Telephone Conversation between the President of the Russian Federation and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
17. April 2018 - 12:26
On the evening of Holy Tuesday, April 3, 2018, His Excellency Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, who is currently visiting Ankara, spoke over the telephone with His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and expressed his gratitude for the congratulatory wishes he received on the occasion of his reelection as President of the Russian Federation.
Thousands attend Paschal midnight service in Bucharest: ‘This feast gives a meaning to the whole existence’
13. April 2018 - 14:22
Thousands attended the Paschal midnight service officiated by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel Saturday night in Bucharest.
Concelebrants for the service were His Grace Varlaam of Ploiesti, assistant bishop to the patriarch, and His Grace Timotei of Prahova, assistant bishop to the Archdiocese of Bucharest.
Monument to Protection of Mother of God consecrated in Ukrainian Cossack city on Annunciation
13. April 2018 - 11:39
A monument to the Holy Protection of the Mother of God was consecrated on the feast of Annunciation in the city of Krivoy Rog, 250 miles southwest of Kiev. The monument is especially appropriate given that the Theotokos is the patroness of the Cossacks, whose traditions permeate the region.
The 13-ft. sculpture of the Mother of God is made of bronze and mounted on a 13-ft. pedestal, reports First City.
Georgian patriarch calls for legislation to help families with several children
12. April 2018 - 11:31
In his Paschal epistle, His Holiness Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia pointed to the country’s need to create an “anti-abortion attitude” and to supply help from the state for families with many children, reports News-Georgia.
The Georgian Church is seriously concerned about the demographic situation in the country. Clergy regularly speak about the need for active measures for improving the situation, and many openly advocate for the prohibition of abortion at the legislative level.
The Feast of Pascha in Jerusalem
9. April 2018 - 21:46
On Holy Saturday night, March 25/April 8, 2018, at 23.00 (Church time) the Hagiotaphite Brotherhood under His Beatitude and our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos left the Patriarchate in procession towards the All-holy Church of the Resurrection.
