Anniversaries and commemorations

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

Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte’s 7th enthronement anniversary

Monday, February 24, His Beatitude Patriarch Neophyte celebrates his 7th enthronement anniversary as Primate of Bulgarian Orthodox Church. Patriarch Neophyte (Bulgarian: Патриарх Неофит, secular name Simeon Nikolov Dimitrov; born 15 October 1945, Sofia) is the current head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church from 24 February 2013. Prior to his election, he was the Metropolitan of…

Feb 24, 2020Iulian Dumitraşcu

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

15th episcopal consecration anniversary of His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III

His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III celebrates on 14 February 2020 his 15th episcopal consecration anniversary. His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine (known in the world as Elias Giannopoulos, his parents, Panagiotes-Triseugenia) was born in Gargalianes of the County of Triphylia-Messinia, in 1952. He arrived in Jerusalem in…

Feb 14, 2020Iulian Dumitraşcu

7 Years since the enthronement of HB Patriarch John X of Antioch

His Beatitude John X celebrates on 10 February 2020 his 7th anniversary as Patriarch of Antioch. His Beatitude Patriarch 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…

Feb 10, 2020Iulian Dumitraşcu

HB Arch. Hieronymos II of Athens celebrates 12 Years since his election as head of the Greek Orthodox Church

On 7 February 2020, His Beatitude Hieronymos II, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece celebrates 12 Years since his election as head of the Greek Orthodox Church. 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…

Feb 7, 2020Iulian Dumitraşcu

World Cancer Day: A leading international awareness day

At the start of the millennium, 4 February was declared World Cancer Day. It began with six cancer experts who convened in Paris in 1999. With the year 2000 imminent, the group was determined that the global challenge of cancer would not be forgotten in the new century. Together, the six leaders drafted a Charter…

Feb 4, 2020Gheorghe Anghel

His Beatitude Patriarch Kirill celebrates his 11th anniversary as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia

His Beatitude Patriarch Kirill celebrates on 1 February 2020 his 11th enthronement anniversary as Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church. His Beatitude Kirill (secular name Vladimir M. Gundyaev) was born on 20 November 1946, in Leningrad. After graduation from school, he entered the Leningrad Seminary and later the Leningrad Theological Academy, from which he graduated cum…

Feb 1, 2020Sorin Ioniţe

25th episcopal consecration anniversary of His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch

His Beatitude Patriarch John X celebrates on 24 January 2020 his 25th episcopal consecration anniversary. His Beatitude Patriarch 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. His Beatitude lived and…

Jan 24, 2020Iulian Dumitraşcu

161st anniversary of Romanian Principalities’ Union

Romanians celebrate on Friday the 161st anniversary of the Union of the Romanian Principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia, a highly important event in the country’s history, which opened the way to the modernization of the Romanian state and society. On January 24, 1859, as a result of the wish of the Romanian people, and in a favorable…

Jan 24, 2020Iulian Dumitraşcu

Patriarch Irinej of Serbia celebrates his 10th enthronement anniversary

Patriarch Irinej of Serbia celebrates on 23 January 2020 his 10th 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…

Jan 23, 2020Iulian Dumitraşcu