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Day of Sts. Cyril and Methodius to become official holiday in Serbia

Minister of Culture and Mass Communications Vladan Bukosavlevic says he is certain that Serbia will celebrate the day of Sts. Cyril and Methodius this year as an official state holiday, thereby, he emphasized, “filling the cultural gap” between Serbia and other Slavic nations. “We are currently the only Slavic country where the day of Sts.…

Jan 16, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

Metropolitan Rastislav of Czech Lands and Slovakia in interview with Basilica.ro: ‘Many become recluses of the cyberspace. We can reach them only using technology’

His Beatitude Metropolitan Rastislav of the Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church offered his first interview with the Basilica News Agency, shortly after his first visit to Romania on the Feast of St Demetrius the New 2017. His Beatitude spoke about the Church he leads and addressed the challenges that Christians are facing in modern society.…

Jan 12, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

2,000 candles being lit in Moscow in honor of abortion victims

Activists of the All-Russian “For Life!” public movement will light 2,000 candles thursday in memory of children who have lost their lives to the terror of abortion. According to official statistics, 2,000 abortions are performed daily in the Russian Federation, reportes orthochristian.com. The date for the event was intentionally chosen as the day that the…

Jan 11, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

Patriarch Daniel sends condolences on death of Archimandrite Placide Deseille

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania has expressed his condolences for Archimandrite Placide Deseille, who passed away to the Lord on Sunday. The 91-year old Archimandrite was abbot of St Anthony Orthodox Monastery in France for nearly 40 years. Patriarch Daniel sent a letter to Metropolitan Emmanuel of France (Ecumenical Patriarchate), expressing his sorrow for…

Jan 11, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Historic Iron Church in Istanbul reopens after restoration

Turkey’s president and the Bulgarian prime minister have unveiled the historic Iron Church in Istanbul after a seven-year restoration project. In Sunday’s opening ceremony, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the 120-year-old Sveti Stefan Church remains the “single example” of a church built on an iron skeleton. The cross-shaped Bulgarian church was built on the…

Jan 9, 2018Gheorghe Anghel

Holy Icons Kept in Hagia Sophia Receive New Life after Restoration

Holy icons from Greek Orthodox churches across Turkey are brought to Hagia Sophia for restoration work in order to be exhibited at a new museum. According to a Daily Sabah report, quoted by greekreporter.com, Christian icons from various Byzantine churches across Turkey are collected in a laboratory inside Topkapı Palace, which is within walking distance…

Jan 8, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu

His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch celebrates his 63rd birthday anniversary

His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch celebrates on 1 January 2018 his 63nd birthday anniversary. On the Repose of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John, His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and all East, celebrates his name day. His Beatitude John X was born in 1955 in the city of Lattakia, Syria. His…

Jan 1, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu

Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia celebrates his 40th enthronement anniversary. “I am grateful to all who pray for me”

Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia celebrated on 25 December his enthronement anniversary. On this occasion, a festive Divine Liturgy dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the enthronement of His Holiness Ilia II as Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia was celebrated Monday in the Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in Mtskheta, Georgia. Pat. Ilia II was elected to the primatial throne…

Dec 26, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu

Patriarch of Jerusalem: On Christmas we celebrate the event of God’s peaceful visit and healing intervention in man’s life

In this year’s Chrismas message, His Beatitude Patriarch Teophilos III of Jerusalem points to the ‘divine and heavenly event’ of the Nativity of the Lord when ‘we celebrate the event of God’s peaceful visit and healing intervention in man’s life.’ Please find below the full text of the patriarchal message: “He that was begotten of…

Dec 22, 2017Gheorghe Anghel

Patriarch of Antioch’s Christmas Message: We are called to seek the presence of the divine Child in our midst, in our hearts, and in every segment of our lives

Please find below the Chrismas Pastoral Letter addressed by His Beatitude Patriarch John X Patriarch of Antioch and of All the East to the believers of the Antiochian Orthodox Church: By the God’s Grace, His Beatitude Patriarch John X Patriarch of Antioch and of All the East To all my brothers, the Shepherds of the Antiochian…

Dec 22, 2017Gheorghe Anghel

Ecumenical Patriarch’s Christmas Message warns that globalization is destroying the conditions of social cohesion and harmony

In this year’s Proclamation of Christmas, His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I warns that ‘in our time, the indulgence of the affluent has increased and globalization is destroying the conditions of social cohesion and harmony.’ Patriarchal Proclamation of Christmas 2017 Bartholomew By God’s Mercy Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch To the Plenitude of…

Dec 21, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu