Bishop Irenei of London and Western Europe addresses the faithful on Church Life and the Coronavirus. Read the full text below:   To the faithful and beloved children of this God-preserved Diocese! As we enter now fully into this lenten period leading to the bright Resurrection of Christ, we find ourselves also in a period…

Metropolitan Vladimir celebrated the Divine Liturgy in St. Theodore of Tyre Monastery (Ciuflea) in Chisinau on the Cheesefare Sunday. Concelebrating to the first hierarch were Bishop Anatolie of Cahul and Comrat, and Bishop Nicodim of Edinet and Briceni. The arch-pastors were assisted at the Liturgy by archpriest Vadim Cheibas, Secretary of the Metropolis of Moldova,…

The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America has released its Encyclical for the Sunday of Orthodoxy. Read the full text below:   Sunday of Orthodoxy 2020 “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man” (John 1:51)…

During their February 27th meeting, the Executive Committee of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops USA (ACOB) appointed Metropolitan Tikhon as Chair of the Committee for Monastic Communities and Archbishop Benjamin as Chair of the Committee for Liturgy. The Committee for Monastic Communities is tasked with archiving and cataloging, as well as studying and comparing…

At the instruction of the chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, the representative of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia to the Patriarch of Great Antioch and All the East, Hegumen Arseny (Sokolov) visited the Syrian representation of the International Committee of the Red Cross based…

Resources (PDF) His Eminence’s letter Message to the congregation Letter from Antiochian Women Vice President​ Beloved Antiochian Woman of our God-Protected Archdiocese: This month, “Women Month” as we commonly refer to it in the Archdiocese, coincides with the beginning and first part of the Great Fast and always includes the Great Feast of the Annunciation….

Koliva: Definition Koliva is a dish, consisting of boiled wheat that is used liturgically in the Eastern Orthodox Church for commemorations of the dead. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, koliva is blessed during funerals, as well as during the memorial service (mnemosyno) that is performed at various intervals after a person’s death and on special…

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The Basilica of the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem will be temporarily closed for precautionary reasons, following the confirmation of a series of Covid-19 virus infections in the West Bank, an unnamed ecclesiastical spokesman said. The health minister of the Palestinian Authority has called for churches and mosques to temporarily suspend services for the faithful,…