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Orthodox chapel consecrated at Iași International Airport

The Orthodox chapel of the Holy Prophet Elijah the Tishbite at Iași International Airport was consecrated on Tuesday. The blessing service was celebrated by His Eminence Metropolitan Teofan of Moldavia and Bukovina of the Romanian Orthodox Church. The event was attended by local authorities and airport management and employees. The idea of building a chapel…

Jul 1, 2021Sorin Ioniţe

His Beatitude Patriarch Kirill celebrates prayer service at the site of St. Bartholomew’s martyrdom

On 14 November 2019, His Beatitude Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated a prayer service at the remains of the chapel of St. Bartholomew in the capital of Azerbaijan. Church tradition holds that St. Bartholomew, one of Christ’s twelve apostles, suffered and died for the Saviour here. A Christian church was built on…

Nov 18, 2019Mihail Mere-Albe

Novak Djokovic ready to help an Orthodox chapel in Nice

The tennis champion Novak Djokovic said he was ready to help preserve the Dormition chapel in Nice, Orthodoxie.com reports. Tennis player Novak Djokovic said he was ready to help the Orthodox Dormition Chapel in Nice (Serbian diocese), located in a building that could otherwise be sold. Novak Djokovic: “Before I am an athlete, I am…

Mar 29, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

First Orthodox Chapel in Iceland consecrated

The consecration of the temporary chapel of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker took place on Wednesday in Reykjavik at the construction site of the future site of the first Orthodox church in Iceland, the Russian embassy in Iceland, reports orthochristian.com. Representatives of the Orthodox community, as well as the Russian Ambassador to Iceland Anton Vasilliev took…

Jan 16, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu

The Patriarch of Romania at the Chapel of the National Cathedral

Apr 14, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu