A documentary about one of the last remaining spiritual centers of Orthodox faith in Kosovo today – the monastery of High Decani. This film is also a testimony that true spiritual life is ultimate diplomacy given our innate ability to forgive, show compassion, and love one another.
On March 22, 2008, a meeting of the Synod of Bishops was held at Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY, chaired by His Eminence Archbishop Hilarion of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand.
Archpriest Zakaria Machitadze
In the second half of the 10th century King Davit Kuropalates founded Khakhuli Monastery in the historical region of Tao, at the gorge of the Khakhuli River, where it joins the Tortumi River.
His Holiness Alexey II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
It is with grief that I learned of the death of the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, His Eminence Metropolitan Laurus. In a telephone conversation with His Eminence Archbishop Mark of Berlin and Germany, we remembered the many years of labor of the venerable archpastor and the zealous servant of the Church of Christ.
President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation expressed his condolences over the death of His Eminence Metropolitan Laurus, Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, to His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II, reports the government press service.
