The Orthodox chapel of the Holy Prophet Elijah the Tishbite at Iași International Airport was consecrated on Tuesday. The blessing service was celebrated by His Eminence Metropolitan Teofan of Moldavia and Bukovina of the Romanian Orthodox Church. The event was attended by local authorities and airport management and employees, reports the Basilica News Agency. The…

St Nectarios Greek Orthodox Church in Burwood is in the final stages of extensive restoration works by fixing the slate roof at the entrance to the church. The slate roof was in need of urgent restoration, with the specialist heritage work estimated to cost more than $20,000 to complete. But with the help of a…

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A memorial service was held on Thursday by the Bishop of Tulcea, His Grace Vissarion, at the notorious Periprava labor camp in the Danube Delta, which was operated by the tyrannical Romanian communist regime for decades.  

The historic Orthodox monastery of Soumela was reopened to the public on Thursday. According to press reports, some 90 percent of renovation works have been completed, with 10 chapels, an iconic bell tower, the guest house, the quarters for monks and students, as well as the cellars located north of the Church open for the…

Today marks the 12-year anniversary of the repose in the Lord of Elder Iosif of Vatopedi. One of the reposed Elder’s spiritual offspring is the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi. The Elder Iosif is considered as a modern-day reformer of the & Great Monastery of Vatopedi and…

The Church today venerates the memory of Cosmas & Damian, the Holy Un-mercenaries. These Saints, who are different from those celebrated on Nov. 1, were from Rome. They were physicians, freely bestowing healing, asking nothing from the healed other than that they confess and believe in Christ. They ended their life in martyrdom in the…

“Even if some slander us, gossip about us and make fun of us about our faith, calling us retrogrades, with a medieval mentality, relic-kissers, ignorant, we have a duty to make them draw closer, that they may see our lifestyle, to have the impetus to discover God,” Bishop Ignatie said during the Vespers service for…

As the day starts “earlier” in Australia due to its time zone, Romanians from this country were the first in the Romanian Diaspora to celebrate the feast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. The worship place has been recently restored and it was reconsecrated on July 1st, 2018, when it was also given a…