International

A new contemporary Saint: Ecumenical Patriarchate canonizes Elder Iakovos Tsalikis of Evia

During its working session on Monday, the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate approved the proposal of canonization of Elder Iakovos Tsalikis (1920-1991), a contemporary hieromonk endowed with many divine virtues and spiritual gifts, about whom St Paisios of Mt Athos said that he had the “charismata of Saint Nectarius”. According to a press release…

Nov 27, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

His Beatitude Sawa celebrates his 38th episcopal consecration anniversary

His Beatitude Sawa (Hrycuniak), Archbishop of Warsaw and Metropolitan of All Poland celebrates Saturday his 38th episcopal consecration anniversary. His Beatitude Sawa is the current head of the autocephalous Church of Poland. He is the eighth hierarch to head the Polish church since it was granted autocephaly by the Patriarch of Constantinople in 1924. As…

Nov 25, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu

HB Theodoros II celebrates his 63rd birthday anniversary

HB Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, celebrates his 63rd birthday anniversary. His Beatitude (born Nicholas Horeftakis), was born in Crete in 25 November 1954, where he completed his schooling. He is a graduate of the Rizarios Ecclesiastical School of Athens and holds a degree from the Theological Faculty of the…

Nov 25, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu

Patriarch Ilia announces locum tenens of Georgian Church

His Holiness Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II chose today, when the Georgian Church is celebrating its greatly-beloved feast of the martyrdom of St. George, to make an historic announcement. Shortly before celebrating the Divine Liturgy in the Church of St. George-Kashveti in the center of the capital, the primate announced a locum tenens for the patriarchal throne…

Nov 23, 2017Gheorghe Anghel

Patriarch of Moscow and Archbishop of Canterbury issue joint statement on persecuted Christians

On Tuesday, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and Archbishop Justin of Canterbury issued a joint statement on persecuted Christians. The meeting between Patriarch Kirill and the Primate of the Anglican Community, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, took place at St Daniel Monastery in Moscow, on November 21. Joint Declaration by Patriarch Kirill…

Nov 22, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

12th enthronement anniversary of His Beatitude Theophilos III

His Beatitude Theophilos III celebrates on 22 November 2017 his 12th enthronement anniversary. His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine (known in the world as Elias Giannopoulos, his parents, Panagiotes-Triseugenia) was born in Gargalianes of the County of Triphylia-Messinia, in 1952.  He arrived in Jerusalem in July 1964 and…

Nov 22, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu

His Beatitude Kirill celebrates his 71st birthday

His Beatitude Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrates on 20 November 2017 his 71st birthday. His Beatitude Kirill (secular name Vladimir M. Gundyaev) was born on November 20, 1946, in Leningrad. After graduation from school, he entered the Leningrad Seminary and later the Leningrad Theological Academy, from which he graduated cum laude in 1970. On…

Nov 20, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu

His Beatitude Anastasios celebrates his 45th episcopal consecration anniversary

The current primate of the Albanian Orthodox Church celebrates on 19 November 2017 his 45th episcopal consecration anniversary. His Beatitude Anastasios Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and All Albania, was born on November 4, 1929, in Piraeus, Greece. Archbishop Anastasios (Yannoulatos) Professor of History of Religions (1972-92) and Dean of the Theological Faculty of the National and…

Nov 19, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu

In pictures: Refurbishment of the Holy Shrine of Saints Joachim and Anna

The refurbishment of the Monastery of Saints Joachim and Anna in Jerusalem was completed in September 2017, the official newsgate of the Jerusalem Patriarchate reports. The Abbot of the Monastery, the Very Rev. Archimandrite Meletios carried out this project with an additional support from the donations made by pilgrims. The restoration included the Church and…

Nov 17, 2017Sorin Ioniţe

Download “On the Holy and Great Council of Crete – Q&A” eBook (English, Russian)

With the blessing of the Holy Synod, the Basilica Publishing House of the Romanian Patriarchate has recently published a brochure On the Holy and Great Council of Crete – Questions and Answers. The volume includes answers to 53 frequently asked questions regarding the Holy and Great Council, convened in Crete on 19-26 June 2016. The…

Nov 17, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Georgian Parliament Chairman visits St Anthimos Monastery in Bucharest

On Wednesday, the Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, Irakli Kobakhidze, visited Saint Anthimos Monastery in Bucharest. His Grace Varlaam of Ploiesti, Assistant Bishop to the Patriarch, welcomed the Georgian delegation at the monastery. The Georgian official laid a Georgian flag floral wreath at the statue of Saint Anthimos the Iberian (or Georgian) built in…

Nov 16, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu