Nuns Return To Holy Assumption Monastery In Calistoga After Evacuating Due To Wildfires
8. October 2020 - 19:51
After spending more than a week in evacuation at the Monastery of St. John of Shanghai in Manton, California, Abbess Melania and the sisterhood of Holy Assumption Monastery (OCA) were able to return to their home in Calistoga yesterday.
Russian Church raising awareness about attacks on Ethiopian Christians
8. October 2020 - 8:15
Attacks on churches, clergy, and the faithful of the Ethiopian Tewahedo church have significantly increased since August 2019 and cases of violence against Ethiopian Christians remain unpunished, says Hieromonk Stephen (Igumnov), Secretary for Inter-Christian Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR).
Memorial House of Fr. Dumitru Stăniloae set up in Bucharest
8. October 2020 - 8:19
The great Romanian theologian of the 20th century has now a museum in the heart of Bucharest, near kilometer zero.
The Representation of the Dioceses of Finland in Phanar
7. October 2020 - 9:06
By a synodal decision of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, all three Hierarchs were invited to come to Phanar under the regular protection of the Mother Church of the Autonomous Orthodox Church of Finland, namely Archbishop Leo of Helsinki and All Finland, Metropolitan Arseni of Kuopio and Karelia and Metropolitan Elia of Oulu, who arrived in the city accompanied by the Hieromonk Fr. Damaskinos Xenofontinos, Fr. Ioannis Lampropoulos, Fr. Michail Sidoroff, the First Deacon Andreas Salminen and the theologian Mr. Eliseo Heikkila.
The church submerged under the Iznik Lake becomes more visible after water level drops
7. October 2020 - 9:05
The remains of a 1,500-year-old church dedicated to St Neophytos have become more visible after the water level of the Iznik Lake in Turkey dropped. Greek Reporter quotes Daily Sabah, announcing that draught and pollution reduction have contributed to a better sight of the ruins, now situated only 1.5-2 meters below water level.
