Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew arrives in Tel Aviv and at David Citadel Hotel
26. May 2014 - 10:45
His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew arrives at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv on Friday, 23 May 2014.
He is greeted by His Excellency Uzi Landau Minister of Tourism, State of Israel, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Excellency Spyridon Lampridis Ambassador of Greece to Israel, Mr. George Zaharioudakis the Consul General of Greece in Jerusalem, Mr. Mustafa Sarnic the Consul General of Turkey in Jerusalem, and Dr. Anthony Limberakis the National Commander, Order of St. Andrew.
Bulgarian Prime Minister visits the Patriarchate of Jerusalem
26. May 2014 - 10:36
In the afternoon of Tuesday the 7th/20th of May 2014, His Excellency the Bulgarian Prime Minister, Mr Plamen Oresharski, while in an official visit to the state of Israel, visited the Patriarchate in the company of Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Mr Kristian Vigenin, Health Minister Mrs Tanya Andreeva, Agriculture Minister, Mr Dimitar Grekov, his wife, members of the Bulgarian Parliament, the Bulgarian Ambassador to Israel, Mr Dimitar Mihaylov and other associates of his.
IOCC Responds as Serbia and Bosnia Brace for More Flooding
23. May 2014 - 9:24
On the heels of epic floods that left at least 37 dead and thousands homeless in Serbia and Bosnia, a second surge of floodwaters continues to fill an already swollen Sava River and threatens thousands of lives as well as Serbia’s biggest power plant. The Nikola Tesla power plant, which provides roughly half of the country’s electricity, is in the deadly path of a flood wave created by the heaviest rains to hit the region in 120 years. In Bosnia, evacuees are being placed in temporarily shelters like military barracks, but many more await help in areas that are not accessible yet.
Metropolitan Tikhon offers prayers, support as flooding worsens
21. May 2014 - 15:19
As of Monday, May 19, 2014, International Orthodox Christian Charities reported that at least 37 were known to be dead and thousands had been left homeless across Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
The text of the letter reads as follows.
LETTER OF METROPOLITAN TIKHON TO PATRIARCH IRINEJ OF SERBIA
May 19, 2014
No. 05/014
His Holiness Irinej
Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovci
Orthodox politician from Montenegro prays at Patriarchal service in Butovo
13. May 2014 - 12:20
On 10 May 2014, Mr. Srđan Milić, president of the Socialist People’s Party of Montenegro, who had come to Moscow to attend the Victory Day celebrations, prayed at the Divine Liturgy celebrated by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia at the Butovo firing range.
