10th anniversary of repose of Fr. Roman Braga

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10th anniversary of repose of Fr. Roman Braga

Holy Dormition Monastery will host a weekend in his honor, May 2–4. The schedule includes a number of liturgical services, with Hierarchical Divine Liturgies on Saturday and Sunday, and several talks about Fr. Roman.

Relics of Sts. Cleopa (Ilie) and Paisie (Olaru) uncovered (+VIDEO)

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Relics of Sts. Cleopa (Ilie) and Paisie (Olaru) uncovered (+VIDEO)

The rite was led by His Grace Bishop Nichifor of Botoșani and His Grace Bishop Veniamin of Southern Bessarabia, with a host of clerics. The relics of the great saints were carefully removed from their resting place, cleaned of soil, and reverently placed in new wooden coffins.

Frankfurt: Consecration of Serbian church by Serbian and Russian hierarchs (+VIDEO)

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Frankfurt: Consecration of Serbian church by Serbian and Russian hierarchs (+VIDEO)

A new Serbian Orthodox church in Germany was consecrated on Thomas Sunday, April 27.

Metropolitan of Limassol and Abbot of Vatopedi ask Serbian Patriarch for relics of great Serbian saints

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Metropolitan of Limassol and Abbot of Vatopedi ask Serbian Patriarch for relics of great Serbian saints

His Holiness Patriarch Porfirije of the Serbian Orthodox Church was visited yesterday by His Eminence Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus and Elder Ephraim, the abbot of Vatopedi Monastery on Mt. Athos.

Belarus: Consecration of renovated cathedral, home to 555-year-old wonderworking icon

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Belarus: Consecration of renovated cathedral, home to 555-year-old wonderworking icon

On Bright Saturday, April 26, His Eminence Metropolitan Benjamin of Minsk, primate of the Belarusian Orthodox Church, led the consecration of the renovated Holy Dormition Cathedral at the Holy Dormition-Zhirovichi Monastery.