Orthodox faithful came out for a procession through the streets of Câmpulung Moldovenesc in northeastern Romania on Sunday, accompanying a centuries-old wonderworking icon of the Theotokos through the city for the third year running.
The textbook is designed for students at theological institutions of higher education, specifically seminarians studying English as a second language.
Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople marked the 65th anniversary of his ordination to the diaconate with a concelebrated Liturgy on his native island of Imbros, joined by Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and Archbishop John of Albania.
The visit came as part of a broader trip to Kenya by Metropolitan Konstantin. Following the service, Metropolitan Konstantin met with catechists who assist the dean at parishes in the area, speaking and praying with them.
The diocese frames organ donation as an expression of love, solidarity, and care for neighbor, and calls on the faithful to support it.
The hierarch calls on the faithful not respond to the accusations with anger or hostility.
His Holiness Patriarch Daniil of Bulgaria joined hundreds of pilgrims this week on a six-day, 75-mile procession retracing the path once taken by the relics of St. John of Rila, walking the final stretch to the Seven Rila Lakes before the group completed its journey at Rila Monastery.
Thousands of pilgrims gathered at the Annunciation Monastery in Supraśl, Poland, on August 9-10 to mark the feast of the Supraśl Icon of the Mother of God, one of the Polish Orthodox Church’s most celebrated feasts of the Theotokos.
The monument was unveiled in the 160th anniversary year of the saint’s birth.
Part of the relics of St. Gorazd I, a disciple of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, have returned to Greater Moravia from Albania after 1,200 years, and they’re now resting in the cathedral church of the Olomouc-Brno Diocese of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia.
Every August, the Orthodox faithful gather in Corfu to celebrate the great St. Spyridon of Tremithus, one of the most beloved saints not only of the Church in Greece, but of the entire Orthodox Church.
A Michigan parish of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia is helping to raise awareness about human trafficking and support young victims.
Archangel Michael Orthodox Church in Broadview Heights (Orthodox Church in America) blessed and assembled the backpacks, which were filled with school supplies, as part of FOCUS’s Back to School Backpack Program.
The ship set off on its 30th charitable voyage on August 10, marking three decades of the spiritual and medical outreach mission.
The diocese is in constant contact with Metropolitan Joseph and thanks the clergy and faithful who’ve been praying for his health.
A three-year effort to stabilize and preserve the 19th-century Old St. Nicholas Church, the oldest standing building in the Municipality of Anchorage, has wrapped up.
The Diocese of New England of the Orthodox Church in America hopes to open a monastery in Vermont in the near future.
The visit came at the invitation of Hierodeacon Chrysostom, abbot of the Koutloumousiou Skete of St. Panteleimon in Karyes, where Bishop Partenij was set to preside at the feast-day Vigil and Divine Liturgy for the Great Martyr and Healer St. Panteleimon.
Hundreds of young Orthodox Christians in Kenya gathered on August 6 to honor the recently canonized founder of their organization, marking 60 years since its establishment.
A miracle has been reported from the recent visit of the miraculous Hawaiian Iveron Icon of the Mother of God to a hospital in Sofia, Bulgaria.
