Sts. Innocent of Moscow and Nicholas of Japan conference held in Russian embassy in Japan
10. November 2017 - 16:16
A conference was held yesterday in the Russian embassy in Japan dedicated to the great Russian missionary saints Innocent of Moscow and Nicholas of Japan. The international academic conference “Sts. Nicholas of Japan and Innocent of Moscow: The Culture of the Peoples of Russia, Japan, and America” is dedicated to the 220th anniversary of the birth of St. Innocent the metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, and apostle to Siberia and America, the spiritual mentor of the Equal-to-the-Apostles Nicholas of Japan.
Relics of St. Seraphim given to Russian church in Bucharest
10. November 2017 - 15:44
The reliquary with a particle of the relics of St. Seraphim of Sarov brought to Romania last week by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill was transferred to the Russian Orthodox community at St. Nicholas-Tabacu Church in Bucharest on Thursday. Fr. Eugene Rogoti received the relics on behalf of the community at the patriarchal residence yesterday, reports the Basilica News Agency.
Faithful in Kolomiya, Ukraine pray outside church despite Uniate threats
10. November 2017 - 15:29
Despite insults, threats, and even the use of physical force against them, the Orthodox faithful of the Holy Annunciation Church in Kolomiya, Ukraine, in the Transkarpatya region, are holding an ongoing prayer vigil outside the walls of their church, reports the Ivano-Frankivsk Diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
His Beatitude Anastasios celebrates his 88th birthday
6. November 2017 - 16:40
The current primate of the Albanian Orthodox Church celebrates on 4 November 2017 his 88th birthday.
International Conference on “Regional Peace: Realities and Perspectives” in the Mother See
6. November 2017 - 16:09
On October 31, with the blessings of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians; an international conference on “Regional Peace: Realities and Perspectives” was held in the Vatche and Tamar Manookian Library of the Mother See. The conference was organized through the initiative of the WCC Armenian Round Table Foundation.
