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Patriarchate of Jerusalem | Patriarch Theophilos celebrates Divine Liturgy on Mount Tabor (VIDEO)

On Saturday, 6th/19th August 2017, on the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, His Beatitude Theophilos, Patriarch of Jerusalem, officiated Vespers in the evening and the outdoor midnight Vigil. Concelebrants for the divine services included: Metropolitan Ieronymos of Mouanza in Tanzania – Patriachate of Alexandria, Metropolitan Timotheos of Bozra – Patriachate of Jerusalem, Metropolitan…

Aug 24, 2017Andrei Pau

International Conference in Bose, Italy. The Ecumenical Patriarch and the Patriarch of Alexandria to participate in the event

Two Patriarchs will attend the Ecumenical International Conference on Orthodox Spirituality in Bose, Italy. His All Holiness Bartholomeos, Ecumenical Patriarch, and His Beatitude Theodoros II, Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, are among the guests of the event which will take place on September 6-9, 2017. The program of the conference is as follows: Wednesday…

Aug 24, 2017Gheorghe Anghel

VIDEO | Ecumenical Patriarch intends to attend Bucharest’s National Cathedral consecration ceremony. ‘We are proud of the Romanian Church’

We follow from the Phanar, from the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the great and varied activity of the Holy Church of Romania, His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew said in an exclusive Trinitas TV interview, adding that we are proud of our once a daughter, and now the sister Church of Romania, to which I convey a special…

Aug 23, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

The Orthodox Exarchate of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Hungary recieves several bulidings in Budapest

On Friday, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew embarked on an official four-day visit to Hungary at the invitation of the country’s authorities. During the visit, His All-Holiness was presented with a building complex located in the center of Budapest, which the Hungarian Government has decided to donate for the needs of the Orthodox Exarchate of…

Aug 21, 2017Sorin Ioniţe

Large Crowd Gathers at Saint Paisios Tomb on his Feast day (VIDEO)

Thousands of worshipers traveled to Thessaloniki, Greece, in order to pay their respects to the Saint Paisios, whose tomb is located at the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian, Souroti, according to greekreporter.com. Saint Paisios was canonized on January 13, 2015 by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, 21 years after his death in…

Jul 14, 2017Sorin Ioniţe

Patriarch Irinej of Serbia celebrates today his 43rd anniversary of episcopal consecration. Many and blessed years!

His Holiness Patriarch Irinej (Gavrilovic) of Serbia was born in the village of Vidova, near town of Cacak, Serbia, on 28 August, 1930. His baptismal name is Miroslav. He finished elementary school in his village, and later on high school in Cacak. Thereupon he enrolled and completed Theological Seminary in Prizren, Kosovo and Metochia, and…

Jul 14, 2017Gheorghe Anghel

Schedule for glorification of St. Mardarije of Libertyville and All-America announced

The schedule for the upcoming ceremonies surrounding the official glorification of St. Mardarije of Libertyville and All-America on July 14-16 is now available on the site of the Serbian Orthodox Church, as well as the site of St. Sava Monastery in Libertyville, where his incorrupt relics lie. The event is expected to be a pan-Orthodox event, “reflecting our unity…

Jul 14, 2017Gheorghe Anghel

St. Vlasios of Akarnania Celebrated in Greece

In a joyful and festive atmosphere, the first official commemoration of the memory of the hieromartyr St. Vlasios of Akarnania and those martyred with him was celebrated in Sklavaina of Vonitsa, Acarnania, Greece, reports Romfea. The official glorification ceremony of St. Vlasios and his companions took place in August 2016 in the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Participating in…

Jul 12, 2017Gheorghe Anghel

25 Years since the canonical revival of the Orthodox Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania

  Although formal freedom was already restored to the country, the beginning of the 1990s was a dramatic time period for the Community of the Orthodox faithful in Albania, informs orthodoxalbania.org. There was no surviving bishop, and no potential candidate who could be ordained to such a rank; only 15 retired and ailing clergy remained.…

Jun 28, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu

Communique | Romanian Skete Prodromos denies cessation of commemoration of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

The Romanian Skete of St John the Forerunner (Prodromos) of Mount Athos has issued a communique in which it denied the cessation of commemoration of the Ecumenical Patriarch at the divine services, as states false information disseminated by the media. Moreover, the communique sheds light upon the case of some monastics, excluded from the Skete,…

Jun 27, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

The visit of His Beatitude the Patriarch of Jerusalem to Constantinople and Cappadocia

The visit of His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos at the Ecumenical Patriarchate and later on to Cappadocia began on Friday, 16th June 2017. According to www.jp-newsgate.net, His Beatitude was invited by the All-Holy Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomeos for this visit, as the latter has undertaken pilgrimage tours to Churches and Holy Monasteries…

Jun 20, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu