Orthodox Churches

Ecumenical Patriarch celebrates the Divine Liturgy in Istanbul

On Tuesday, November 21, 2017, His All-Holiness concelebrated the Divine Liturgy on the feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple. In addition to the faithful flock of pilgrims in attendance at the Community of Stavrodromion’s Cathedral, were numerous Hierarchs of the Ecumenical Throne, His Excellency Evangelos Sekeris, Consul General of the Hellenic Republic to Istanbul, as well as teachers and students from the Zappeion and Zografeion High Schools in the City.

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk leads celebrations on patronal feast of the Moscow Representation of the Church of Jerusalem

On 27 November 2017, commemoration day of the Holy Apostle Philip, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Representation of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem in Moscow – the Church of the Holy Resurrection in Filippovsky side-street. Since one of the church’s side-altars was consecrated in the name of the Holy Apostle Philip, its patronal feast is celebrated on this day.

North Ossetia to restore worship in Ossetian language

In preparation for the celebration of the 1100th anniversary of the Baptism of Alania in southern Russia, just north of the border of Georgia, in 2022, the Vladikavkaz Diocese is preparing a complete system of Divine services in the Ossetian language. As Bishop Leonid of Vladikavkaz and Alania reports to TASS, by that time will be translated the foundational liturgical texts and Church hymns.

“For the celebration of the jubilee in 2022, a whole range of measures will be implemented, affecting all spheres of ecclesiastical and culture life, including the restoration and preservation of historical monuments, social projects, and the recreation of the complete system of Divine services in the Ossetian language. The language, history, and culture of the Alan-Ossetians, direct descendants of the Scythian-Sarmatian civilization and one of the most ancient Christian peoples, have attracted and continue to attract the attention of specialists of many countries,” the bishop said.

The Cameroon receives the blessing of the Patriarch

His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa continues his missionary and pastoral journey to the Holy Metropolis of the Cameroon.

The Alexandrian Primate’s Missionary journey to Cameroon, in Central Africa

On 24th November 2017, His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, arrived at the airport in the capital, Yaounde, in Cameroon, Central Africa, accompanied by His Eminence Narcissus Metropolitan of Accra and Patriarchal Vicar of Alexandria, for a pastoral missionary visit to the Orthodox Christians in the country and also to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of his Election to and Enthronement as Metropolitan of Cameroon.

16th Russian-German forum of civil societies ‘St. Petersburg Dialogue’ takes place in Berlin

November 23-24, 3017 – the 16^th Russian-German forum of civil societies ‘St. Petersburg Dialogue’ took place in Berlin under the theme ‘Public Participation as a Way Towards Mutual Understanding between Russia and Germany’.