Orthodox Churches

New feast of All Saints of Lithuania established by Russian Synod

Meeting at Danilov Monastery on August 30 under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church established a new feast for the pious faithful of the Lithuanian Orthodox Church and the Orthodox Church at large.

Having heard a request from His Eminence Metropolitan Innocent of Vilnius and Lithuania, the hierarchs resolved to establish the feast of All Saints Who Have Shone Forth in the Lithuanian Land, reports the press service of the Diocese of Vilnius.

ROCOR to consecrate new bishop for America

Meeting at Danilov Monastery on August 30 under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church approved a bishop-elect for the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia to serve in America, reports the press service of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Archbishop of Cyprus: The end of Saint Mamas was and should have been martyric

The great and celebrated Mamas, the patron of the wounded, celebrated brilliantly at the suffering island of Cyprus, both in its free zones and in its occupied Cathedral in the city of Morphos.

Archbishop Chrysostomos of Cyprus officiated the Vesper for this great Martyr of the Church in the homonymous sacred Church in the refugee settlement of Lakatamia in Nicosia.

Ecumenical Patriarch presided over Vespers Service for the Indiction in Constantinople

On the eve of the Feast of the Indiction, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, who presided over the Vespers Service on August 31 in the Monastery of the Mother of God at the Spring in Constantinople, bestowed the officium of Megas Rhetor on the Emeritus Professor and author, Christos Giannaras, in the presence of Hierarchs, Archbishops, Consul General of Ukraine in Constantinople Oleksandr Gaman, and faithful.

Blessing services in Albanian Churches for the beginning of the ecclesiastical year

All churches in Albania, from Tirana, Elbasan and Fieri to Gjirokastra, Korça and Berati, as well as in other areas, held blessings-agiasmos services for the beginning of the ecclesiastical year. The faithful were blessed by Archpriests and priests.

Patriarch Kirill meets with Islamic World League Secretary General Muhammad bin Abdul Karim Issa

Његова Светост патријарх московски и све Русије Кирил састао се 23. јула 2019. године са генералним секретаром Исламске светске лиге Мухамед бин Абдул Карим Исом у патријаршијској и синодској резиденцији у Даниловском манастиру у Москви.