Gheorghe Anghel

List of Orthodox Christian Victims of the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks

Rev. Fr. John Peck made public on his blog the list of the Orthodox Christian Victims who perished in the 9/11 attacks by Islamic terrorists.  John Peck is the parishioner of the „All Saints” Church in North America, Pheonix, Arizona, under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Joanna Marie Ahladiotis (27) Anastasios (Ernest) Alikakos (43) Arlene…

Sep 11, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

St. John of Kronstadt monument unveiled at D.C. church founded by St. John of San-Francisco

More than 300 Orthodox Christians gathered on September 8, 2019, at St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Washington D.C. to greet one of Russia’s most beloved saints—John of Kronstadt. The Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Washington, D.C. has a very special relationship with saints bearing the name John. The parish was…

Sep 11, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Archbishop of Albania re-elected honorary president of Religions for Peace International

The worldwide religious community recognizes the role of the Archbishop Anastasios of the Albanian Orthodox Church in guaranteeing international peace, Romfea News reports. Archbishop Anastasios is a pioneer in the peaceful coexistence of religious communities in Albania, thereby contributing to social cohesion. He was recently re-elected honorary president of the Religions for Peace International, which…

Sep 9, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Romanian Elder Arsenie (Boca) proposed for canonization

Elder Arsenie (Boca), perhaps Romania’s most beloved elder of the 20th century, will be considered for canonization by the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Meeting under the chairmanship of His Eminence Metropolitan Laurențiu of Sibiu and Transylvania at the headquarters of the Diocese of Deva and Hunedoara yesterday, the Metropolitan Council of the…

Sep 6, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Patriarch Irinej of Serbia released from hospital

According to a brief message on the official Serbian Patriarchate website, “His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Irinej was released from hospital treatment at the Military Medical Academy in Belgrade in the morning of August 6, 2019.” As previously reported, His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia was rushed to the hospital on August 29 and was being treated…

Sep 6, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

New program puts the spotlight on the last fortified mansions in Romania’s Oltenia region

A new program called Cule in lumina (Cule in the light) aims to put the spotlight on the last fortified mansions in Romania’s Oltenia region, promoting the great role these houses played in the region’s cultural and social development. Fortified constructions with two or three floors, these mansions are generically known as cule oltenesti. They were built in the…

Sep 6, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Patriarch Irinej of Serbia in stable condition after being urgently admitted to hospital

His Beatitude Patriarch Irinej of Serbia is in stable condition after being rushed to the hospital on August 29, just a day after his 89th birthday, Pravmir reports. The Patriarch is continuing to undergo treatment at the Military Medical Academy. Recovery is underway and doctors expect that His Holiness will soon return to his regular duties.…

Sep 4, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Filipino Municipality establishes St. John Maximovitch Day

One of the greatest hierarchs in the history of the Orthodox Church will now be officially celebrated annually in the Filipino municipality of Guiuan, Orthochristian reports. The great wonderworker St. John (Maximovitch) of Shanghai and San Francisco took a large group of orphans under his care to Tubabao Island after communist rule came to China…

Sep 2, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Patriarch Bartholomew at the 10th World Assembly of Religions for Peace

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew attended the 10th World Assembly of Religions for Peace in Lindau (Germany) from 20-23 August 2019 where he delivered the keynote address.  Religions for Peace, in partnership with the Foundation Peace Dialogue of the World Religions and Civil Society, is the world’s most representative, multi-religious gathering of religious communities. Every 5-7 years,…

Aug 22, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Albania’s forgotten Orthodox churches are being restored

Albania’s old Orthodox churches, forgotten and abandoned for many decades because of the religious persecution by the atheist state, are being restored by both the Albanian Orthodox Church and the Institute of Cultural Monuments in Albania. The interest of Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania, in this direction is continuous, substantial and effective.…

Aug 21, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Metropolitan of Smyrna and the Metropolitan of Nea Ionia in Romania

Metropolitan Bartholomew of Smyrna presided over the liturgies dedicated to the annual commemoration of Saint Niphon, Patriarch of Constantinople, at the invitation of Bishop Niphon of Târgovişte, Hierarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Romfea News reports. The saint reformed the church life of the Romanian Orthodox Church and made a very important contribution towards the…

Aug 21, 2019Gheorghe Anghel