His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent a message of condolences to Archbishop of Paris, Michel Aupetit, over the fire that broke out at the Notre Dame Cathedral on the 15th of April 2019. HIS EMINENCE MICHEL AUPETIT ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS Your Eminence, It grieved me deeply to learn about the devastating…
His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and all Greece has invited His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to visit Athens on May 23, 2019, to preside over the official opening of the St. Porphyrios Center for Gerontology and Welfare Support, in the presence of many dignitaries including Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos. The invitation was presented by…
ST. CATHERINE’S, EGYPT – (Reuters) – At St. Catherine’s Monastery at the foot of Egypt’s Mount Sinai, the silence in the library is broken only by low electrical humming, as an early manuscript is bathed in green light. A team from Greece are photographing thousands of fragile manuscripts, including some of the earliest copies of…
The UOL Lenten Retreat took place on Saturday, April 13, 2019 at St. Francis Center for Renewal in Bethlehem, PA. For the last several years the UOL has worked with ACRY (American Carpatho-Russian Youth) in hosting the retreat. The retreat was a huge success with one hundred and twenty seven participants. The event is truly…
The crisp, clear spring morning greeted the pilgrims pleasantly as they approached St. Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Church in Steelton, PA. The goal was to grow in Christ through education and prayer. Father Christopher welcomed around 20 faithful from the Harrisburg area to a retreat entitled: The Arena -The Battle of Great Lent. Fr. Theodore Paraskevopoulos,…
From April 3 – 4, 2019 the St. Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Church of Philadelphia was honored with a blessing from His Grace, Bishop Irinej, to host (for the first time in the parish’s history) the annual Diocesan Clergy Confession and Seminar. Along with His Grace, Bishop Irinej, brethren clergy from throughout our Diocese and clergy…
On March 31st, the 3rd Sunday Of Great and Holy Lent, The Sunday of the Cross, His Grace, Bishop Irinej, took the time out of his busy schedule to make his first-ever visit to our Parish. He was welcomed by our beloved Prota Stevo Rocknage. He was greeted by our two beautiful Serbian “devojke” –…
After touching encounters with the Serbs in Strpce and Kosovsko Pomoravlje, His Holiness Patriarch visited the Gracanica Monastery on 16 April 2019. Serbian Patriarch Irinej was solemnly greeted in Gracanica monastery by Bishop Teodosije of Raska-Prizren with abbess Stephanida as well as the sisterhood of the Gracanica. Following the prayer in the church of the…
A memorial service was officiated this week by the Patriarch of Bulgaria, His Holiness Neophyte, on the 94th anniversary of the St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, which took place on April 16, 1925. After the service, Bishop Polycarp, in an address, called on the faithful to pray for the victims of the politically-inspired…