Presentation of the album: “Patriarchate of Alexandria: Ten years (2006-2016) since the inauguration of the Patriarchal Mansion”
23. October 2017 - 15:19
With the blessing and in the presence of His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, in the afternoon of 16th October 2017, in the full central function hall of the Patriarchal Mansion, the presentation of the album, titled:
1,000-strong mass infant Baptism to be celebrated in Bulgaria
23. October 2017 - 11:10
1,000 infants will be united to the Body of Christ through the Sacrament of holy Baptism tomorrow in cities throughout Bulgaria, reports the site of the Bulgarian Patriarchate.
The mass Baptism is part of the national campaign “Do It For Bulgaria,” in support of birthgivin, to help shift the tide of the nation’s rapidly declining birth rate. Bulgaria is currently experiencing the most extreme population decline in the world, due to a combination of post-communist emigration, high death rates, and low birth rates. Population statistics project a 30% decrease, from 7.2 million to just over 5 million, by 2060, reports The Washington Post.
First Orthodox church in Bonn, Germany opens
23. October 2017 - 11:07
The opening of the first Orthodox church in the history of the western Germany city of Bonn was held yesterday. The festive event was attended by several hundred people, reports Zvezda.
The opening of the new Russian Orthodox Church dedicated to the holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Empress Helen was known not just in Bonn, but throughout western Germany as a whole. Statistics show that more and more ethnic Germans have been converting to Orthodoxy in recent years.
Orthodox in Greece protest play glorifying the devil
20. October 2017 - 10:04
About 100 Orthodox Christians gathered outside the Aristotelian Theater in Thessaloniki last night in protest of a staging of the play “The Hour of the Devil,” which depicts a discussion between a young woman and a personable devil, reports The Associated Press. According to Newsflare, the show, an adaptation of a story by Portuguese author Fernando Pessoa, glorifies and depicts the Devil as Christ’s brother, and mocks the Holy Cross, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Theotokos.
Patriarch Kirill to bring relics of Saint Seraphim to Romania
20. October 2017 - 10:18
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia will attend this year’s celebrations in honor of St. Demetrius the New, the protector of Bucharest. As a special blessing, he will bring with him a particle of the relics of the inestimable St. Seraphim of Sarov, reports the Basilica News Agency.
