The Patriarch of Antioch at the funeral of Maronite Patriarch Sfeir
17. May 2019 - 13:45
On Sunday, May 12, the Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir reposed in the Lord, at the age of 98. The funeral and the burial of the late Maronite Patriarch took place on Thursday, May 16, 2019, in the Church of the Maronite Patriarchate of Bkerké in Lebanon.
The Patriarch of Alexandria in Central Tanzania
17. May 2019 - 13:34
Patriarch Theodore of Alexandria and All Africa arrived at Dar es Salaam, accompanied by Archim. Nicodemus Totkas, Chief Secretary of the Patriarchate, where Metropolitan Dimitrios of Irinoupolis, the Egyptian Ambassador to Tanzania, the President and members of the Greek Community of Tanzania welcomed them.
Ukrainian schismatic activists seize canonical priest’s house in Volyn (+ VIDEO)
15. May 2019 - 15:39
The violent and belligerent behavior of Ukrainian schismatic-nationalists with new reports of forceful church seizures and attacks on the clergy and faithful of the canonical Ukrainian Church coming out nearly every day.
In one of the latest such attacks, the supporters of the schismatic “Orthodox Church of Ukraine” seized the home of Fr. Nazary Filipovich, the rector of St. Nicholas Church in the village of Skobelka in the Volyn Province, and dismantled the room where his faithful parishioners gathered to pray and receive the Sacraments.
Foundation stone of Church of All Saints of Kazakhstan consecrated in capital city
15. May 2019 - 15:33
The beginning of a new church was laid in Nur-Sultan, the capital city of Kazakhstan, on Sunday, as part of the celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the Diocese of Astana and Alma-Ata, as His Eminence Metropolitan Alexander of Astana and Kazakhstan consecrated the foundation stone for the future Church of All Saints Who Have Shone Forth in Kazakhstan.
Romania’s largest mosaic icon of Virgin Mary applied on National Cathedral’s walls
14. May 2019 - 10:32
The largest mosaic depicting the More Spacious than the Heavens Icon of the Mother of God was applied on the half-dome that stands above the altar of the National Cathedral in Bucharest on Tuesday, May 7, 2019.The team of specialists was coordinated by iconographer Daniel Codrescu.
