“It was unfair and improper that 50 out of the 80 years since the Fântâna Albă massacre were years of silence,” said His Grace Assistant Bishop Damaschin of Dorna on Thursday during a memorial service held in memory of the approximately 3,000 Romanians killed on April 1, 1941, in the Varnița forest. The Assistant Bishop…

In his interview to Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Vladimir Legoyda, Chairman of the Synodal Department for Church’s Relations with Society and Mass Media, pointed out that modern relations between the Russian Church and the state, in contrast to the pre-revolutionary and Soviet times, is characterized by the greatest degree of freedom of the Church. “As for the present day, I…

Dinamo Bucharest football team manager, Mario Nicolae, said in a video that he started to put his Orthodox faith into practice. The announcement was made in response to those interested in why he left his hair long and grew a beard. “I became a practicing Orthodox Christian. As I always had to be. I have always had…

The spokesman of the Romanian Patriarchate, Vasile Bănescu, offered assurances that the Holy Easter services will take place normally this year. “In connection with the misunderstanding about the time interval for lifting mobility restrictions (on foot or by personal means of transport) on the night of the Resurrection, a misunderstanding that some hastened to speculate…

Developing and expanding social services was at the forefront of the annual general assembly of the Patriarchate of Romania’s Charity Federation, which was held earlier this week at the Caraiman Monastery’s Holy Cross social pastoral center. The purpose of the Charity Federation is to increase the impact and effectiveness of social activities, as well as…

The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, this week received the ambassador of Cyprus to Belgrade, Demetrios Theophylactou. The Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church expressed his gratitude for the Cypriot people’s affection towards the Serbian nation. Theophylactou thanked His Holiness for the warm reception and underlined the friendly ties between the island republic and…

A Doxology service was celebrated on Thursday, April 1, at the cathedral of St. Paraskevi in the south-central city of Livadia, officiated by the Metropolitan of Thebes & Livadia, His Eminence Georgios, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the liberation of the town from Ottoman rule. A Trisagion memorial service was held afterwards,…

The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, was on hand on Thursday for a Greek Independence Day commemoration in Nashville, Tennessee, where he received a proclamation from the city’s mayor, John Cooper, at the Nashville Parthenon, a landmark replica of the actual Parthenon atop the Acropolis in central Athens. The Archbishop was also received by…

The Church today venerates the memory of Titus the Wonder-worker, as well as Amphianos and Aedesios, the Martyrs of Lycia.