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Jonathan Jackson offers his Emmy Award to Monastery of Vatopedi

Popular Hollywood star Jonathan Jackson, visited Holy Mount Athos together with his 8-year-old-son on Tuesday, to offer one of his Emmy Awards, reports greekcitytimes.com. During his five day visit, Jackson spent most of his time at the Vatopedi Monastery in the Monks Republic Mount Athos to honour the Dormition of the Virgin Mary but also visited the…

Aug 30, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

Elder Amphilochios Makris canonized by Ecumenical Patriarchate

The Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate resolved to canonize Elder Amphilochios (Makris) of Patmos (1889-1970) at its working session Wednesday, reports Fos Fanariou. Elder Amphilochios was a monk of the St. John the Theologian Monastery on the island of Patmos, where St. John the Evangelist received the Divine revelation that became the book of…

Aug 29, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Ecumenical Patriarch’s Message for Environment Protection Day: The life of the Orthodox Church is applied ecology

In this year’s patriarchal message for the Day of Protection for the Environment, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew noted that ‘the life of the Orthodox Church is applied ecology, a tangible and inviolable respect for the natural environment’. Patriarch Bartholomew cautions that people must understand the world as their home (oikos). ‘The future belongs to righteous justice…

Aug 29, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Russian priest creates bus-church to serve Liturgy in remote areas

An innovative missionary tool was presented at the recent 3rd International Orthodox Youth Forum “Past. Present. Future” in Moscow. Fr. Andrei Strelkov is the creator of Russia’s only bus-church, which he has used to travel throughout Russia to remote villages that have no churches. Fr. Andrei has visited, celebrated the Liturgy, and preached in more…

Aug 28, 2018Florin Nicolaie

Russian Patriarch Kirill to meet Friday with Ecumenical Patriarch

His Beatitude Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia will meet Friday, August 31, 2018, with His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Constantinople. Patriarch Kirill will visit the headquarters of the Ecumenical Patriarchate ‘following his express desire’. ‘We announce with pleasure that, on August 31, 2018, following his express desire, His Beatitude Patriarch Kirill of…

Aug 27, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

20th anniversary of autocephaly of Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church

The Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia celebrated Monday, August 27, 2018 its 20th anniversary since the bestowing of autocephaly by the Ecumenical Patriarch in 1998. The history of youngest among the local autocephalous Orthodox Churches dates back to the 9th century legacy of Sts Cyril and Methodius, the enlighteners of the Slavs.…

Aug 27, 2018Raluca-Emanuela Ene

Patriarch of Jerusalem to lead celebrations on National Cathedral’s first patronal feast

The first patronal feast of the Romanian People’s Salvation Cathedral will be celebrated on November 30, 2018, on the feast day of Saint Andrew the First Called, who is also the Cathedral’s patron saint and the protector of Romania. The celebrations, including the Divine Liturgy, will be led by His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III of…

Aug 25, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Abbot Ephraim of Vatopedi brings Panagia Vimatarissa Icon replica to Diaconești Monastery

During his recent visit to Romania, the Very Rev. Archimandrite Ephraim, the abbot of Vatopedi Monastery on Mount Athos, offered a replica of the Vimatarissa Icon of the Mother of God to the Diaconești Monastery. The Vimatarissa or Ktitorissa Icon of the Mother of God is one of the seven miraculous icons enshrined at the…

Aug 25, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Ecumenical Patriarch to commemorate WWI soldiers at largest military graveyard in Greece

His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will visit Thessaloniki on September 29-30 to attend the commemorative manifestations at the largest military graveyard in Greece marking the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, reports Orthodoxia.info. His Holiness will be in Thessaloniki following the invitation of His Eminence Metropolitan Barnabas of Neapolis and Stavroupolis. The…

Aug 24, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolitan Maximos was enthroned at Chambésy

The greek Metropolitan Maximos was enthroned as Metropolit of Switzerland on 18 August at the Orthodox Centre of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Chambésy. The Very Reverend Archimandrite Maximos Pothos, Chancellor of the Metropolis of Switzerland, has been elected by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on 10 July 2018 Metropolitan of Switzerland in replacement of…

Aug 22, 2018Florin Nicolaie

Met. Tikhon (OCA) celebrates Transfiguration at Polish Holy Mountain with 10,000 faithful

His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon of All America and Canada (Orthodox Church in America) had the blessing of concelebrating Sunday the Divine Liturgy for the great feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, according to the Julian unrevised calendar (by old style), with His Beatitude Metropolitan Sawa of Warsaw and All Poland at the holiest site in…

Aug 21, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu