On July 5, 2015, the Day of the Family, Love and Fidelity, on the commemoration of Sts. Petr and Fevronia, was celebrated in Belgrade for the first time.
The final results in the Greek referendum have been announced. The Greek Ministry for Home Affairs has reported that all the ballots at the Greece’s polling stations were counted and, according to the final results, 61.31 percent of voters said “no” to the creditors’ proposals, while only 38.69 percent supported the proposals.
Frans Timmermans of the EU's executive branch is calling for all 28 EU member states to recognize and legalize gay marriage.
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His Eminence, Benjamin, Archbishop of San Francisco and the West, led the annual pilgrimage of clergy and faithful from the Diocese of the West to Fort Ross State Historic Park on Saturday, July 4, 2015. Faithful have been gathering at Fort Ross every year since July 4, 1925 for the celebration of the Divine Liturgy and fellowship at the first Orthodox chapel of prayer in the lower forty-eight.
Holy Cross Hermitage recently opened the St. John of San Francisco House which will serve as a place of quiet, and reception and housing for visitors.