Orthodox Churches

Alex Machaskee awarded Doctorate of Humane Letters, honoris causa

On Saturday, May 18, 2019, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, presided over the 2019 Commencement Exercises at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in Yonkers, New York.

Serbian Orthodox Church icon replica in Birmingham

A replica of a 2,000-year-old religious icon has been unveiled in Birmingham.

The Holy Prince Lazar church in Bournville has said it is honoured to have received the first ever official copy of Trojeručica, BBC reports.

The replica, dedicated to families of bereaved children, has arrived at the church after being transported from a monastery in Greece.

Ancient pre-Tatar Invasion Saint George Cathedral to undergo restoration

Saint George’s Cathedral in the medieval town of Yuryev-Polsky of the Vladimir province is about to undergo major restoration, reports Pravoslavie.ru. Saint George’s Cathedral is famously the last extant stone structure built before the Mongol invasion period, constructed between 1230 to 1234.

Tragic fire destroys 19th century wooden church

A 19th century wooden church was almost completely destroyed in the Kurgan province of Russia.The Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, which is a part of the Holy Kazan Monastery in the village of Chimeevo, Kurgan oblast, was ravished by a fire on Wednesday, which essentially destroyed the wooden church.

The Metropolitan of France visited Lille

Metropolitan Emmanuel of France officiated the Divine Liturgy at the Saint Paul Church in Lille on Sunday, June 30.The priest and the chairperson of the Church Council, Fr. Émilien, welcomed the Metropolitan.

In his speech, the Metropolitan of France stressed the role of the Apostles and the historical continuity of the Church from the Apostolic Age until today.

Patriarch Neofit inaugurated the robotic surgical system for bloodless operations Da Vinci in „Maichindom“ hospital

His Holiness the Bulgarian Patriarch Neofit and His Eminence the Western and Central European Metropolitan Antoniy sanctified the robotic surgical system for bloodless operations Da Vinci in „Maichindom“ hospital. Archim. Vasiliy, a protosingelos of the Holy Metropolis, and Fr. Angel Angelov, the President of the Parliament TsvetaKarayancheva, the mayor of the capital YordankaFandakova, the ombudsman Maya Manolova, the Minister of Health KirilAnaniev, the director of the hospital Prof. Ivan Kostov, doctors and medical staff also took part in the service.