Iulian Dumitraşcu

His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch celebrates his 23rd anniversary of episcopal consecration

His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch celebrates on 24 January his 23rd anniversary of episcopal consecration. His Beatitude John X was born in 1955 in the city of Lattakia, Syria. His father Mounah Yazigi was from Lattakia, a teacher of the Arabic language. His mother Rosa Moussi is from Tripoli, Lebanon. They gave birth…

Jan 24, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu

Patriarch Irinej of Serbia celebrates his 8th enthronement anniversary

Patriarch Irinej of Serbia celebrates on 23 January his 8th enthronement anniversary. Patriarch Irinej was born on 28 August 1930 in Vidova near Čačak, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. His Beatitude is the 45th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Serbs, since 22 January 2010. His full title is His Holiness…

Jan 23, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu

His Beatitude Anastasios celebrates his name day

The current primate of the Albanian Orthodox Church celebrates his name day. Monkmartyr Anastasius the Persian is the spiritual protector of His Beatitude Anastasios. His Beatitude Anastasios Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and All Albania, was born on November 4, 1929, in Piraeus, Greece. Archbishop Anastasios (Yannoulatos) Professor of History of Religions (1972-92) and Dean of…

Jan 22, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu

Old problems in the New World: A Forum on Modern Slavery

Under the auspices of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the Ecumenical Patriarchate will be hosting a forum on modern slavery in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from May 5-8, 2018. This forum—entitled Old Problems in the New World—will be co-sponsored by the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires and the Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute (Berkeley, California), reports patriarchate.org. The purpose…

Jan 18, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu

First Orthodox Chapel in Iceland consecrated

The consecration of the temporary chapel of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker took place on Wednesday in Reykjavik at the construction site of the future site of the first Orthodox church in Iceland, the Russian embassy in Iceland, reports orthochristian.com. Representatives of the Orthodox community, as well as the Russian Ambassador to Iceland Anton Vasilliev took…

Jan 16, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu

His Beatitude Sawa celebrates his name day anniversary

His Beatitude Sawa (Hrycuniak), Archbishop of Warsaw and Metropolitan of All Poland celebrates Sunday his name day anniversary: St. Sava I, First Archbishop of Serbia. His Beatitude Sawa is the current head of the autocephalous Church of Poland. He is the eighth hierarch to head the Polish church since it was granted autocephaly by the Patriarch…

Jan 14, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu

Holy Icons Kept in Hagia Sophia Receive New Life after Restoration

Holy icons from Greek Orthodox churches across Turkey are brought to Hagia Sophia for restoration work in order to be exhibited at a new museum. According to a Daily Sabah report, quoted by greekreporter.com, Christian icons from various Byzantine churches across Turkey are collected in a laboratory inside Topkapı Palace, which is within walking distance…

Jan 8, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu

Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia celebrates his 85th birthday anniversary

Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia celebrated on 04 January his 85th birthday anniversary. Ilia II, also transliterated as Ilya or Elijah (born January 4, 1933), is the current Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia and the spiritual leader of the Georgian Orthodox Church. He is officially styled as Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, the Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi and…

Jan 4, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu

His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch celebrates his 63rd birthday anniversary

His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch celebrates on 1 January 2018 his 63nd birthday anniversary. On the Repose of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John, His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and all East, celebrates his name day. His Beatitude John X was born in 1955 in the city of Lattakia, Syria. His…

Jan 1, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu

Patriarch Daniel expresses compassion and solidarity with Cairo terror attack victims

Addressing Coptic Patriarch Tawadros II, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania prayed that peace may prevail over violence and that religion may be a sign of life and mutual understanding among humans. At least two gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire outside a Coptic church south of Cairo on Friday, killing at least nine people…

Dec 31, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu

Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia celebrates his 40th enthronement anniversary. “I am grateful to all who pray for me”

Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia celebrated on 25 December his enthronement anniversary. On this occasion, a festive Divine Liturgy dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the enthronement of His Holiness Ilia II as Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia was celebrated Monday in the Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in Mtskheta, Georgia. Pat. Ilia II was elected to the primatial throne…

Dec 26, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu