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Bessarabia Metropolitan meets with Moldova’s President Maia Sandu
On Good Friday, His Eminence Metropolitan Petru of Bessarabia met with Her Excellency Maia Sandu, President of the Republic of Moldova. Metropolitan Petru discussed the objectives, pastoral duties, and social engagements of the Romanian Orthodox…
Ecumenical Patriarch: Orthodox spirituality does not recognize the utopianism of a Resurrection without Crucifixion, nor the pessimism of the Cross without the Resurrection
“Orthodox spirituality does not recognize the utopianism of a Resurrection without Crucifixion, nor the pessimism of the Cross without the Resurrection,” noted His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in his patriarchal encyclical for Holy Pascha. Full…
Holy Fire has descended in Church of Holy Sepulchre at 2.13 PM
The Holy Fire has descended in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, at about PM. After the Fire’s descent, the Patriarch passed the holy gift to the faithful who lit from it their…
Patriarch of Jerusalem, the City of Peace, proclaims Resurrection, calls for an end to hostilities in the Holy Land
Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem sent an Easter message on Wednesday proclaiming the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ and calling for an end to all hostilities in the region – “primarily to Gaza, the…
Metropolitan Teofan’s Easter encyclical calls for prayer for those troubled by war
“Let us show a merciful heart towards those in need. Let us raise a thought of prayer for our fellows whose lives are troubled by the war in Ukraine, in the Holy Land and other parts…