Gheorghe Anghel

Descent of the Holy Spirit; 8th Sunday after Pascha (Pentecost)

In the Church’s annual liturgical cycle, Pentecost is “the last and great day.” It is the celebration by the Church of the coming of the Holy Spirit as the end—the achievement and fulfillment—of the entire history of salvation. For the same reason, however, it is also the celebration of the beginning: it is the “birthday”…

Jun 12, 2022Gheorghe Anghel

Feast of St. Nektarios: Service in Aegina to be broadcast live

The online television platform Pemptousia will live-stream the Great Festive Vespers and the Liturgical Procession of the Honorable Head of St. Nektarios on Monday from the Holy Trinity Monastery on the island of Aegina, beginning at 18.30 Athens time or 16.30 GMT, Orthodoxia News Agency reports. On Tuesday, the Orthros service and the Archieratical Divine…

Nov 8, 2021Gheorghe Anghel

2021 International Peace Day Theme: Recovering better for an equitable and sustainable world

In the context of the coronavirus pandemic, the theme chosen for the International Day of Peace in 2021 is “Better recovery for a fair and sustainable world,” according to the UN. “Celebrate peace by standing up against acts of hate online and offline, and by spreading compassion, kindness, and hope in the face of the…

Sep 21, 2021Gheorghe Anghel

Suceava Archdiocese reestablishes Mănăstioara – Udești skete that traces to St Stephen the Great

The Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți has reestablished a hermitage that goes back to the times of St. Stephen the Great, the 15th-century ruler of Moldavia and one of the most beloved saints of the Romanian Orthodox Church. The Suceava and Rădăuți Archdiocesan Council made the decision on August 11. The hermitage is situated in…

Aug 19, 2021Gheorghe Anghel

Skete of St. Joseph the Hesychast to be built in Hunedoara County

A new skete is under construction in Coroiești, Hunedoara County, in honor of one of the greatest saints of the 20th century: St. Joseph the Hesychast, the diocese of Deva and Hunedoara reports. On Sunday, August 8, His Grace Bishop Gurie of Deva and Hunedoara and his vicar Bishop Nestor celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the…

Aug 11, 2021Gheorghe Anghel

The new Greek Metropolitan of France has been ordained

The elected Metropolitan of France, Archim. Demetrios Ploumis was ordained bishop on Sunday in St. George’s Cathedral in Phanar, Orthodox Times informs. The divine liturgy was presided over by His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. Elder Metropolitans Emmanuel of Chalcedon, Meliton of Philadelphia, Barnabas of Neapolis and Stavroupolis, and Joachim of Prousa attended the service. Prior…

Jul 27, 2021Gheorghe Anghel

Georgian Church music declared object of intangible cultural heritage

The Georgian Orthodox Church has its own beautiful style of ecclesiastical chant, unique in the Orthodox world. Now, that unique sound has been officially recognized as an indelible part of Georgian and world culture, Orthochristian informs. The Georgian State Folkore Center announced on Tuesday that “Georgian traditional ecclesiastic music/chanting was added to the list of Intangible Cultural…

Jun 4, 2021Gheorghe Anghel

Oradea Diocese establishes houses for abandoned and orphaned children

The Oradea Diocese has been busy building new housing for orphaned and abandoned children. Two houses were inaugurated in April, and His Grace Bishop Sofronie of Oradea just blessed and opened another house in Oșorhei. The land for all the houses was provided for by the Church. The push is part of a larger project…

Jun 4, 2021Gheorghe Anghel

The Orthodox Church will bring its specific contribution to the European common project: Fr. Sorin Șelaru about the “Conference on the Future of Europe”

“The Orthodox Church is ready to be present at every level, open for dialogue, in order to express the needs and hopes of every faithful and to bring its specific contribution to the European common project”, Fr. Sorin Șelaru, Director of the Representation of the Romanian Orthodox Church to the European Institutions, said in the…

Apr 12, 2021Gheorghe Anghel

Patriarch Daniel sends condolences after repose of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel expressed his sorrow and offered his condolences following the repose of Prince Philip at the age of 99: Bucharest, 9 April 2021 His Royal Highness Charles, The Prince of Wales Your Royal Highness, With deep sadness, we have received the news of the passing away, on the 9 of April 2021,…

Apr 9, 2021Gheorghe Anghel

The Easter greeting has always infused Christians with power and courage: WCC Gen. Secretary Rev. Ioan Sauca

„Throughout the centuries, the Easter greeting  Christ is risen! has always infused Christians with the power and courage to confront death, destruction, oppression end enslavement, fear, doubt and uncertainty”, WCC Gen. Secretary Rev. Ioan Sauc, said in his Easter message. Sauca acknowledged he was sharing this message at a difficult time in the lives of…

Apr 9, 2021Gheorghe Anghel