Bishop Jovan of Nis at International Conference in Varna
21. February 2013 - 13:41
His Grace Bishop Dr. Jovan of Nis participated in the 19th International Conference on the theme Traditional Values and Democratic Freedoms in Modern World, in Varna beginning on 18 February 2013. After the introductory address, in which he conveyed warm greetings from both Serbian Patriarch Irinej and the members of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Bishop Jovan delivered a lecture on the theme: Saint John Chrysostom: Liturgical Ethos and Modernity.
Feast of St. Theodore the New Martyr
21. February 2013 - 13:33
On Wednesday, February 20, 2013, Metropolitan Ireneos of Myriophyton and Peristasis presided over the Divine Liturgy together with the parish priest Archimandrite Agathangelos, Patriarchal Deacon Nephon, and Deacon Stephen from Romania for the commemoration of the Feast of St. Theodore the New Martyr of Byzantium at the Dormition of the Theotokos Koumariotissa Church in Nihori.
Ukraine: In memory of 1700th anniversary of The Edict of Milan
21. February 2013 - 13:31
From February 14 to June 3 the all-Ukrainian Cross procession with a particle of the Holy and Life-giving Cross of the Lord and relics of Saints Constantine and Helen, Equals-to-the-Apostles, has been passing through towns of the Ukraine. The prayer procession is devoted to the 1700th anniversary of promulgation of the edict of Milan by Emperor Constantine and will be visiting 51 Ukrainian towns.
Patriarch John X of Antioch’s enthronement celebrations in Beirut
20. February 2013 - 9:37
The Russian Orthodox Church’s delegation led by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, took part in the celebrations on the occasion of the enthronement of His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of the Great Antioch of All the East.
No Spurious Solution
19. February 2013 - 11:11
The Cypriot people will never agree to a spurious solution but will continue to struggle for their historical inalienable rights, Archbishop Chrysostomos has said.
His Beatitude was commenting on an editorial published in the Financial Times which linked the present financial crisis facing the island with moves to revitalise relations between the European Union and Turkey.
