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HB Arch. Hieronymos II of Athens celebrates his 82nd birthday

On March 10, 2020, His Beatitude Hieronymos II, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece celebrates his 82nd birthday. His Beatitude Hieronymos II born Ioannis Liapis in Oinofyta, Boeotia, in 1938, is a graduate of the Faculty of Philosophy and of the Faculty of Theology of the University of Athens and holds degrees in Archaeology, Byzantine…

Mar 10, 2020Sorin Ioniţe

Serbian Patriarch Irinej visits the US, meets with Archbishop Elpidophoros

On Wednesday, March 4, 2020, His Beatitude, Patriarch Irinej of Serbia visited the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Headquarters. In his welcoming remarks, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America expressed his joy in welcoming the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Serbia and highlighted the spirit of cooperation between the Churches, especially in the United…

Mar 5, 2020Sorin Ioniţe

30 years since the Episcopal consecration of HB Romanian Patriarch Daniel

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel celebrates on 4 March 2020 his 30th anniversary of episcopal consecration. Patriarch Daniel, the sixth leader of the Romanian Orthodox Church, was born on 22 July 1951, in Dobreşti village, Bara commune, Timiş County, as the third child of teacher Alexie and his wife Stela Ciobotea. Between 1974 and 1976 he attended…

Mar 4, 2020Sorin Ioniţe

Venerable Basil the Confessor; Hieromartyr Proterius the Patriarch of Alexandria (Non-liturgical day. Cheese, milk, eggs, fish allowed)

Venerable Basil the Confessor Saint Basil the Confessor was a monk and suffered during the reign of the iconoclast emperor Leo the Isaurian (717-741). When a persecution started against those who venerated holy icons, Saint Basil and his companion Saint Procopius of Decapolis (February 27) were subjected to much torture and locked up in prison.…

Feb 28, 2020Sorin Ioniţe

42nd episcopal consecration anniversary of His Beatitude Chrysostomos II

His Beatitude Chrysostomos II, Archbishop of Nova Justiniana and All Cyprus, celebrates on 26 February 2020 his 42nd episcopal consecration anniversary. He was born in Tala village, Paphos. At the age of 10 he lost his father and two years later, after finishing his elementary education, he joined the monastery of Ayios Neophytos in Paphos.…

Feb 26, 2020Sorin Ioniţe

Jerusalem Patriarch: Concrete understandings with Antioch over Qatar. ‘Our orthodox unity is most precious’

In the Holy Synod convened on Friday, February 21 2020, by His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III various matters relating to the Patriarchate’s ministry were discussed, including the pending matter with the Patriarchate of Antioch relating to Qatar. It was asserted by Patriarch Theophilos that since the two Primates met together mid last year in Cyprus…

Feb 22, 2020Sorin Ioniţe

Patriarch of Alexandria celebrates his name day

His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, on the feast of Great Martyr Theodore the Tyro, celebrates his name day.  His Beatitude (born Nicholas Horeftakis), was born in Crete in 25 November 1954, where he completed his schooling. He is a graduate of the Rizarios Ecclesiastical School of Athens and holds a degree…

Feb 17, 2020Sorin Ioniţe

‘New Men’: A documentary film about monastic life in West Virginia

A new documentary film about Holy Cross Monastery in West Virginia, USA, is set for release on April 23rd. The project began two and a half years ago, when Sam Cox, a young filmmaker and spiritual seeker, approached Fr. Seraphim about making the film. Sam wanted to know why men in our time would choose to…

Feb 13, 2020Sorin Ioniţe

Patriarch Ilia of Georgia on the coronavirus: All of this is for strengthening of faith and prayers

The coronavirus is another test, designed to strengthen our faith, His Holiness Patriarch-Catholicos Ilia II of Georgia told his flock during his Sunday homily at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi. “You know that a new virus has appeared. Many people are scared because of the virus. Some have called it a ‘deadly virus,’” he said.…

Feb 4, 2020Sorin Ioniţe

The European Green Deal – How can faith-based actors contribute to a greener Europe?

The European Parliament in Brussels hosted, on Tuesday, 28 Jan 2020, a dialogue seminar on the European Grean Deal (EGD) – the flagship environmental policy programme of the current European Commission, which, if fully implemented, will hugely impact on the EU’s approach to environmental issues, over the next few decades. Representatives of churches and other faith-based actors in Europe…

Feb 3, 2020Sorin Ioniţe

Archdiocese of Bucharest dedicated more than $3 million to social-philanthropic activities in 2019

The Diocesan Assembly of the Archdiocese of Bucharest of the Romanian Orthodox Church met in its annual meeting on Saturday, February 1 under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, discussing, among other things, the Archdiocese’s social and philanthropic activities over the course of the previous year. In particular, he noted that social and philanthropic…

Feb 3, 2020Sorin Ioniţe