About 1 million Ukrainians have venerated wonderworking icons
1. August 2017 - 12:42
Nearly a million believers have visited and venerated the 11 miraculous icons which traveled throughout Ukraine from July 1 to 26, according to Ukrainian Orthodox Church Chancellor Metropolitan Anthony of Boryspil and Brovary. This was stated at a press briefing at Kiev Caves Lavra before the moleben at Vladimir Hill on the eve of the commemoration day of St. Vladimir and the Day of the Baptism of Rus’, reports Foma in Ukraine.
More than 200 baptized on day of Baptism of Rus’ in eastern Russian village
1. August 2017 - 9:11
More than 200 residents of the village of Chulman in the Russian Sakha Republic received holy Baptism in the waters of the Chulman River on July 28, reports the Yakutsk Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Restoration of Georgia’s David Gareja monastery complex completed
31. July 2017 - 14:39
Restoration work on Georgia’s famous David Gareja monastic complex and tourism infrastructure, underway since September 2015, has come to an end, reports News-Georgia.
Moscow celebrates Baptism of Rus’ with procession from Kremlin to St. Vladimir monument
31. July 2017 - 10:11
On the day of the Baptism of Rus’ and the commemoration of the holy Equal-to-the-Apostles St. Vladimir a religious procession was held to the new Moscow monument to St. Vladimir on Borovitskaya Square, reports the Russian Military-Historical Society.
The Minister of Defense of Serbia visits the Patriarchate of Jerusalem
30. July 2017 - 18:46
On Monday evening, 11th/24th July 2017, the Minister of Defense of Serbia Mr. Aleksandar Vulin visited the Patriarchate, escorted by his associates and by the Deputy Head of the Embassy of Serbia in Israel Mr. Dejan Blagojevic.
