Orthodox Church

Austria: An increasing number of students attend Orthodox Religious Education

In Austria, an increasing number of students are attending Orthodox Religion in school, katholisch.de reports. In the school year 2018/19, there were around 13,600 students at almost 1,000 locations. A year before (2017/18), there were 12,682 students at 912 locations. By comparison, in 2012/13, only 10,003 students attended Orthodox Religion classes, while 15 years ago…

Jul 9, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

The Week in Pictures: July 1 – 7, 2019

The news in pictures. A selection of photographs from around the Orthodox world, covering a variety of topics from church celebrations to national holidays and spiritual life.

Jul 9, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

The Week in Pictures: June 24 – 30, 2019

The news in pictures. A selection of photographs from around the Orthodox world, covering a variety of topics from church celebrations to national holidays and spiritual life.

Jul 2, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Middle East Orthodox Primates to meet again in Nicosia

The four Primates of the Autocephalous Orthodox Churches in the Middle East will meet a second time in Nicosia in the near future in an effort to find a solution for the ecclesial issue of Ukraine. The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria addressed for the first time the issue of granting autocephaly to Ukraine in…

Jun 25, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

New Orthodox Church to be built in Salt Lake City

The Church of the holy preeminent Apostles Peter and Paul in the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America is planned to be built by this winter in Salt Lake City, OrthoChristian reports. After a year and a half of searching for a suitable place, the parish was able to acquire a plot of land…

Jun 10, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Communique: The Orthodox Church commemorates all heroes, does not glorify all of them

Because sometimes the Romanian media refers to the glorification of the persons who suffered persecutions during the communist regime in our country or even died in the communist jails, we provide the following information: The canonization of Saints has the role to profess, to strengthen and to convey the true faith so as to guide…

Jun 5, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

The Week in Pictures: May 6 – 12, 2019

Our selection of the best photos in the Orthodox world from last week.

May 18, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel thanks Christian women for cultivating and confessing the faith in Christ

On the Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women, the Patriarch of Romania congratulated all pious and confessing Christian women for their mission. ‘We convey congratulations, thanks and blessings to all women who cultivate and confess through prayer, in word and deed the faith in the crucified and risen Christ, spreading light and joy in the life…

May 15, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

The new Archbishop of Australia at the Ecumenical Patriarch and the Holy Synod

On Friday, May 10, at noon, the new Archbishop Makarios of Australia presented himself in front of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and the Holy Synod, so as to accept his election with the small Message, Romfea News reports. “It is a great joy to announce that you were unanimously elected Archbishop of Australia”, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew…

May 11, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Video of boy singing troparion to St Ephraim of Nea Makri goes viral on social media

A video of a young boy chanting a church hymn to Saint Ephraim of Nea Makri in front of the Saint’s icon has gone viral on social media. The clip that shows a boy kneeling in front of a large icon of Saint Ephraim seems to have been shot a few weeks ago in Crete.…

May 6, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Priest from Bucharest Monastery offers Paschal Light to Romanians living in Dubai

A priest from Radu Voda Monastery in Bucharest was appointed by the Patriarch of Romania to travel to Dubai to officiate all Easter services for the Romanian Orthodox community there. During his mission from April 21 to May 1, 2019, the V. Rev. Protosyncellus Iachint Vardianu officiated the services in Romanian language at the Annunciation…

May 4, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu