A late 19th-early 20th century icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker was recently returned to the Belarusian Orthodox Church. The icon was preserved throughout the soviet years by the family of a former teacher of the spiritual school in the city of Orsha, in northeastern Belarus. Following the fall of the USSR, the icon was…

His Beatitude John X met with the bishops and priests of Damascus and its countryside in the Patriarchate. The meeting included a lecture by the Very Reverend Archimandrite John Al-Talli on the priest’s role in pastoral family care. This lecture, based on his new book “The Family, an Icon of the Church”, came within the…

Ambassador of Ukraine Yevhen Korneichuk discussed with Patriarch Theophilos III the situation around World Orthodoxy and the OCU. On February 4, 2021, Ambassador of Ukraine to Israel Yevgen Korniychuk met with Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem in the premises of the Patriarchate of the Jerusalem Orthodox Church, according to the official website of the Embassy…

The Orthodox Diocese of Covasna and Harghita donated 10 tons of potatoes to the Miercurea Ciuc city council to prepare meals for the Roma people temporarily accommodated in the city sports hall. They were taken in after a fire destroyed their houses in January. Bishop Andrei of Covasna and Harghita declared for Romania’s national news…

His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew sent on Monday a letter to His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel in which he expressed the “deep compassion” of the Ecumenical Patriarchate following a fire that broke out at the Matei Balş National Institute for Infectious Diseases in Bucharest. “We pray for the rest of the souls of the innocent victims…

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The Web Magazine Pemptousia is organizing the “1st e-Meeting with Elder Ephraim and Romanian Psychologists, Psychiatrists and Neurologists” Elder Ephraim will speak for 30-40 minutes and then a dialogue with the participants will follow. The total duration of the meeting will be 2 hours, during which there will be a parallel translation into English. Also, Romanian…

Saturday the 30th and Sunday 31st the Archdiocesan District of Northcote dedicated events in honour of our students, teachers and educational institutions, since the 3 Hierarchs are patrons for education. Saturday morning was celebrated with the Divine Liturgy followed by refreshments in the book centre of the Holy Monastery. On Saturday evening a Youth Tavern…

The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco Greek Language and Culture Ministry sponsored a virtual event in celebration of the Feast of the Three Hierarchs and Greek Letters Day on Saturday, January 30, 2021. The event was livestreamed from the Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church in Anchorage, AK, with presentations from Greek School and Sunday…