Holy Fire arrives in Romania
The Holy Fire arrived in Romania on Saturday evening, April 27, 2019. The plane bringing the Romanian delegation, headed by His Grace Bishop Timotei of Prahova, landed on Henri Coandă International Airport at 19:09 The…
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Inter-religious Council of Albania asks for property restitution by the Albanian State
On Friday, the Inter-religious Council of Albania conducted a meeting between religious leaders, to discuss, among other things, the issue of the return of religious property by the Albanian State, Romfea News reports. The meeting…
NBR: Numismatic issues dedicated to the Completion of the Great Union – Henri Mathias Berthelot
Pursuant to the provisions of Law No. 312/2004 on the Statute of the National Bank of Romania, as of 22 April 2019, the National Bank of Romania will put into circulation, for numismatic purposes, a silver…
Bas-relief of St. Stephen the Great vandalized in Suceava just months after restoration
A bas-relief sculpture of one of Romania’s most beloved saints was vandalized recently in Suceava, Romania. The image of St. Stephen the Great, the 15th-century ruler of Moldova who defended the state against Ottoman invasion, was…
The new Metropolitan of Glyfada has been enthroned
In the presence of many people, the enthronement of the new Metropolitan of Glyfada, Antonios, took place today, Tuesday, April 16, Romfea News reports. The Metropolitan arrived in the courtyard of the Holy Metropolitan Church…
Four new monks at Bulgarian Zographou Monastery on Mt. Athos
On the Sunday of St. John Climacus and the great feast of the Annunciation, Zographou Monastery had the joy of four men dedicating their lives to God in the angelic monastic life, reports the site…
First St Paisios Church in Australia nears completion
Significant progress has been made towards the completion of the first Greek Orthodox church dedicated to St Paisios the Athonite, in Perth, Neos Kosmos reports. The foundation stone for the one and only St Paisios…
Numismatic issues dedicated to 550 years since the consecration of the Putna Monastery’s church
The National Bank of Romania has put recently into circulation, for numismatic purposes, a gold coin and a brass collector coin dedicated to 550 years since the consecration of the Putna Monastery’s church. Obverse of the…
British Library returns historic documents stolen from Greek Monastery in 1979
The British Library has returned three rare historic documents that had been illegally removed from the Panagia Chrysopodaritissa Monastery in Achaia in 1979, Greek City Times reports. According to the Greek Culture and Sports Ministry,…
On the Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy, Patriarch Kirill celebrates the liturgy at the Church of Christ the Saviour
On March 17, 2019, the First Sunday of Lent, the Triumph of Orthodoxy, and the commemoration day of the Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow, His Beatitude Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, celebrated the…