Every year, World Orthodox Youth Day takes place in a different Polish city over the weekend closest to the feast of the Meeting of the Lord. This year, with the blessing of His Beatitude Metropolitan Sawa of Warsaw and All Poland, the celebration was held in Kraków, February 16-18.
On Thursday, February 15, Greek Parliament voted to legalize gay marriage and adoption by gay couples, making Greece the first Orthodox country to do so.
Bp. Konstantin commented simply: “The fact of the matter is that I am a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church. I am subordinate to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia as his vicar and to the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church as any of its bishops.”
His Holiness Patriarch Porfirije of the Serbian Orthodox Church arrived in New York City on Friday, February 16, for the start of his second primatial visit to America.
His Grace Bishop Andrei will serve as Episcopate administrator until Abp. Nathaniel’s return.