Mihail Mere-Albe

World Children’s Day 2019

World Children’s Day is celebrated on 20 November to raise awareness about the problems that children face globally and to improve children’s welfare.  World Children’s Day is also known as Universal Children’s Day. This day is promoted and coordinated by UNICEF and the United Nations Children’s Fund which also works towards the improvement of children’s…

Nov 20, 2019Mihail Mere-Albe

His Beatitude Patriarch Kirill celebrates prayer service at the site of St. Bartholomew’s martyrdom

On 14 November 2019, His Beatitude Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated a prayer service at the remains of the chapel of St. Bartholomew in the capital of Azerbaijan. Church tradition holds that St. Bartholomew, one of Christ’s twelve apostles, suffered and died for the Saviour here. A Christian church was built on…

Nov 18, 2019Mihail Mere-Albe

Meeting of the Committee of the Orthodox Churches (CROCEU) with the Ecumenical Patriarch

During the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Metropolis of Belgium, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew received the Committee of Representatives of the Orthodox Churches to the European Union (CROCEU) on Monday, November 11, 2019 at the Offices of the Metropolis of Belgium. The meeting was attended by Metropolitan Athenagoras of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, Archimandrite Aimilianos…

Nov 13, 2019Mihail Mere-Albe

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: “Water is a right for every human being and every creature”

The Water Week “Water Week” in Amsterdam was honored by the presence of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, on 5 November, 2019, shortly after his arrival in the Netherlands for a pastoral visit in link with the 50th anniversary of the Metropolis of Belgium and the Exarchate of Netherlands and Luxembourg. The “International Water Week” which…

Nov 8, 2019Mihail Mere-Albe

Metropolis of Chicago launches new ministry to help Greek Orthodox high school graduates transition to college

The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago announced a new ministry for high school graduates called Lighthouse. Lighthouse aims to prepare campers for the social, emotional, practical, and spiritual challenges they will encounter in their college experience and beyond. Named “Lighthouse,” the ministry was developed through the Metropolis’ Office of Youth & Young Adult Ministries (Y2AM…

Nov 6, 2019Mihail Mere-Albe

Number of Orthodox parishes in Latvia has increased by 1/3 since 1992

The Latvian Orthodox Church has been restoring previously defunct churches and building new churches since Latvia separated from the Soviet Union in 1991. Meeting in Riga today, the Council of the Latvian Orthodox Church announced that since 1992, the number of Orthodox communities in Latvia has grown from 93 to 126, Orthochristians reports. The Council…

Oct 29, 2019Mihail Mere-Albe

1,500-Year-Old Byzantine Church Near Jerusalem Uncovers Enigma

An important archaeological discovery was made public on Wednesday by members of the Israel Antiquities Authority. After three years of painstaking excavations, a Byzantine-era Christian church with spectacular, well-preserved mosaics and frescoes has finally been completely unearthed. The structure is located approximately ten miles west of the city of Jerusalem, World.greekreporter reports. The fascinating, yet mysterious,…

Oct 24, 2019Mihail Mere-Albe

Inauguration of the exhibition on Saint Luke the Physician by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew visited on Friday afternoon the Papageorgiou General Hospital in Thessaloniki. The administration invited the Ecumenical Patriarch to give a speech during the event organised for the 20th anniversary of the opening of the hospital. In his speech, the Ecumenical Patriarch spoke of the pain and illness, which “the descendants of Adam experience”,…

Oct 23, 2019Mihail Mere-Albe

Mount Athos: More than 250,000 pilgrims a year

The Agioritikes Grammes shipping company has had to launch a new boat to take pilgrims to Holy Mount Athos from Ouranoupolis as the number of pilgrims continues to grow, orthochristian reports. The company’s ninth ship heading to the Daphne port on Mt. Athos from Ouranoupolis has a capacity for 500 passengers and trucks, company president…

Oct 18, 2019Mihail Mere-Albe

International Orthodox Christian Charities Launches Campaign for Children’s Programs in Syria

International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) is launching a new fundraising campaign, aiming to raise $250,000 for programming that supports children and families who have survived trauma and tragedy in Syria. Children are among the millions affected by the conflict in Syria, including many displaced in their own country. Whether through exposure to violence or the…

Oct 17, 2019Mihail Mere-Albe

Promenade Marie de Roumanie inaugurated in Paris near the Eiffel Tower

The Promenade Marie de Roumanie, which is named after Romania’s Queen Marie, was inaugurated in Paris on Tuesday, October 15, within walking distance of the Eiffel Tour. The initiative to name a space in the capital of France after Queen Marie belonged to the Romanian Embassy in Paris, which, a year ago, sent the proposal…

Oct 17, 2019Mihail Mere-Albe