Florin Nicolaie

Greek Parliament awards Ecumenical Patriarch for his environmental work

The Greek Parliament and the Association of Constantinople awarded the Ecumenical Bartholomew for his multifaceted contribution to environmental protection, during a ceremony held at the Megaron Mousikis in Athens. The ceremony took place in the ‘Christos Lambrakis’ hall in the presence of the President of the Hellenic Republic, Mr Prokopis Pavlopoulos, the political class as…

Oct 11, 2018Florin Nicolaie

Archbishop Demetrios receives the visit of Abbott Ephraim of the Vatopedi Monastery

The Abbott of the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi in Mount Athos, Archimandrite Ephraim visited on October 5 the offices of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America în New York. Archimandrite Ephraim had a cordial meeting with His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios Geron of America, reports Greek Orthodox Archidiochese of America. Following the meeting Abbott Ephraim presented…

Oct 10, 2018Florin Nicolaie

Bulgarian Orthodox Church: October 24 will be a day of prayer for disabled children

During its October 3 regular session, the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church established the date of October 24, when the feast of the Mother of God the joy of all who sorrow is celebrated, to be a day of prayer for disabled children, the official site of the Holy Synod reported. A prayer…

Oct 5, 2018Florin Nicolaie

October 1 is the International Day of Music

On October 1 we mark the International Music day or the IMD, wich was initiated on  October 1, 1975, by Lord Yehudi Menuhin. It was first organized by the International Music Council on October 1, 1975, in accordance with the resolution taken at the 15th General Assembly in Lausanne in 1973. The International Music Council (IMC) or…

Oct 1, 2018Florin Nicolaie

September 5 is the International Day of Charity

To honour the important work that many charities do, in 2012 the United Nations decided to nominate an annual International Day of Charity as an official day of recognition and celebration on September 5. The reason the date was chosen is because it is the anniversary of the death of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. This…

Sep 5, 2018Florin Nicolaie

Russian priest creates bus-church to serve Liturgy in remote areas

An innovative missionary tool was presented at the recent 3rd International Orthodox Youth Forum “Past. Present. Future” in Moscow. Fr. Andrei Strelkov is the creator of Russia’s only bus-church, which he has used to travel throughout Russia to remote villages that have no churches. Fr. Andrei has visited, celebrated the Liturgy, and preached in more…

Aug 28, 2018Florin Nicolaie

Feast Day at Holy Brancoveanu Martyrs Mission in Fairfield, Connecticut

The Mission of Holy Brancoveanu Martyrs in Fairfield, Connecticut celebrated its feast day on Saturday and Sunday, August 18-19, 2018, in the presence of HE Metropolitan Nicolae. On Saturday evening, the Vespers service was performed by several priests under the direction of HE Nicolae. HE Metropolitan Nicolae spoke to the faithful about the importance of…

Aug 24, 2018Florin Nicolaie

Metropolitan Maximos was enthroned at Chambésy

The greek Metropolitan Maximos was enthroned as Metropolit of Switzerland on 18 August at the Orthodox Centre of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Chambésy. The Very Reverend Archimandrite Maximos Pothos, Chancellor of the Metropolis of Switzerland, has been elected by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on 10 July 2018 Metropolitan of Switzerland in replacement of…

Aug 22, 2018Florin Nicolaie

Patriarch Irinej celebrates Divine Liturgy on Manasija Monastery’s 600th anniversary

In the monastery of Manasija, foundation of Despot Stefan Lazarevic, six centuries of this sanctity of our faith was celebrated with the solemn Hierarchal Liturgy on Sunday, August 5th, 2018. His Beattitude Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, officiated the Holy Liturgy with the concelebration of the host Bishop of Branicevo, His Grace Ignjatije, and hierarchs of the…

Aug 7, 2018Florin Nicolaie

Unique fresco of St. Nina discovered during curch restoration in Georrgia

Icons of the holy Equal-to-the-Apostles St. Nina, the great enlightener of Georgia, have adorned every church and icon corner in the ancient Orthodox country for centuries. Only a handful of ancient frescoes of the beloved saint have survived to this day, but one more has recently been discovered. During the course of restoration work in…

Aug 4, 2018Florin Nicolaie

The Romanian Summer Festival took place in Chicago

The seventh edition of the Romanian Summer Festival took place this year again between faith and tradition, that is, between the New Gracanica Monastery, the site of Orthodoxy and the willow lake, which reminds of the Romanian lands and the waters where the women washed hemp, from which then they were weaving of our Romanian port. Faith…

Aug 3, 2018Florin Nicolaie