Anniversaries and commemorations

His Beatitude Kirill celebrates his 73th birthday

His Beatitude Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrates on 20 November 2018 his 73th birthday. His Beatitude Kirill (secular name Vladimir M. Gundyaev) was born on November 20, 1946, in Leningrad. After graduation from school, he entered the Leningrad Seminary and later the Leningrad Theological Academy, from which he graduated cum laude in 1970. On…

Nov 20, 2019Florin Nicolaie

His Beatitude Met. Rastislav of the Czech and Slovak Church celebrates his 7th episcopal consecration anniversary

His Beatitude Father Rastislav, the Metropolitan of the Orthodox Church in the Czech Lands and Slovakia, celebrates on 18 November 2019 7th episcopal consecration anniversary. Rastislav or Rostislav, also known as St. Rastislav, was the second known ruler of Moravia (846–870). Upon his initiative two brothers, Cyril and Methodius sent by the Byzantine Emperor Michael…

Nov 18, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

His Beatitude Chrysostomos II celebrates his name day

On 13 November 2019 His Beatitude Chrysostomos II, Archbishop of Nova Justiniana and All Cyprus, celebrates his name day. 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. He also attended…

Nov 13, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

13th enthronement anniversary of Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Cyprus

On 12 November 2019 His Beatitude Chrysostomos II, Archbishop of Nova Justiniana and All Cyprus, celebrates the 12th enthronement 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. He…

Nov 12, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

His Beatitude Anastasios celebrates his 90th birthday

The current primate of the Albanian Orthodox Church celebrates on 4 November 2019 his 90th birthday. 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 the Theological Faculty of the National and Kapodistrian University…

Nov 4, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

28th enthronement anniversary of His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

On 2 November 2019, His Holiness Bartholomew celebrates the 28th anniversary of his enthronement as Archbishop of Constantinople – New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch. Born Demetrios Archondonis on 29 February 1940 on the island of Imvros (today, Gökçeada, Turkey), His All-Holiness Bartholomew was elected in October 1991 as the 270th Archbishop of the 2000-year-old Church founded…

Nov 2, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

His Beatitude Met. Rastislav of the Czech and Slovak Church celebrates his name day

His Beatitude Rastislav, the Metropolitan of the Orthodox Church in the Czech Lands and Slovakia, celebrates on 28 October his name day. Rastislav or Rostislav, also known as St. Rastislav, was the second known ruler of Moravia (846–870). Upon his initiative two brothers, Cyril and Methodius sent by the Byzantine Emperor Michael III in 863, translated…

Oct 28, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

Romanian Patriarchate’s Basilica Media Centre celebrates 12th anniversary

The Basilica Media Centre of the Romanian Patriarchate was established twelve years ago on the feast day of Saint Demetrios the New, Protector of Bucharest, marking the beginning of a fruitful Orthodox Christian ministry in Romania and abroad. The departments of the Media Centre – Radio Trinitas, Trinitas TV, Lumina Publications, Basilica News Agency and…

Oct 27, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 2019

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is celebrated across the globe every year on 17 October to raise awareness about the people who are struggling and living in poverty. It is necessary to remove poverty mainly in developing countries. As we know that poverty has many faces, it changes from place to place. For…

Oct 17, 2019Sorin Ioniţe

Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte celebrates His 74th Birthday

His Beatitude Neophyte, Bulgarian Orthodox Church, celebrates on Tuesday, October 15, his 74th Birthday. 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 Ruse. After completing his…

Oct 15, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

12 October 2019: the World Hospice and Palliative Care Day

12 October 2019 is the World Hospice and Palliative Care Day. The WHPCD 2019’s theme is My Care, My Right and aims to communicate that palliative care can be demanded by the public – and that, together, every person impacted by a life-limiting illness can influence their policymakers to prioritize palliative care financing under Universal…

Oct 12, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu