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Archbishop Makarios to youth: I am asking you to change the world

“Be shining lights,” His Eminence, Archbishop of Australia Makarios, encouraged the attendees of the recent Archdiocesan Youth Conference, in English. “It is very hard to change the world. But that is exactly what I am asking you to do. I am asking you to change the world.” It was the end of a particularly balmy…

Jan 29, 2020Sorin Ioniţe

VIDEO | 230 Africans baptized in Tanzania

Another mass Baptism was celebrated in Africa, this time in the eastern Tanzanian city of Morogoro, with 230 indigenous souls being united to Christ in the washing of regeneration (Tit. 3:5), Orthochristian reports. The service was celebrated by Metropolitan Dimitrios of Irinopolis on Sunday, January 26 at the Church of Sts. Arsenios and Paisios. …

Jan 28, 2020Iulian Dumitraşcu

The southernmost Russian Orthodox church in the world

The Trinity Church, built in 2004, is the southernmost Russian Orthodox church in the world. It’s located on Antarctica’s island of Waterloo, on the territory of the Russian polar station Bellingshausen (named after the discoverer of the continent). The Russian polar station appeared there in 1968, but the church was only proposed in the 1990s.…

Jan 28, 2020Mihail Mere-Albe

Patriarchate of Alexandria: Year 2020 will be dedicated to St. Nectarios

One hundred years after his death, on November 8, 1920, the Patriarchate of Alexandria decided that the year 2020 would be dedicated to St. Nectarios. He devoted his life to the Church of Alexandria, where he served as Patriarchal Vicar of Cairo. The event was officially announced today by Patriarch Theodore of Alexandria and All…

Jan 27, 2020Mihail Mere-Albe

Work begins on bust of Patriarch Alexei II to be erected in Estonian town of Jõhvi

The Church of the Theophany in the northeastern Estonian town of Jõhvi joyfully announced on Monday that work has begun on a bust of His Holiness Patriarch Alexei II of Moscow and All Russia that will be erected on the territory of the church this year. “Dear friends! We are pleased to announce that work…

Jan 23, 2020Gheorghe Anghel

Liturgy served in 17th century bulgarian church for first time in 70 years

The Bulgarian Orthodox faithful of the village of Arbanasi in Veliko Tarnovo Municipality in the north-central Veliko Tarnovo Province have cause for great celebration as their Church of St. Athanasius the Great reopened recently, with the Divine Liturgy being celebrated there for the first time in 70 years. The Church of St. Athanasius is one…

Jan 22, 2020Mihail Mere-Albe

Archbishop of Athens inaugurates sacristy of Athens Metropolis Cathedral

In the presence of the President of the Hellenic Republic, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, the inauguration of the sacristy of Athens Metropolitan Temple was held, on Sunday, January 19th. Archbishop Ieronymos presided over the inauguration and several priests attended the ceremony, Orthodox Times reports. Following the sanctification ceremony, the Archbishop stressed, “This is not only a place…

Jan 21, 2020Sorin Ioniţe

Antiochian Patriarchate responds to reports about kidnapped bishops

The Antiochian Orthodox Church has issued an official statement on the recent reports concerning the fate of the two missing Syrian bishops, Boulos Yazigi, Antiochian Orthodox Metropolitan of Aleppo and Alexandretta and brother of Orthodox Patriarch John X, and Gregorios Youhanna Ibrahim, Syriac Orthodox Metropolitan of Aleppo, who were kidnapped by Muslim rebels in the…

Jan 20, 2020Gheorghe Anghel

Patriarch Ilia becomes Godfather to another 500+ children in 62nd Mass Baptism

His Holiness Patriarch-Catholicos Ilia II of Georgia became the Godfather to another 521 children on Tuesday, January 14, reports Interpress News, quoted by OrthoChristian. Since January 2008, His Holiness Catholics-Patriarch Ilia II has been holding several mass Baptism ceremonies in a year, in which he personally becomes Godfather to the third and later children of married…

Jan 20, 2020Sorin Ioniţe

Bulgarian Church to celebrate 800th anniversary of Ivanovo rock-hewn churches

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church is preparing to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the rock-hewn churches in Ivanovo, in the north-central Ruse Province, this year and next. His Eminence Metropolitan Naum of Ruse met with the Governor and Deputy Governor of the Ruse Province recently to discuss preparations for the upcoming celebrations. The program provides for…

Jan 16, 2020Mihail Mere-Albe

Brooklyn street renamed in honor of Orthodox priest

The City Council of New York approved the renaming of a number of streets and public places at its meeting on December 19. Among the honorees is Archpriest Paul Schneirla (+ 2014), who served as the parish priest of St. Mary’s Antiochian Orthodox Church in Brooklyn for over 50 years, reports Brooklyn Reporter, cited by Orthochristian.…

Jan 14, 2020Gheorghe Anghel