The Patriarch of Romania sent a message before the national examination and baccalaureate. Patriarch Daniel first addressed the young people to whom he stressed the importance of these exams for their development. He also urged parents, professors and priests in the parishes to support them more intensely at the end of this difficult school year….

The Feast day of the Descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles – Pentecost was solemnly celebrated with the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy officiated by Bishop Grigorije of Dusseldorf and Germany in the church of the Resurrection of the Lord in Frankfurt. The Bishoo was concelebrated by Diocesan dean for South Germany protopresbyter-staurophor Aleksandar Skoric…

On Sunday of the Holy Pentecost, 7 June 2021, His Grace Bishop Irinej of Novi Sad and Backa, officiated the Holy Liturgy with the concelebration of the elected Bishop Isihije of Valjevo, brotherhood of the Cathedral church and deacons of Novi Sad, at the Cathedral church of Novi Sad. Following the end of the Liturgy,…

His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch celebrated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the Russian church of Holy Trinity at Tasmajdan Parkm the Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church in Belgrade on 21 June 2021, on Whit Monday. During the Holy Liturgy the Patriarch awarded a brother of the Holy Archangels Monastery in Kovilj hieromonk Jerotej (Pavlovic),…

His Holiness Porfirije, the Serbian Patriarch, received His Excellency Alexander Grushko, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, at the Patriarchal Palace in Belgrade, on June 18, 2021. Patriarch Porfirije and Deputy Minister Mr. Grushko in an open and friendly conversation expressed satisfaction with the strong friendly relations between the Republic of Serbia…

The picturesque, 19th-century wooden Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in the Estonian resort town of Narva-Jõesuu went up in flames for the second time this year last Thursday. More than 100 objects of high cultural value were damaged in the first incident in February, reports news.err.ee. Arson is suspected in…

A handful of pro-abortion activists showed up to interrupt the Orthodox prayer service being held outside an abortion clinic in Brooklyn on Saturday. As previously announced, the St. John the Forerunner Orthodox Pro-Life Society (formerly known as OCLife New York) held a moleben Saturday afternoon, led by His Eminence Archbishop Michael of New York and…

Beloved Faithful, In the Lauds of this morning’s Matins, we chanted the following phrase in praise of Pentecost: Ξένον ἄκουσμα, ξένον θέαμα, πῦρ διαιρούμενον εἰς νομὰς χαρισμάτων. Strange, that which was heard, strange, that which was seen, a Fire divided that these gifts may be apportioned. [1] This poetic hymn describes in concise – yet,…

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