The solemn celebration took place on the feast day of St. Joseph of Timișoara, diocesan patron.
The conference will run for several days and focuses on the interaction between theology, society, and technology in the modern era, particularly examining challenges posed by artificial intelligence and digital transformation.
A nearly century-old Ukrainian Orthodox church in rural Alberta was completely destroyed by arson on September 21, 2025, as part of what police describe as a crime spree in the Bellis area northeast of Edmonton.
Damage to arches and vaults, domes and cupolas, chimneys and masonry are among the problems recorded in inspections carried out at Mt. Athos monasteries following a long series of earthquakes.
The Metropolitan noted that today the Sixth Administrative Court of Appeal will begin judicial proceedings today on a lawsuit filed by Ukraine’s State Service for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience, the ultimate goal of which is to ban the activities of the Kiev Metropolia of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church.