His Holiness Porfirije, the Serbian Patriarch, presented the Order of St. Sava to Mr. Milorad Vucelic, editor-in-chief of Vecernje Novosti, in the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade, on October 7, 2021. The solemn award ceremony was attended by Their Graces Bishops Irinej of Backa, Fotije of Zvornik and Tuzla and David of Krusevac, family, friends and…

The church where many Pereslavl princes, including the great St. Alexander Nevsky, were baptized could soon be included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Holy Transfiguration Cathedral in the Pereslavl Kremlin, as well as the Rostov Kremlin Ensemble were included in the preliminary UNESCO Heritage list, Yaroslavl Province Governor Dmitry Mironov announced this…

On Thursday afternoon, October 7, the General Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece Mr. Themestoklis Dimiris, visited the Patriarchate of Jerusalem. Where he was accompanied by personal staff members from the ministry, the Ambassador of Greece in Israel Mr. Kyriakos Loukakis and the Consul General of Greece in Jerusalem Mr. Evangelos Vlioras.

The Romanian Orthodox Church’s St. Alexandra the Empress Counseling Center for Parents and Children opened on October 1, 2017. Since then, the center has supported more than 750 pregnant women and mothers with several children, reports the Basilica News Agency. The center offers free psychological counseling, therapy, support groups, breastfeeding classes, emergency material help, items…

A fire that broke out on Tuesday left a beautiful Orthodox church in southern Kazakhstan without a central dome, central altar area, an iconostasis, or interior decoration. Thankfully, the altar table of the Church of the Exaltation of the Cross in Alma-Ata survived, reports the Russian Church’s Metropolitan District in Kazakhstan. Services will now be…

18th-century Christ the Pantocrator and Panaghia Portaitissa (Iveron) icons were delivered to the Greek Consul General in Düsseldorf on Tuesday. The icons are among nearly 40 that were stolen from Holy Dormition Monastery in Makrion, Zagori, Greece, in 2007. Last year, the icons were discovered in the catalogue of a private art gallery in Europe,…

Memorial Service in Cardiff (South Wales) at the tomb of the late Archim. Gennadios Themelis, from Kalymnos With the inspirational guidance of His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain, as well as the coordinated efforts of Bishop Iakovos of Claudiopolis, who is the Bishop in charge of the historic Greek Orthodox Community of…

On Tuesday the 5th of October 2021, His Grace Bishop Elpidios of Kyanea was the keynote speaker at a Marriage Seminar held in the Seminar Room of the Archdiocesan District of Perth offices in Dianella, WA. His Grace opened the seminar by conveying to all the couples the love and best wishes of His Eminence…

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