His Eminence Metropolitan Isaac of Germany and Middle Europe (Patriarchate of Antioch) officiated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the Serbian Cathedral church in Vienna on the feast-day of the Entry of the Most Holy Virgin Mary, December 4th, 2018. The Metropolitan was concelebrated by Bishop Andrej of Austria-Switzerland and the brotherhood of the Cathedral church.

Faithful in parishes from Kenai to Fairbanks were rocked by back-to-back earthquakes measuring 7.0 and 5.7 in magnitude, the first of which struck several miles north of downtown Anchorage, home of Saint Innocent Cathedral and several other parishes of the Orthodox Church in America, at 8:29 a.m. Friday, November 30, 2018. The quakes were among…

The feast-day of the Entry of the Virgin Mary was solemnly celebrated in the monastery of the Entry of the Most Holy Virgin Mary in Belgrade, where His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, officiated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy. Protosyncell Mardarije from the monastery of Saint John the Baptist in Poganovo near Pirot, protopresbyters-staurophors Milovan Glogovac, Dragomir…

The official promotions of the Orthodox spiritual books in Slovakia are not uncommon, but since, with the help of God, the magnificent work of Holy Bishop Nikolaj Velimirovic The Prologue of Ohrid was finally translated into the Slovak language, intended for all ages and intellectual categories regardless of religion. Our tour began on 23 November…

On Thursday, 29 November 2018, on the feast day of Holy Apostle Matthew, upon the blessing of His Grace Bishop Vasilije of Srem and with the hospitality of Director of the Karlovac Grammar School Mr. Radovan Kovacevic, a celebration marking the eight centuries of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Sremski Karlovci and the Diocese of…

Saint Sava Church in Jackson, California, for the fourth time celebrated the feast day of its founder, Saint Sebastian of Jackson, an Apostle of America, in the 2018th year of the Lord, with great joy and love. Although on a week day, Friday, the church was filled with the faithful from various Orthodox churches and…

The assistant Bishop Arsenie of Joensuu was elected Metropolitan of Kuopio and Karelia at the previous session of the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Finland. The meeting took place during November, 26-29, 2018, at New Valaam Monastery and was chaired by His Eminence Leo, Archbishop of Helsinki and all Finland, the Orthodox Church…

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania received Tuesday, December 4, 2018, Her Excellency the resigning Ambassador of Israel to Romania Mrs Tamar Samash at his Patriarchal Residence. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel congratulated the Ambassador for her activity in Romania and appreciated the special ties between Romania and Israel. Ambassador Tamar Samash thanked for the warm…

On Sunday, December 2, 2018, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel officiated the consecration service of the restored St Nicholas Church on the island of Cernica Monastery. The church went through lengthy restoration works that started in 2003 including the refurbishing of the porch and the building’s iconography. A new iconostasis was installed, as well as new…