The news in pictures. A selection of photographs from around the Orthodox world, covering a variety of topics from church celebrations to folk events and spiritual life.
The Week in Pictures: August 12 – 18, 2019
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Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America: Archbishop Elpidophoros Convenes First Ever Monastic Assembly
Archbishop Elpidophoros convened the first ever Monastic Assembly of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in the US to promote the value and importance of monasticism in the Orthodox Christian tradition and the spiritual life of the…
Patriarch Bartholomew: Divine Eucharist and Monasticism are “eschatological antibodies” that defended the Church from secularization
To the Most Reverend Archbishop of America Elpidophoros, most-honorable Exarch of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, beloved brother in the Holy Spirit and co-celebrant of our modesty, grace to your eminence and peace from God.…
23 September: International Day of Sign Languages
International Day of Sign Languages (IDSL) is celebrated annually across the world on 23 September every year. According to the World Federation of the Deaf, there are approximately 72 million deaf people worldwide. More than 80%…
Georgian Patriarch Ilia II receives new PM Giorgi Gakharia
One week after officially taking over as Georgia’s new Prime Minister, Giorgi Gakharia met with the Georgian Patriarch Ilia II at the Patriarchate in Tbilisi. His Beatitude Patriarch Ilia blessed the PM and wished him…
Patriarch Daniel re-consecrates Bucharest church where ‘village and city gather in joy of communion’
The Patriarch of Romania on Sunday officiated the re-consecration of a church in the Aparatorii Patriei neighbourhood in Bucharest, saying that in that place ‘the village and the city gather in the joy of communion.’…