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Bucharest Theology Faculty graduate elected bishop in Bulgaria

The Very Rev. Archimandrite Makary Chakarov from Rila Monastery, a graduate of the Patriarch Justinian Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Bucharest, will become a bishop in Bulgaria. During its working session on April 13, 2022, the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church elected Archimandrite Makary as assistant bishop to Metropolitan Naum of Ruse, with…

Apr 18, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Priest-martyr Haralambie Balamace prayerfully remembered in Albania on the 108th anniversary of his martyrdom

A commemorative event dedicated to the priest Haralambie Balamace took place on March 23, 2022, at the Church of the Transfiguration in Korçë, Albania, where the Aromanian priest was killed 108 years ago. After a memorial service, the figure of the great hero who died defending the identity, freedom and dignity of Romanians in Albania…

Apr 1, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Theophilos: Venerating the Holy Cross we partake in Immortality, which is Christ Himself

Christ is Immortality and honouring His Cross makes us partake in the energy of the uncreated light He dwells in, said the Patriarch of Jerusalem on Sunday. His Beatitude officiated the Divine Liturgy and the Cross Procession at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre of the Lord. The Patriarch was joined in service by Metropolitans…

Mar 29, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

In pictures: Sunday of Saint Gregory Palamas marked in Thessaloniki

The Sunday of Saint Gregory Palamas was celebrated with great pomp in Thessaloniki, where he pastored as archbishop for twelve years (1347-1359). Metropolitan Anthimos of Thessaloniki celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the city’s Metropolitan Cathedral, followed by a procession on the streets of Thessaloniki with the honourable relics of St. Gregory. The reliquary was carried…

Mar 22, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Veneration of holy shrines is attributed to Christ, the Mother of God and the Saints: Patriarch Theophilos

“Veneration of the holy shrines is attributed to Christ, the Theotokos and the Saints,” explained Patriarch Theophilos on the Sunday of Orthodoxy. The Patriarch of Jerusalem officiated the Great Vespers and celebrated the Divine Liturgy for the Sunday of Orthodoxy at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. He was joined in the divine services by…

Mar 14, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

This is how the Orthodox Church in Finland reacted to the war in Ukraine

Right after Russia attacked Ukraine, the organizations of priests and chanters of the Orthodox Church of Finland, along with the Orthodox Youth Association of Finland and lay organizations, made a joint appeal to the worshippers of the Church to collect funds for Ukrainian refugees through Filantropia ry, the international aid organization of the Orthodox Church…

Mar 9, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Ecumenical Patriarch: Great Lent is an invitation to discover the Church as a place and way of sanctification

“Holy and Great Lent is an invitation for us to discover the Church as a place and way of sanctification and sanctity, as a foretaste and image of the splendid radiance, of the fullness of life and of the complete joy in the eschatological Kingdom,” Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople highlighted in his catechetical homily…

Mar 4, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch of Antioch: Great Lent is the Spring of souls yearning for the radiance of Christ

“Great Lent is the Spring of souls yearning for the radiance of Christ,” transmitted Patriarch John X of Antioch on Sunday in a message for the start of the Great Lent. “It is a Spring in which every soul blossoms as flowers do in nature. It is when the bitter coldness of sin is taken…

Mar 2, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

Archbishop Juraj of Michalovce and Košice leads patronal feast of Romanian monastery in Calabria

His Eminence Archbishop Juraj de Michalovce and Košice (Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia) celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Romanian Monastery in Bivongi, Calabria, Italy, on Sunday. His Grace Assistant Bishop Atanasie of Bogdania (Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Italy) was concelebrant for the Divine Liturgy. Last Sunday was an anticipatory celebration of…

Feb 23, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Archbishop of Australia to students: Love prayer more than the internet

On Thursday, February 17, Archbishop of Australia Makarios performed a Doxology at the Church of St. Nicholas in Sydney, on the occasion of the beginning of the new academic year of the Theological School of the Apostle Andrew, Orthodox Times reports. At the end of the Doxology, the Archbishop Makarios addressed the students with cordial paternal…

Feb 20, 2022Iulian Dumitraşcu

Orthodox youth from around the world to meet this year in Poland

Orthodox youth from around the world will meet this year in Wrocław, Poland, between July 18 and 23. The Wrocław 2022 meeting is hosted by the Orthodox Church of Poland and the Fellowship of Orthodox Youth in Poland, with the blessing of His Beatitude Metropolitan Sawa. The event is inspired by the exhortation “…go and…

Feb 2, 2022Ștefana Totorcea