Gheorghe Anghel

Ecumenical Patriarch addresses a message on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of America

Your Eminence Metropolitan Antony, Your Excellency Archbishop Daniel, Christ-loving clergy and devout faithful of our Ukrainian Orthodox Church in America, Our dearly beloved spiritual children in the Lord, It is with heartfelt joy that we communicate with you in order to convey our warmest congratulations, as well as those of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, on the…

Aug 2, 2018Gheorghe Anghel

Ukrainian Orthodox Church of USA celebrates its 100th anniversary

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the United States of America has celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding. “Over 1,000 parishioners and about 100 priests marked the 100th anniversary of foundation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA and the 1030th anniversary of Christianization of Kyivan Rus-Ukraine,” the Voice of America reports, cited by…

Aug 2, 2018Gheorghe Anghel

Dr. Ionuț-Alexandru Tudorie named academic dean of SVOTS

St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) has appointed Dr. Ionuţ-Alexandru Tudorie to the position of academic dean. The Seminary’s Board of Trustees selected Tudorie, a native of Romania, on July 18 after the Academic Dean Search Committee had narrowed down the list of possible candidates to two. The announcement concludes an extended and carefully-undertaken search process that…

Jul 23, 2018Gheorghe Anghel

CROCEU meeting with the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the E.U.

A delegation of CROCEU (Committee of the Representatives of the Orthodox Churches to the European Union) met with Her Excellency, Dr. Karin Kneissl, Austrian Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, in Vienna, on the 13 July 2018, romorth.eu reports. During the meeting opinions were exchanged on the priorities of the Austrian EU Council Presidency and other…

Jul 19, 2018Gheorghe Anghel

Construction begins on Japan’s first Orthodox Monastery in honor of St. Nicholas of Japan

The holy Equal-to-the-Apostles St. Nicholas of Japan brought the holy Orthodox faith to Japan as a missionary in 1861. Now work on the nation’s first Orthodox monastery to be consecrated in his honor is underway, reports the Synodal Department for Monasteries and Monasticism of the Russian Orthodox Church, cited by Orthochristian. At its July 16, 2005 session,…

Jul 17, 2018Gheorghe Anghel

Patriarch Ilia of Georgia baptizes 600+ children in 54th mass ceremony

His Holiness Patriarch-Catholicos Ilia II of Georgia, the most beloved and trusted man in the nation, has celebrated his 54th mass Baptism ceremony at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi, the site of the Georgian Orthodox Church reports. More than 600 children became the patriarch’s Godchildren this time around at the mass ceremony celebrated on the feast of…

Jul 17, 2018Gheorghe Anghel

CROCEU Members on the Istanbul Convention: The sanctity of the institution of the family must be promoted for the future of Europe

The representatives of the Orthodox Churches to the European Union have expressed their opinion regarding the Istanbul Convention on the prevention and combating of violence against women and domestic violence condemning all kinds of domestic violence. In a statement sent to the Basilica News Agency, CROCEU members expressed “serious concerns about the introduction of a…

Jul 10, 2018Gheorghe Anghel

The 500th anniversary since St. Maxim the Greek of Vatopedi monastery arrived in Russia marked on Mount Athos

On July 3-4, 2018, the festivities marking the 500th anniversary since St. Maxim the Greek of Vatopedi Monastery arrived in Russia took place on Holy Mount Athos, mospat.ru reports. In 1518, monk Maxim came to Moscow at a request of Grand Prince Vasili III to translate and edit religious books.   With a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch…

Jul 7, 2018Gheorghe Anghel

Good deed: Albanian Church blesses newly-opened center for elderly

A center for the elderly was recently opened under the auspices of the Albanian Orthodox Church on Mach 19, and this past Sunday, on the occasion of the 26th anniversary of the election of His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios to the Albanian primatial throne, the center was festively blessed by a hierarch of the Church, Orthochristian…

Jun 28, 2018Gheorghe Anghel

SVOTS donates $13k to non-profit partner Pro Vita in Romania

A delegation from St. Vladimir’s Seminary (SVOTS) presented last week a gift of $13,000 to the Pro Vita Association for the Born and Unborn in Romania. The presentation of the gift fulfills a promise the Seminary made to tithe 10% of the total funds raised on #GivingTuesday to Pro Vita, the Seminary’s non-profit #GivingTuesday partner for 2017. Last…

Jun 27, 2018Gheorghe Anghel

Renowned Orthodox bioethicist Dr. Tristam Engelhardt Jr. reposes in the Lord

World-renowned bioethicist and reader in the Orthodox Church Dr. H. Tristam Enelhardt Jr. reposed in the Lord on June 21 at the age of 77, having battled two different forms of cancer, reports the site of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese, cited by Orthocristian.com. He had been battling two forms of cancer. Hugo Tristam Enelhardt Jr.…

Jun 23, 2018Gheorghe Anghel