International

STATEMENT by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

Lesvos, April 16, 2016 Dearest brothers and sisters, Precious youth and children, We have traveled here to look into your eyes, to hear your voices, and to hold your hands. We have traveled here to tell you that we care. We have traveled here because the world has not forgotten you. With our brothers, Pope…

Apr 16, 2016Iulian Dumitraşcu

Lesbos: JOINT DECLARATION

We, Pope Francis, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece, have met on the Greek island of Lesvos to demonstrate our profound concern for the tragic situation of the numerous refugees, migrants and asylum seekers who have come to Europe fleeing from situations of conflict and, in many cases, daily threats…

Apr 16, 2016Iulian Dumitraşcu

His Grace Bishop Vincenţiu concelebrated with the Patriarch of Jerusalem on the Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross

His Grace Vincenţiu, Bishop of Slobozia and Călăraşi, is currently undertaking a pilgrimage in the Holy Land, together with a group of 15 priests and several faithful, the official website of the diocese informs. On the third Sunday of Great Lent, 3 April 2016, the pilgrims participated in the Hierarchal Divine Liturgy officiated at the…

Apr 7, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and Pope Francis to meet on Lesvos

In a press release issued Tuesday, 5 April 2016, the Permanent Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Greece announced Pope Francis’ intention to visit Greece, to help raise awareness of the international community about the refugee problem. For this visit, the Holy Synod proposed the island of Lesvos, one of the Greek islands that…

Apr 6, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

Communiqué of the Pan-Orthodox Secretariat of the Holy and Great Council

The Pan-Orthodox Secretariat of the Holy and Great Council, established at the Holy Synaxis of Primates of Autocephalous Orthodox Churches (Chambésy, 21-28 January 2016), conducted its first meeting at the Orthodox Centre of the Ecumenical Patriarchate (Chambésy-Geneva) from 29 to 30 March. The works have been carried out under the chairmanship of His Eminence Metropolitan…

Apr 5, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

Decisions of the Holy Synod of the Polish Orthodox Church

The Holy Synod of the Polish Orthodox Church met on Tuesday, 22 March 2016, under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Sawa, Archbishop of Warsaw and Metropolitan of All Poland, in the presence of all the archbishops and bishops. During the Synod: The correspondence of His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew regarding the life of the Orthodox…

Apr 4, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

A special event in Paris: Street named after an Orthodox Saint

The official ceremony for the inauguration of Mother Maria Skobtsova Street was held Thursday, 31 March 2016, at 11:15 a.m., in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, orthodoxie.com informs. On 12 November 2013, at the proposal of the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hildago, the Council of Paris voted in unanimity in favour of naming a new street…

Apr 4, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

The commemoration of the Fântâna Albă massacre

The victims of Fântâna Alba massacre which took place in 1941 were commemorated on Friday, 1 April 2016. A memorial service was officiated at the monument situated in the Ukrainian village of Bila Krynytsya by V. Rev. Archim. Melchisedec Velnic, abbot of Putna Monastery, together with an assembly of Romanian and Ukrainian priests. This year…

Apr 1, 2016Gheorghe Anghel

The Synaxis of All Venerable Saints of Pechersk Lavra Celebrated in Kiev

On 27 March 2016, the 2nd Sunday of the Lent, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (Patriarchate of Moscow) celebrated the synaxis of All Venerable Saints of Pechersk Lavra. On this occasion, His Beatitude Onufrie, Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the church dedicated to Saints Pious Anthony and Theodosius within Pecerska…

Mar 31, 2016Iulian Dumitraşcu

Ordination of the new Bishop of Nitria, in the Patriarchate of Alexandria

On the 2nd Sunday of Lent, 27 March 2016, His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, conducted the Patriarchal Divine Liturgy and during this he officiated the ordination of His Grace Nikodemos, Bishop of Nitria, at the Holy Patriarchal and Cathedral Church of St Savvas the Sanctified in Alexandria. Participating at…

Mar 31, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

The first church dedicated to Physician Martyr Evgeny Botkin, consecrated in Moscow

His Grace Panteleimon, Bishop of Orekhovo-Zouevo (Russian Orthodox Church), consecrated on Friday, 25 March 2016, the church of the Clinical Hospital no. 57 in Moscow, pravmir.ru informs. This is the first church consecrated in Russia in the honour of St Martyr Evgeny Botkin, physician (general practitioner) of the imperial family of Martyr Nicholas II Romanov. “The holy…

Mar 29, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu