The Divine Liturgy at the St. Columba Church in Dublin was celebrated by His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph of Western and Southern Europe, together with several other Romanian and other hierarchs.
The Church has seen growing interest in Orthodox Christianity, particularly among young people drawn to its Apostolic roots and traditions.
His Eminence Metropolitan Chrysostom (Martishkin), who led the Moscow Patriarchate’s Diocese of Vilnius and Lithuania from 1990 to 2010, reposed in the Lord on Christmas Eve, January 6.
His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Albania remains in critical condition in the hospital, two weeks after being admitted to a hospital in Tirana with the flu.
The recorded attacks include vandalism, break-ins, thefts, robberies, sacrilege, grave desecration, tomb raids, arson, and other desecrations.