ukrainian issue. During their regular session from October 16, 2018, the members of the Assembly of French Orthodox Bishops (AEOF) present expressed their deep sadness at the current situation created by the Ukrainian issue. This situation affects not…

Oct 19, 2018Florin Nicolaie

Archbishop Chrysostomos of Cyprus undergoes successful operation

His Beatitude Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Cyprus underwent a successful operation on Tuesday night in London, reports orthodoxia.info. The surgery began at a London clinic around 6 PM on Tuesday to remove two small tumors on His Beatitude’s liver by laparoscopic surgery. According to the first reports, doctors say they are satisfied with the outcome of…

Oct 19, 2018Florin Nicolaie

October 16 is World Food Day

World Food Day was first launched in 1945. The reason World Food Day was created was to celebrate the launch of the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation. WFD was established by FAO’s Member Countries at the Organization’s 20th General Conference in November 1979. The Hungarian Delegation, led by the former Hungarian Minister of Agriculture…

Oct 16, 2018Florin Nicolaie

Greek Priest wins Best European Citizen Award for 2018

Greece’s Father Antonios, who runs Ark of the World (Kivotos tou Kosmou) a charity that helps homeless and neglected children has been awarded the annual European Citizens’ Prize for 2018. The ceremony took place in the European Parliament in Brussels on Tuesday and also awarded Greek NGOs “HOPEgenesis” and “Wind of Renewal”, reports Greek City Times.…

Oct 16, 2018Florin Nicolaie