Tonsure of Ryassaphore-monk Ioann at St. Herman Monastery, Platina

29. March 2019 - 11:11
Tonsure of Ryassaphore-monk Ioann at St. Herman Monastery, Platina
Tonsure of Ryassaphore-monk Ioann at St. Herman Monastery, Platina
Tonsure of Ryassaphore-monk Ioann at St. Herman Monastery, Platina
Tonsure of Ryassaphore-monk Ioann at St. Herman Monastery, Platina

On the Sunday of Orthodoxy, March 4/17, 2019, Novice Andrew was tonsured as a ryassaphore monk at the St. Herman Monastery. A family of friends and pilgrims — Deacon Ignatius, Diaconissa Xenia, Lydia, Ioan, and Silouan Strange — came from St. Gabriel’s Orthodox Church (OCA) near Ashland, Oregon, in order to attend the service. The tonsure took place before the Epistle and Gospel reading during the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great, which was celebrated by Abbot Damascene, Hieromonk Paisius, and Deacon Ignatius.

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Sunday of Orthodoxy at the Phanar

20. March 2019 - 11:33
Sunday of Orthodoxy at the Phanar
Sunday of Orthodoxy at the Phanar
Sunday of Orthodoxy at the Phanar
Sunday of Orthodoxy at the Phanar

On Sunday, March 17, 2019, the Sunday of Orthodoxy and First Sunday of Great Lent, His All-Holiness solemnly concelebrated the Divine Liturgy together with Metropolitans Elder Dimitrios of the Princes’ Islands, Augustinos of Germany, Germanos of Tranoupolis, Sotirios of Toronto, Makarios of Aneon, Eugenios of Rethymno and Avlopotamos, Amphilochios of Ganou and Chora, Damaskinos of Kydonia and Apokoronos, Nathanael of Kos and Nisyros, Constantine of Singapore, and Chrysostomos of Symi. During the Liturgy, the Patriarch ordained Mr. Dimitrios Nikiforos to the Diaconate, giving him the name Aetius.

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Delegation of Ecumenical Patriarchate visits Patriarchate of Antioch

25. March 2019 - 13:02

Metropolitan Emmanuel of France is in Lebanon since last Wednesday, in a series of meetings with the religious authorities of the country, along with Metropolitan Amphilochios of Adrianople.

Patriarch Ioannis of Antioch welcomed the delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate at the Monastery of Profitis Ilias, accompanied by the Metropolitan Siluan of Mount Lebanon (Batroun) and the Bishop Constantine of Chrysoupolis.

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Student Conference at the Spiritual Academy of Kiev

27. March 2019 - 11:51
Student Conference at the Spiritual Academy of Kiev
Student Conference at the Spiritual Academy of Kiev
Student Conference at the Spiritual Academy of Kiev
Student Conference at the Spiritual Academy of Kiev

The 10th Student Conference on the topic “Student education in a Spiritual school” was opened at the Kiev Spiritual Academy on 26 March 2019.

Students from the Russian Orthodox Church and other Local Orthodox Churches participate in the conference. The Serbian Orthodox Church is represented by Mr. Nikolaj Sapsaj, student of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Belgrade.

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Sunday of Orthodoxy in Monroeville

26. March 2019 - 15:13
Sunday of Orthodoxy in Monroeville
Sunday of Orthodoxy in Monroeville
Sunday of Orthodoxy in Monroeville
Sunday of Orthodoxy in Monroeville

On Sunday, 17th of March 2019, Orthodox Christians from all jurisdictions of the
Greater Pittsburgh area gathered at St. Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Church in
Monroeville for a Pan-Orthodox Lenten Vesper Service, hosted by the Orthodox Clergy
Brotherhood of Greater Pittsburgh. This was the first of five services comprising this
year’s inaugural Orthodox Clergy Brotherhood Lenten Vesperal Services which will be
held on each of the Sundays of Great and Holy Lent this year.

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