Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I presided over the Divine Liturgy on Sunday for the patronal feast of the Romanian Church of the Holy Virgin-Martyr Paraskevi in Constantinople. “With the certainty of this life and of the universal resurrection, we honour the memory of St Paraskevi, who suffered martyrdom for her faith in the risen Christ,” His…
The Church of Saint Paraskevi in Pikridion, which was founded by Saint Constantine Brancoveanu and is now the spiritual home of the Romanian community in Constantinople, celebrated its patronal feast on July 26. “According to the established tradition, on July 26, Romanian and Greek Orthodox Christians in Istanbul gathered in the centre of the metropolis…
His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on Friday celebrated the Divine Liturgy at one of Constantinople’s churches founded by Ruler Prince Saint Constantine Brâncoveanu in 1692. The Church is dedicated to the glorious Virgin-Martyr Saint Paraskevi and has been the spiritual home of Romanians in Istanbul and the surroundings since 2004. This year’s patronal feast was…
