A recently-discovered chapel that doubled as a watchtower at the Sümela Monastery in Turkey’s northeast Trabzon province has opened to visitors, providing new insight into the 1,600-year history of the ancient site. The structure, termed the…
Since 1994, the Finnish Orthodox Church under the Ecumenical Patriarchate has celebrated the achievements of the mothers among its flock. Mothers who have served the work of the Church in various ways, by educating, guiding,…
It is announced that the historic Holy Monastery of St. John the Baptist in the Bethabara area, east of Jericho, on the west bank of the river Jordan will be reopened as an Orthodox Shrine…
Turkey’s president and the Bulgarian prime minister have unveiled the historic Iron Church in Istanbul after a seven-year restoration project. In Sunday’s opening ceremony, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the 120-year-old Sveti Stefan Church…
*RO: Patriarhul Daniel binecuvântând credincioşii prezenţi în Catedrala Hristos Mântuitorul din Moscova. *EN: Patriarch Daniel blessing the faithful present at the Divine Liturgy celebrated at Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow. . . . #stiri…
Isaiah 40:31 But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint. John 16:33 These things…
In this year’s Chrismas message, His Beatitude Patriarch Teophilos III of Jerusalem points to the ‘divine and heavenly event’ of the Nativity of the Lord when ‘we celebrate the event of God’s peaceful visit and…
Please find below the Chrismas Pastoral Letter addressed by His Beatitude Patriarch John X Patriarch of Antioch and of All the East to the believers of the Antiochian Orthodox Church: By the God’s Grace, His Beatitude…
On December 17-18, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel celebrates his patron saints: Prophet Daniel and Venerable Daniel the Hermit. He was born on 22 July 1951, to parents Alexe and Stela Ciobotea, in Dobreşti village, Bara…
Several additional members of royal families from Europe have confirmed the attendance to King Michael’s funeral on December 16. Representatives of royal families of Britain, Sweden, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg, Bulgaria, Greece, and Serbia, among others, will…