Missionary work with Roma adults, children underway in Russia and Romania
30. August 2019 - 15:53
The Russian and Romanian Churches are actively engaging the Roma (Gypsy) populations of their flocks in an effort to increase the level of their involvement in Church life.
The Stavropol and Nevinnomyssk Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Stavropol regional “Roma Cultural Center” have been working for several months on a project to educate the Roma in the region and to involve them more actively in the life of the Orthodox Church, reports the Stavropol Krai Committee for Nationalities and Cossacks.
Greek Synod proposes Elder Gervasios (Paraskevopoulos) of Patras to Constantinople for canonization
30. August 2019 - 15:47
The Orthodox Church could soon know the joy of a new saint among the hosts of millions who have already been revealed as holy God-pleasers.
Meeting in Athens on Tuesday, the Holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church announced that it would submit a packet of documents proposing the canonization of Elder Gervasios (Paraskevopoulos) of Patras, reports the press service of the Greek Orthodox Church.
Metropolitan Tikhon of Pskov holds anti-addiction, healthy lifestyle forum
30. August 2019 - 11:11
Bad habits such as drinking, smoking, and drugs bring much grief and suffering to the Russian people, and thus the spread of these scourges must be fought in the most active way, said His Eminence Metropolitan Tikhon of Pskov and Porkhov at the All-Russian “For a Healthy Lifestyle” forum in Pskov on August 24, reports the Pskov Information Agency.
Cathode Of The Icon Of Theotokos To Gethsemane
29. August 2019 - 13:43
On Sunday August 12/25, 2019, the ceremony of the Cathode of the icon of the Dormition of Theotokos started from the Metochion of Gethsemane, opposite the courtyard of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and headed in procession to Theotokos’ Tomb in Gethsemane.
This contrite ceremony started at dawn of the above day, at 5.00 am (summer time) in procession, led by the Hegoumen of Gethsemane Most Reverend Archbishop Dorotheos of Avela, who was carrying the icon in front of his chest, surrounded by Archbishops and other Hagiotaphite Fathers, with the long procession behind and in front of him with Priests, Monks and Nuns, as many Byzantine choir singers were chanting the hymns of the Dormition.
The Lamentations of Theotokos at Theotokos' Tomb
29. August 2019 - 13:40
The Service of the Lamentations of Theotokos at Her Most Sacred Tomb was held on the Forefeast of the Dormition on Tuesday August 14/27, 2019.
For this Service the Hagiotaphite Brotherhood, led by its Hegoumen His Beatitude the Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos, marched in procession from the Patriarchate Headquarters to Gethsemane, through Via Dolorosa, and was welcomed by the Hegoumens of the Monasteries of St. Charalambos, Praitorion, the Holy Ancestors of God Joachim and Anna, and St. Stephen.
