London

A short photo trip into London’s Brompton Cemetery, where Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh rests

In a central area of west London, covering 16 hectares, lies Brompton Cemetery. It is part of a chain of seven cemeteries established between 1833 and 1854, known as “London’s Magnificent Seven,” designed as “garden cemeteries.” By 1900, around 155,000 graves appeared, followed by another 50,000 before the cemetery was closed to new burials from…

May 13, 2025Raluca-Emanuela Ene

Patriarch Daniel congratulates Romanian Archbishop of Great Britain, on his enthronement: We assure you of our prayers

Patriarch Daniel addressed a message of congratulations to His Eminence Atanasie on the occasion of his enthronement as first Archbishop of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. His Eminence Hon Metropolitan Nifon, Archbishop of Târgoviște and Patriarchal Exarch, is attending the ceremony in London as a delegate of the Patriarch. In…

May 10, 2025Sorin Ioniţe

World’s first printed Christmas card goes on display at Dickens museum

The world’s first printed Christmas card, an artwork created in 1843 that went on to spawn a global industry, has gone on show at the Charles Dickens Museum in London. Designed by Henry Cole and illustrated by John Callcott Horsley, in the same year that Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was published, the hand-coloured card shows a family…

Nov 25, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Archbishop Chrysostomos of Cyprus undergoes successful operation

His Beatitude Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Cyprus underwent a successful operation on Tuesday night in London, reports orthodoxia.info. The surgery began at a London clinic around 6 PM on Tuesday to remove two small tumors on His Beatitude’s liver by laparoscopic surgery. According to the first reports, doctors say they are satisfied with the outcome of…

Oct 19, 2018Florin Nicolaie