The central state event to commemorate the Remembrance Day of All Victims and Exiles of the Serbs in the Croatian armed operation “Storm” was held on August 4, 2019 in the Krusedol Monastery in Fruska Gora, Syrmium. The parastasis rite for the repose of souls of the victims was served by His Holiness Serbian Patriarch…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan oversaw a ceremonial laying of the foundation stone for the construction of the first new church building in Turkey in nearly a century. In a ceremony held Saturday in Istanbul, Erdogan celebrated the beginning of construction for the new church, which will serve the local Syriac Christian community and will…

The Jerualem Patriarchate has released the following statement in relation to the properties of Jaffa Gate:   Holy City of Jerusalem, 5th August 2019. The Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem views the attempts of the radical organization, Ateret Cohanim, to seize church properties located in Jerusalem’s Jaffa Gate and al-Mu’athamiyah, as a strike to the indigenous…

On Sunday July 22/ August 4, 2019, the commemoration of the Holy Myrrh-bearer and Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalene, was celebrated with especial liturgical brilliance at the Holy Russian Nunnery dedicated to the Saint in Gethsemane. Before the end of the Divine Liturgy, the Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos visited the Holy Nunnery, escorted by Geronda Secretary-General Most…

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The Monastery of St. John the Baptist in Tolleshunt Knights, near Essex, England is the oldest Orthodox monastic community in the country. It was founded in 1958 by Elder Sophrony (Sakharov), the spiritual child of St. Silouan the Athonite who is himself venerated throughout the Orthodox world. Elder Sophrony served as the monastery’s abbot until…

On the 4th August 2019, the first hierarch of the Orthodox Church of Moldova, Metropolitan Vladimir, celebrated the Divine Liturgy on the 6th Sunday after Pentecost at the Nativity of the Lord Cathedral in Chisinau. The hierarch was assisted at the service by archpriest Vadim Cheibas, Metropolitan Secretary and Cathedral Dean, and the Cathedral clergy….

His Holiness Patriarch Irinej celebrated in the church of St. Mary Magdalene in the village of Beli Potok, near Belgrade, at the foot of Mount Avala. The church was built in 1883 thanks to voluntary donations and the work of the local faithful. The church was built in the style of the Raška school. The…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I amid an official visit to the Republic of Turkey on August 7-8. “Negotiations between the head of state and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are planned as part of a visit to Ankara,” according to the president’s press…