International

His Beatitude Patriarch John X pays historic visit to New York

The Patriarch is on a visit to the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America which includes nine Dioceses containing over 275 cathedrals, churches, and missions throughout the United States and Canada. The visit began on Friday, 20 October. His Beatitude will be in the Washington DC area to meet with the leadership of the…

Oct 24, 2017Gheorghe Anghel

Patriarchate of Antioch proclaims 2018 as Solemn Year of St Joseph of Damascus and St Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia

During its working session held in October 2017 under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarch John X, the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Antioch made various decisions regarding the life of believers in the Orthodox Church of Antioch and All East. In order to offer the Antiochian Saints as examples to be followed by the faithful,…

Oct 24, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

HB Theodoros II celebrates his 13th anniversary as Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa 

HB Theodoros II celebrates Thursday his 13th anniversary as Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa. His Beatitude (born Nicholas Horeftakis), was born in Crete in 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 Aristotelian…

Oct 24, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu

Bucharest will welcome three Church leaders next week

At the invitation of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, the leaders of three Autocephalous Orthodox Churches will attend this year’s celebrations in honour of Saint Demetrios the New, Protector of Bucharest. His Beatitude Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Beatitude Anastasios, Archbishop of Albania, and His Beatitude Rastislav, Metropolitan of the Czech Lands and…

Oct 20, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Altars dedicated to Sts. Paisios and Porphyrios consecrated in Athens suburb

Two side altars in the Church of the Great Martyr Demetrios of Thessaloniki in the Athens suburb of Agios Dimitrios in the Attica region, one of which is dedicated to the great elders of our times Sts. Paisios and Porphyrios, were consecrated on Sunday 15 October 2017. The second altar is dedicated to the Portaitissa…

Oct 17, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu

Ecumenical Patriarch delivers keynote address to Arctic Circle Assembly (full text)

In a keynote speech during the Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavík, Iceland, Ecumenical Patriarch His All-Holiness Bartholomew I termed their purpose “a fresh deliberation on the fate of the earth.” The assembly, which drew more than 2,000 participants from 50 countries, joined religious leaders with scientists, government officials, advocates, and indigenous people on Oct. 13-15…

Oct 17, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Ecumenical Patriarch at Arctic Circle Assembly: ‘We have to change how we perceive and treat the world’

On Friday, at the invitation of Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, former President of Iceland, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew delivered the keynote address to the Arctic Circle Assembly before a gathering of 2,000 participants from governments, corporations, universities and ecological institutions. The Ecumenical Patriarch spoke on the importance and influence of religion on raising awareness on…

Oct 14, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Permanent Committee on Consensus and Collaboration of the WCC met on Rhodes

From responding to divisions within churches and communities, to addressing fair representation within the World Council of Churches (WCC), the Permanent Committee on Consensus and Collaboration (PCCC) of the WCC met from 2-6 October in Rhodes, Greece, hosted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate, through the hospitality of H. E. Metropolitan Kyrillos of Rhodes. Co-moderated by H.E.…

Oct 13, 2017Sorin Ioniţe

Archbishop Demetrios visits National Braille Press and receives first copies of books for Orthodox, ever published in Braille

His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios visited the National Braille Press on September 14, 2017. During the visit he received the first copies of Speaking to God, My Orthodox Prayer book, and the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom printed in Braille by the National Braille Press for the Department of Religious Education of the Archdiocese of America. It is believed…

Oct 12, 2017Gheorghe Anghel

Message of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America

Let the children come to me, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19.14) Beloved brothers and sisters in the Lord, We, the Hierarchs of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America, who have gathered in Garfield, New Jersey on October 3-5, 2017 for our eighth annual meeting,…

Oct 12, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Kirill to CROCEU members: We, as the one Orthodox Church, have common views, and we need to represent our interests together

On 8 October 2017, after the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Holy Dormition of the Lavra of the Holy Trinity and St. Sergius, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with participants in the off-site session of the Committee of Representatives of the Orthodox Churches to the European Union (CROCEU),…

Oct 10, 2017Sorin Ioniţe