Gheorghe Anghel

Archdiocese of Târgoviște spent $520,000 helping 148,000 via philanthropic projects in 2019

Under the chairmanship of His Eminence Metropolitan Nifon, the Diocesan Assembly of the Archdiocese of Târgoviște met on Thursday, January 23, 2020 in its annual working session at the Eparchial residence, reports the diocesan website. The Assembly heard reports on the pastoral-missionary work of the Archdiocese and working committees examined the reports of the various…

Jan 30, 2020Gheorghe Anghel

Trailer for new St. Joseph the Hesychast documentary with Jonathan Jackson published online

A documentary on one of the greatest saints of the 20th century will soon be released. In the meantime, a trailer for the film, “Elder Joseph the Hesychast,” has been published online on the “sceptic production” YouTube page. St. Joseph is one of the newest saints of the Orthodox Church. Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople announced…

Jan 23, 2020Gheorghe Anghel

Popăuți Monastery founded by St. Stephen the Great featured on new commemorative stamp

A new stamp was introduced into circulation yesterday, January 21, featuring the St. Nicholas Church of Popăuți Monastery, built by St. Stephen the Great in 1496. The stamp is part of a series dedicated to various Romanian cities, with the latest stamps honoring the northern city of Botosani. The stamp was issued by Romfilatelia, which, “For…

Jan 23, 2020Gheorghe Anghel

Work begins on bust of Patriarch Alexei II to be erected in Estonian town of Jõhvi

The Church of the Theophany in the northeastern Estonian town of Jõhvi joyfully announced on Monday that work has begun on a bust of His Holiness Patriarch Alexei II of Moscow and All Russia that will be erected on the territory of the church this year. “Dear friends! We are pleased to announce that work…

Jan 23, 2020Gheorghe Anghel

The Vatican Library goes online and digitizes tens of thousands of manuscripts

The Vatican Apostolic Library, known as “VAT,” has grown a bit over the past five and a half centuries. Today it contains around 75,000 codices and 85,000 incunabula amid a total of over one million volumes. And in the case of increasingly many of these documents, you no longer have to make the journey to…

Jan 21, 2020Gheorghe Anghel

Antiochian Patriarchate responds to reports about kidnapped bishops

The Antiochian Orthodox Church has issued an official statement on the recent reports concerning the fate of the two missing Syrian bishops, Boulos Yazigi, Antiochian Orthodox Metropolitan of Aleppo and Alexandretta and brother of Orthodox Patriarch John X, and Gregorios Youhanna Ibrahim, Syriac Orthodox Metropolitan of Aleppo, who were kidnapped by Muslim rebels in the…

Jan 20, 2020Gheorghe Anghel

Over 9,000 Churches, Christian Buildings Attacked in Past Year: Open Doors

Leading Christian persecution watchdog nongovernmental organization Open Doors USA released it’s 2020 World Watch List Wednesday, an influential annual data report that this year highlights a drastic increase in attacks against Christian buildings and the imprisonment of Christians. The report, first launched in 1992, ranks the worst 50 countries in the world when it comes to…

Jan 17, 2020Gheorghe Anghel

Romanian Metropolitan of Bessarabia condemns removal of crucifix from Moldovan Ministry of Internal Affairs building

On September 15, a crucifix was installed on the wall in the Ministry of Internal Affairs building in Chișinău, Republic of Moldova. The ceremony was attended by then-Interior Minister Andrei Năstase, His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir of Chișinău and All Moldova of the Russian Church, and His Eminence Metropolitan Petru of Chișinău and Bessarabia of the…

Jan 15, 2020Gheorghe Anghel

Brooklyn street renamed in honor of Orthodox priest

The City Council of New York approved the renaming of a number of streets and public places at its meeting on December 19. Among the honorees is Archpriest Paul Schneirla (+ 2014), who served as the parish priest of St. Mary’s Antiochian Orthodox Church in Brooklyn for over 50 years, reports Brooklyn Reporter, cited by Orthochristian.…

Jan 14, 2020Gheorghe Anghel

Christmas service in chinese published in Hong Kong

The Hong Kong publisher “The China Orthodox Press” has published a Chinese translation of the service for the Nativity of Christ. With this new publication, it is now possible for Chinese Orthodox Christians to celebrate the festal service in their native language, Orthochristian reports. The publication contains the texts for the Royal Hours, Typica, Great…

Jan 13, 2020Gheorghe Anghel

Five Bulgarian monasteries to get a facelift with European funds

Five of the oldest Bulgarian monasteries, that have been declared monuments of culture – Bachkovski, Troyanski, Kremikovski, Kilifarevski and Plakovski, are expected to be renovated with European funds, the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works announced. The goal is to make these religious centers even more attractive to pilgrims and tourists. The funds will be allocated…

Jan 10, 2020Gheorghe Anghel