St. Hypatius the Wonderworker and Bishop of Gangra Hieromartyr Hypatius, Bishop of Gangra, was bishop of the city of Gangra in Paphlagonia (Asia Minor). In the year 325 he participated in the First Ecumenical Council…
Hieromartyr Mark, Bishop of Arethusa Hieromartyr Mark, Bishop of Arethusa, suffered for his faith in Christ under the emperor Julian the Apostate (361-363). By order of the emperor Constantine (May 21), Saint Mark had once…
Venerable Hilarion Saint Hilarion the New, Igumen of Pelekete Monastery, from his youth devoted himself to the service of God and spent many years as a hermit. Because of his holy and blameless life he…
The Message of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, at the festive meeting of the ‘Centennial of the Constitution of Greater Romania (1923-2023)’, an event organised by the Constitutional Court of Romania,…
Leavetaking of the Annunciation On the Leavetaking of the Feast of the Annunciation, the Church commemorates the Archangel Gabriel, who announced the great mystery of the Incarnation of Christ to the Virgin Mary. There is…
Saint Theophylactus lived at Constantinople in the eighth century during the time of the Iconoclast heresy. After the death of the iconoclast emperor Leo IV the Khazar (775-780), Emperor Constantine VI (780-797) ascended the throne.…
42 Martyrs of Ammoria The Holy 42 Martyrs of Ammoria: Constantine, Aetius (Aetitus), Theophilus, Theodore, Melissenus, Callistus, Basoes and the others with them. During a war between the Byzantine Emperor Theophilus (829-842) and the Saracens,…
After the strong earthquake that strucked Turkey and Syria on Monday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania sends a message of solidarity and compassion, adressed to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: His Holiness BARTHOLOMEW, Archbishop of Constantinople…
Saints Athanasius and Cyril were Archbishops of Alexandria. These wise teachers of truth and defenders of Christ’s Church share a joint Feast in recognition of their dogmatic writings which affirm the truth of the Orthodox…
His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, addressed a message of congratulation to Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia at his 90th Birthday. Bucharest, 4 January 2023 His Beatitude Ilia II, Archbishop of Mtskheta…