Orthodox Churches

Romanians can attend services in open air beginning May 15

Romanian Orthodox faithful will soon be able to attend Church services again, praying on the streets outside the churches.

In a press statement yesterday, President Klaus Iohannis spoke about the easing of measures after the suspension of the state of emergency, including the possibility to attend religious services in the open air under certain conditions beginning Friday, May 15, reports the Basilica News Agency.

The Position of the Russian Orthodox Church concerning the arrest of Bishop Joanikije in Montenegro

In his comment to RIA Novosti news agency, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, expressed the position of the Russian Orthodox Church concerning the arrest in Montenegro of Bishop Joanikije of Budimlye-Niksic and seven clergymen from the cathedral in the city of Niksic. The archpastor noted:

The Russian Orthodox Church is deeply alarmed by the news of the arrest of Bishop Joanikije of Budimlye-Niksic and seven clergymen from the cathedral in Niksic by the Montenegrin police for up to three days, as well as by the incoming information about degrading treatment of Orthodox clergy.

Valaam reinvigorating tradition of Old Valaam with new trout farm

In Old Valaam, fish farming was one of the main and most profitable branches of the monastery economy. Fish cages appeared in various places of the archipelago during the monastery’s heyday in the mid-19th century, demonsrating the monastery’s skillful use of natural resources in the northern climate.

Distribution of food parcels by Metropolitan of Nairobi

On Saturday, May 9, Archbishop Makarios of Nairobi distributed food to 150 parents of the students at St. Clements primary school and Child of God.

Faithful will be allowed to participate in Divine Liturgy in France from beginning of June

Metropolitan Emmanuel of France celebrated the Divine Liturgy behind closed doors in the morning at the Cathedral of St. Stephen in Paris.

Bombing in North Sinai – Terrorists will not achieve their goals, Patriarch of Alexandria stressed

Patriarch Theodore of Alexandria and all Africa sent a message of support to the Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, and the Egyptian people for the bloody bombing in North Sinai on the 30th of April.

“Egypt is strong thanks to its leaders. The army and its people and will continue to maintain and ensure stability and security throughout the region. Terrorists will not be able to achieve their goals,” the Patriarch stressed. “We are praying to the Lord for the soldiers who have sacrificed themselves for their homeland in the city of Bir al-Abed in North Sinai, where they faced an insidious terrorist attack,” he said. Finally, he expressed his condolences to the Egyptian President, the families of the victims, and the Egyptian people.