Orthodox Holy Synod elects new Alaska Bishop
21. February 2014 - 12:32
Archimandrite David [Mahaffey] was elected by the members of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America to fill the vacant Episcopal See of Sitka and Alaska on Oct. 16, 2013.
The election took place during the fall session of the Holy Synod at the OCA Chancery.
Delegates to the Assembly of the Diocese of Alaska, on Sept. 15, 2012, had nominated Father David, who has been serving as the diocese’s Administrator and Chancellor, to fill the vacant See. His Eminence, Archbishop Benjamin, Locum Tenens of Episcopal See of Sitka and Alaska, presented his name to the Holy Synod for canonical election.
Born in Altoona, Penn., in 1952, Father David was received into the Orthodox Christian faith in 1975, two years after his marriage to the late Karen Meterko. He received his Master of Divinity degree from Saint Tikhon’s Seminary, South Canaan, Penn., in 1997. In 2003, he graduated from the University of Scranton with bachelor’s degrees in theology and philosophy. Two years later, he received his master of arts degree in theology from the same school.
Kiev Caves Lavra praying for repose of the deceased and reconciliation of opposing parties
21. February 2014 - 11:37
This was reported on the website of the Dormition Kiev Caves Lavra.
February 20 was announced a day of national mourning in the Ukraine for with the human victims, resulting from the mass disorders in the country.
After a Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Conception of St. Anna, the brethren of the Kiev Caves Lavra performed a funeral service, offering up their prayers for the repose of those who had been killed during the conflicts. Another funeral service was performed after the later Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral of the Monastery as well.
Russian church to be consecrated in Antarctica
19. February 2014 - 13:09
An expedition is traveling from Moscow to Antarctica with the purpose of the great consecration of the southernmost Russian Orthodox church on Earth.
Shortly before the start Bishop Iakov of Naryan-Mar and Mezensk performed a parting prayer for the expedition members at the Russian Geographical Society's headquarters, the Society's spokesperson told Interfax.
The bishop consecrated the North Pole in 2011, and Northern Sea Route in September 2013. Now the hierarch is to consecrate a church on the sixth continent.
President Tomislav Nikolic gives a solemn reception regarding Statehood Day of Serbia
17. February 2014 - 13:49
His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch attended the solemn reception yesterday, which was given by President of the Republic of Serbia Tomislav Nikolic on the occasion of the Statehood Day.
Pravoslavie.ru now to be published also as a newspaper
19. February 2014 - 11:26
Beginning February of this year, Pravoslavie.ru has begun publishing its own monthly newspaper. The new, colored 12-page Pravoslavie.ru edition in A3 format is being distributed together with Moscow’s Krestovsky Most newspaper as its insert.
The circulation of the newspaper is 53,000 copies.
The Pravoslavie.ru newspaper can be found free of charge in churches, Orthodox bookshops, social service centers in Moscow, at Orthodox fairs, as well as at the editorial office of the Krestovsky Most newspaper.
