The Week in Pictures: January 9 – 15, 2023
Please see prayers, memorial services and many other moments from the Orthodox world in our photo feature of the week January 9 – 15, 2023. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post: View this post on…
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The Week in Pictures: December 26, 2022 – January 1, 2023
Orthodox believers spend the winter holidays in the family with relatives and in the big family of the Church with other believers. We invite you to see our Week in Pictures feature for the last…
Tomb of Bethlehem’s midwife Salome to be open to the public
Israeli cultural authorities have recently presented one of the most impressive burial caves discovered in the country, more than two millennia old. The site was identified as the tomb of midwife Salome from Bethlehem and…
Bishop of Canada’s Christmas Pastoral Letter: Christ fulfills restoration of human nature in His Person
“Christ accomplishes the restoration of the humanity in His Person. Man’s nature becomes the temple and house of the Word of God,” Bishop Ioan Casian of Canada says in his Pastoral Letter on the Nativity…
The Week in Pictures: December 19 – 25, 2022
The last week of Lent was a time of spiritual preparation, joy and carolling. We invite you to take a look at the Orthodox world between December 19 and 25, 2022. Last week’s most-liked Instagram…
The Nativity of the Lord shows humility is a path that leads to things above: Metropolitan Nicolae’s Pastoral Letter
“God the Creator, God Almighty, did not remain in His majesty, did not look down indifferently on His creation, nor did He wait for the creature to humble itself and return, but He came Himself,…
Children of the Romanian Orthodox parish in Valletta sang carols to the President of Malta
The children’s choir of the Romanian Orthodox parish in Valletta sang Christmas carols to the President of Malta on Thursday. It was the second time Romanian children sang carols at the Presidential Palace in Malta.…
Metropolitan Georgios of Paphos elected Archbishop of Cyprus
On Saturday, the Holy Synod elected Metropolitan Georgios of Paphos as Archbishop of Cyprus. The new archbishop received 11 votes, followed by the Metropolitan of Limassol, Athanasios, with 4 votes. One hierarch did not vote.…
Patriarch of Romania sends irenic letter on the feast of the Nativity of the Lord 2022
On the occasion of the feast of the Nativity of the Lord, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, sends an irenic letter to His Holiness Bartholomaios I, the Ecumenical Patriarch, and the…
Unique show in Tokyo: Japanese musicians sang Romanian carols
Between 6 and 11 December, a unique show was offered in Tokyo, Japan: 24 Japanese lyrical artists, led by two conductors from Romania, sang Romanian carols in their original language, Romanian. The project was initiated…