Gheorghe Anghel

Iasi Byzantine Music Festival at its 3rd edition

The 3rd annual edition of Iasi Byzantine Music Festival organized by the Department of Religious Education of the Metropolis of Moldavia and Bucovina will take place from 2nd to 6th of October 2019. For five days, the city will be the host of well-known national and international choral groups, soloists and researchers from Georgia, Greece,…

Aug 20, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Sunday Octoechos published in Chinese language

A new liturgical book has been published in the Chinese language for the enrichment of the daily prayer and liturgical life of the Orthodox faithful in China. The latest text from the China Orthodox Press is a Chinese-language publication of the Sunday Octoechos. “This project is being undertaken to make Divine worship available for Chinese speaking believers…

Aug 20, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa to visit Cyprus 

Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, Theodoros II is expected to visit Cyprus to attend the annual camping of the Youth of the Orthodox Churches in the Middle East, that takes place in Cyprus, CNA reports. The initiative gathers together young people from various countries, including Egypt. Patriarch Theodoros will visit the Archbishopric…

Aug 19, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Virtual Conference to Discuss Digital Evangelism

The Antiochian Archdiocese Department of Missions and Evangelism hosts and participates in events related to missions, evangelism, and parish renewal. On October 19, 2019 from noon until 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, they are sponsoring an online conference on digital evangelism. A FREE pdf on Parish Database Software​ will be given out by Deacon Christian Manasseh, director of the Department of Internet…

Aug 19, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Archbishop Leo of Finland meets with Ecumenical Patriarch at Phanar

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew met today, Tuesday, August 13, at the Phanar, with Archbishop Leo of Helsinki and all Finland, who is the head of the Orthodox Autonomous Church of Finland, and the Lutheran Archbishop of Finland Tapio Luoma. They are both on a pilgrimage to the Ecumenical Patriarchate and Constantinople, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America…

Aug 16, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Bucharest Archdiocese gives $1,000+ to family of newly-reposed priest

The Archdiocese of Bucharest decided, at the initiative of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, to provide financial support to Fr. Marius’ grieving family. The Archdiocese is providing $1,184 (5,000 lei) to Fr. Marius’ wife and children. Fr. Marius Gabriel Bărăscu of Parava, Bacău County, 160 miles northeast of Bucharest, tragically died in a car accident last week,…

Aug 12, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

New abbot elected for St. John’s monastery in Essex, founded by Elder Sophrony

The Monastery of St. John the Baptist in Tolleshunt Knights, near Essex, England was founded in 1958 by Elder Sophrony (Sakharov), the spiritual child of St. Silouan the Athonite who is himself venerated throughout the Orthodox world. Elder Sophrony served as the monastery’s abbot until his holy repose in 1993. The abbatial post was then…

Aug 9, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

115th anniversary of birth of Royal Martyr Tsarevich Alexei to be marked with moleben for hemophiliacs

Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov is perhaps history’s best-known hemophiliac, besides being venerated throughout the Orthodox world as a passion-bearer and martyr. This year, the 115th anniversary of his birth on August 12 will be marked with the praying a moleben for the health of those suffering from hemophilia. The service will be celebrated at Moscow’s…

Aug 9, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Ecumenical Patriarch receives the 2019 ECOS Environmental Award

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I received on Friday the 2019 ECOS® Award for exceptional leadership in environmental protection, Greek Reporter announces. The Ecumenical Patriarch received the prestigious award in honor of his lifetime of environmental advocacy and global influence on environmental protection. The Award was presented to the Ecumenical Patriarch at his headquarters in…

Aug 7, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Message of Compassion for the victims of the tragedies in El Paso, TX and Dayton, OH    

The clergy and faithful of the Romanian Orthodox Metropolia of the Americas express solidarity as we mourn the loss of innocent lives in the tragic events in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. We pray for the repose of the souls of those who have passed to the Lord in this tragic way, for speedy…

Aug 7, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Ecumenical Patriarch will visit Mount Athos in October

On Saturday, August 3, a Delegation of the Holy Community of Mount Athos, consisting of Monk Nikodemos Lavriotis, Monk Nikodemos Agiopavlitis and Hieromonk Sisois Xenofontinos, had a cooperation with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, so as to schedule the visit by Bartholomew to Mount Athos, 19-22 October, Romfea reports. On Saturday, October 19, the Ecumenical Patriarch will…

Aug 3, 2019Gheorghe Anghel