Vigil in Dormition of Virgin Mary Holy Monastery in the French Alps
17. September 2019 - 8:45
With the dedication and Byzantine majesty, the Holy Cross Feast was celebrated at the Holy Monastery of the Dormition of Virgin Mary La Faurie in the French Alps.
Ecumenical Patriarch departs for Athens and Rome
16. September 2019 - 10:12
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew departed for Athens to attend the baptism of Great Logothete Theodoros Angelopoulos’ granddaughter.
Among those accompanying Ecumenical Patriarch, were Metropolitan Bartholomew of Smyrna, Patriarchal Deacon Mr. Aetios Nikiforos and Panagiotis Grafiadelis, secretaries of the Patriarchate.
Russian Orthodox Church supports raising drinking age for strong alcohol
16. September 2019 - 9:53
The Russian Orthodox Church supports the idea of raising the legal drinking age for strong alcohol to 21, according to Vladimir Legoida, the head of the Synodical Department of the Moscow Patriarchate for Relations with Society and the Media.
Legoida’s statement comes in support of a Ministry of Health draft law that would raise the drinking age for all drinks with 16.5% alcohol or higher. The initiative was also supported by a number of other Ministries.
150,000 march in St. Petersburg cross procession
13. September 2019 - 14:08
In the northern Russian capital of St. Petersburg, two cross processions took place yesterday to commemorate the transfer of the relics of St. Alexander Nevsky, with over 150,000 people participating.
Peace Conference by the Conference of European Churches
13. September 2019 - 10:35
A three-day conference on Peace in Paris is being organized by the Conference of European Churches (CEC), on September 10-12. The conference is held in the context of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the CEC and the 100th anniversary of the Paris Peace Conference in 1919.
Metropolitan Emmanuel of France, in his capacity as President of the CEC of France, addressed his greeting in the opening of the Conference and made a presentation on the subject.
