Gheorghe Anghel

Victims of Romanian communist regime commemorated at Memorial Monastery

On Saturday, as the Church celebrated the feast day of the Holy 40 Martyrs at Sebaste, just on the threshold of Lent, the Romanian Orthodox Church also prayed for all those who lost their lives at the hands of the communist regime in the 20th century. A memorial service was officiated by His Eminence Metropolitan…

Mar 12, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Orthodox Church of Albania: Tree Planting in Gjinar

This past week (March 2nd-March 10th, 2019) the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania, in cooperation with OCMC and OCF, hosted a group of 6 university students from the United States and Canada. This team of students learnt about the resurrection of the Orthodox Church in Albania after the persecutions she has suffered. They were also…

Mar 12, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Patriarch Theodore of Alexandria conveyed his condolences for the train crash in Egypt

Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria expressed, from Addis Ababa where he is at the moment, his personal and all Orthodox Church of Africa’s deep sorrow for the tragic accident at the Cairo Railway Station, which eventually caused 22 deaths and injured at least 40 people. In his statements, he sent his sincere condolences to Egyptian…

Mar 1, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

First Athonite church dedicated to St. Paisios consecrated

While there are already churches dedicated to the great 20th-century ascetic St. Paisios the Athonite, the Holy Mountain itself now has its first consecrated church built in his honor. The church was consecrated by His Eminence Metropolitan Panteleimon of Xanthi on Sunday, February 24th. The church is located in Kapsala, in the area between Karyes…

Feb 27, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

The new Metropolitan of Kananga, Theodosius, has been enthroned

On Sunday, February 24, the new Metropolitan Theodosius of Kananga was enthroned by Patriarch Theodore of Alexandria and All Africa, Romfea informs. The enthronement took place at St Andrews Cathedral in Kananga. The Patriarch of Alexandria spoke warmly about the enthroned Metropolitan of Kananga and gave him advice, promptings and instructions for the pastoral care…

Feb 26, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Patriarch Theodore of Alexandria visited the city of Dolisie in Congo

On the morning of February 18, Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and All Africa, accompanied by Metropolitan Panteleimon of Brazzaville and Gabon and Bishop Theodoros of Babylonia, arrived in Dolisie, the third most populous city of the Republic of Congo-Brazzaville. After the ceremonial visit to Governorate, the Patriarch of Alexandria went to the Parish Community…

Feb 21, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Cyprus: Holy Synod discusses ecclesiastical issue of Ukraine

The ecclesiastical issue of Ukraine was on the agenda of the Holy Synod of the Church of Cyprus, Romfea News reports. At today’s meeting of the Holy Synod, under the supervision of the Archbishop Chrysostomos of Cyprus, there was an exchange of views on the ecclesiastical issue of Ukraine. It was decided to continue the…

Feb 7, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Construction for Sümela Monastery cable car project to start in March

Construction works for a cable car planned to be built in the area where the historic Sümela Monastery in Turkey’s Black Sea province of Trabzon’s Maçka district is will start in March, authorities have announced. Companies will tender for the project on Feb. 19, Trabzon Mayor Orhan Fevzi Gümrükçüoğlu has said. The planned cable car…

Feb 6, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

1,200-year-old Bible seized in southeastern Turkey’s Diyarbakır

Security forces on Tuesday seized a Bible said to be 1,200 years old in southeastern Turkey’s Diyarbakır province. According to the Diyarbakır governor’s office, local gendarmerie received intel that someone was looking to sell an ancient Bible manuscript written on leather with gold-encrusted motifs. Suspects were caught red-handed while trying to sell the 34-page manuscript,…

Feb 6, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom translated into Urdu, language of Pakistan

For the first time ever, the text of the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom has been translated into Urdu, the official language of Pakistan, and one of 22 official languages in India, Orthochristian reports. The Liturgy was translated from Church Slavonic and English texts by Fr. Paul and Matushka Elizabeth Sushil who serve in the Moscow…

Feb 2, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Stolen fresco fragments welcomed home

Archbishop Chrysostomos said on Friday that the Cyprus Church would spare no expense or effort to make sure stolen icons from Cypriot churches would be returned to where they belong, after receiving from Transport Minister, Vassiliki Anastasiadou, four fragments of religious frescoes removed from churches in the north following the 1974 invasion. The frescoes were recently handed…

Jan 29, 2019Gheorghe Anghel