The Romanian Orthodox community of London enjoyed a double celebration this weekend, with the great feast of Palm Sunday and the first Divine Liturgy in its new archdiocesan cathedral.
A truly glorious event took place on Lazarus Saturday, April 12, at Twelve Apostles Greek Orthodox Church in Hatfield, Hertfordshire County, England.
Around 13,000 pilgrims and numerous clergy from Bucharest and Ilfov filled the streets of Bucharest on Saturday for the annual procession in honor of the great feast of Palm Sunday.
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent an appeal to multiple religious and political leaders last week concerning the Estonian Parliament’s adoption of a law banning the Estonian Orthodox Christian Church.
The former abbot, Schema-Archimandrite Ambrose, who had lived and labored on the Holy Mountain since 1981 and served as abbot since 1997, reposed in the Lord on January 27.