Work being finished on Athonite church dedicated to St. Paisios
16. August 2017 - 8:54
Work is nearing completion on the first church to be dedicated to St. Paisios the Hagiorite on Mt. Athos, reports Russian Athos.The church is being built in the kellia of the Resurrection of Christ in Kapsala on Mt. Athos, which was created at the blessing of St. Paisios himself.
Work on the church began in June 2016, soon after the canonization of St. Paisios. The walls and dome have been erected, and the interior work is under way. It is expected to be completed in just a few months. The monastic brotherhood hopes to have the new church consecrated some time between autumn of this year and June of 2018.
Foundation stone of future chapel in honor of Royal Martyrs blessed in Canada
14. August 2017 - 14:34
On August 6, during the patronal feast of the Church of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God in Jackson Point, Ontario, Canada, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, the foundation stone of a future chapel in honor of the holy Royal Martyrs was blessed, according to the parish website.
New member of the staff at the Patriarchate of Alexandria
14. August 2017 - 14:30
On 7th August 2017, His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, welcomed with particular joy a new African member of the Clergy to the Patriarchal See. He is Fr. Athanasios Kayembe, who through the past nine years served as a Priest at the Church of St Athanasios in Ano Kypseli, a Dependency of the Patriarchate of Alexandria, beside His Eminence George, Metropolitan of Guinea, Representative of the Alexandrian Primate in Athens.
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s condolences over devastating earthquake in China’s Sichuan Province
11. August 2017 - 15:30
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed his condolences to Mr. Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, over the devastating earthquake in southwestern China.
His Excellency Mr. Xi JINPING
President of the People’s Republic of China
Russian Patriarch celebrates Divine Liturgy in Russian Navy’s Kronstadt’s Cathedral
7. August 2017 - 15:30
On 30 July 2017, on the eight Sunday after Pentecost, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated the Divine Liturgy in honour of the saint Nicholas the Miracle-worker at the stauropegic Kronstadt's Cathedral church of the Russian Army and Navy in Sankt-Petersburg.
