Ekaterinburg Diocese opens Telegram channel with Romanov quotes
19. February 2018 - 13:21
On the threshold of the centenary of the martyrdom of the last Russian royal family, the Diocese of Ekaterinburg of the Russian Orthodox Church has launched a Telegram channel dedicated to Royal Martyr Nicholas II and his holy family. The channel will publish excerpts from the journals of the royal couple, the diocesan press service reports.
Metropolitan Onuphry consecrates Kiev’s oldest wooden church on feast of Meeting of the Lord
19. February 2018 - 13:17
Yesterday, on the great feast of the Meeting of the Lord, His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine celebrated the Divine Liturgy and consecration of the Church of the Great Martyr Demetrios of Thessalonica in the Zhuliany neighborhood of Kiev, the oldest surviving wooden church in Kiev, reports the site of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
Kiev churches to raise money for children with cancer on feast of Meeting of the Lord
16. February 2018 - 13:38
Tomorrow, on the great feast of the Meeting of the Lord and International Childhood Cancer Day, churches of the Central Vicariate of Kiev and other churches will hold a one-day charity event called “The Meeting Candle,” to raise funds for the treatment of children with cancer, reports Orthodox Life.
Wonderworking icon to visit Moscow train stations for prayers for travelers
16. February 2018 - 13:35
Annual prayers for peace and the safety of travelers will be held at Moscow train stations next Monday before the wonderworking Softener of Evil Hearts Icon of the Mother of God, reports the journal Foma.
The prayer process will begin with a moleben in the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God Chapel at Moscow’s Kazansky Train Station on Monday morning, the press service of the Synodal Department for Church Relations with Society and the Media reported today.
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk celebrates Divine Liturgy at Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Vienna
14. February 2018 - 15:48
On 11 February 2018, Sunday of the Last Judgment, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in the capital of Austria. Concelebrating with the archpastor were Archbishop Antony of Vienna and Budapest, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Administration for Institutions Abroad; Archpriest Vladimir Tyshchuk, rector of the church; Hieromonk Stefan (Igumnov), DECR secretary for inter-Christian relations; Protodeacon Viktor Shilovsky, secretary of the diocese of Vienna and Austria, and clergy of the diocese.
