Orthodox Churches

OCF Retreat Waynesburg University

The Orthodox Christian Fellowship at Waynesburg University, Greene County, Pennsylvania held a well-attended retreat on Saturday September 23, 2017. The featured speaker was Reverend Deacon Seraphim Moslener.

Primate of Russian Church celebrates great consecration of Dormition Cathedral in Tashkent

On 1 October 2017, 17^th Sunday after Pentecost, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia performed the rite of great consecration of the Cathedral of the Holy Dormition in Tashkent, where the restoration work had been completed. After that the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the newly consecrated church.

Patriarch Kirill lays flowers at the tomb of the first president of Uzbekistan

On 30 September 2017 His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visited the tomb of the first President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov at the cemetery near the Hazret-Hyzr Mosque and the Shah-i-Zindah architectural ensemble in Samarkand.

Monument to Tsar Nicholas II erected in Bosnia and Herzegovina

A new monument to Tsar Nicholas II was opened on Saturday in the village of Ritešić, near the city of Doboj in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Republika Srpska, reports pravoslavie.ru.

The monument was erected in recognition of the Russian tsar, who rose in defense of the Serbs in the First World War. About 1,500 people, including representatives of the government of Republika Srpska, the Serbian Orthodox Church, Russian and Serbian professionals, and Bosnian and Serbian parliamentarians, businessmen, and diplomats participated in the ceremonies dedicated to the opening of the monument.

Orthodox hierarchs offer prayers and condolences for Las Vegas victims

At least 59 people were killed and another 527 injured in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history on Sunday night, when 64-year-old Stephen Paddock opened fire on an open-air music festival from his room in a nearby hotel. The shooter was found dead when officers broke into his room, where they found a stockpile of 17 guns, reports The Guardian.

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill prays at the tomb of Prophet Daniel in Samarkand

On 30 September 2017, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia currently on his primatial visit to the Tashkent diocese of the Central Asia metropolitan area arrived in Samarkand.