The Episcopal ordinations of two Colombian clergymen were performed by Metropolitan Athenagoras of Mexico and Exarch of Central America.
It has been one hundred years and his work, his miracles, his life with many hardships always remain relevant.
On Tuesday, November 3, the Polish Council of Bishops met in Warsaw under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Metropolitan Sawa of Warsaw and All Poland. Among other matters, the hierarchs discussed the life of the Church in this extended time of pandemic.
As a fruit of their discussion, the hierarchs issued a message to the priests and monastics of the Polish Orthodox Church, calling on them to both observe sanitary and hygienic standards and to stand brave and strong during this time, remembering their priestly and monastic oaths to die to themselves and ever serve the Lord.
In this way, the clergy and monastics can offer an example of faith and hope to all the faithful of the Orthodox Church.
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The earthly life of man is subject to constant changes. Today, these changes affect our spiritual, economic and social life. God’s permission, seen in the coronavirus pandemic, has disorganized our Church life. Therefore, in our message to you, venerable brothers, priests, monks and nuns, we wish to sensitize all of you to the seriousness of the situation which may, unfortunately, change every day and disturb the existing order.
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew sent a heart-warming letter to the Head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Irinej, in which he wishes him a speedy recovery.
20-year-old Kujtim Fejzulai opened fire on innocent civilians near Vienna’s main synagogue on Monday night, killing at least four and wounding at least 14 others, seven with life-threatening injuries. Fejzulai himself was shot and killed by police. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack the next day.
The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, in the morning, descended on the Patriarchal Temple and, in the presence of the members of the Patriarchal Court, performed a memorial service for the repose of the souls of the late Metropolitans Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral and Maximos, formerly of Pittsburgh, one of the graduates of the Halki Theological School.
