International

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

Primates of Orthodox Churches concelebrate festive Divine Liturgy at Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow marking St Tikhon’s enthronement centenary

On 4 December 2017, a festive Divine Liturgy was celebrated at Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow to mark the enthronement centenary of St Tikhon, the first Russian Patriarch after the restoration of the Patriarchate in the Russian Orthodox Church in 1917. Installed in the centre of the church was the shrine with the holy…

Dec 9, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Eldress Theophania, abbess of the Intercession Monastery: Saint Matrona brings all to the faith in Christ

Before presenting His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel with the icon of Saint Matrona of Moscow, Stavrophore Eldress Theophania, the abbess of the Intercession Monastery, gave a speech in which she expressed her joy for the Divine Liturgy celebrated for the first time in history by a Romanian Patriarch at this monastery, stressing the quick help that…

Dec 8, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia meets with His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania

On Sunday, 3 December 2017, His Beatitude Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania at the patriarchal residence in St Daniel Monastery, during the visit of the delegation of the Romanian Orthodox Church on the celebrations dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the restoration of the patriarchal…

Dec 8, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu