Archbishop Ieronymos: The Church creates and educates the personalities we all need
9. Септембар 2019 - 15:56
“The Church creates and educates the personalities we all need,” said Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece during the inauguration ceremony of the new premises of the primary school under the auspices of the Transfiguration Church in Vrilissia, Varympompi.
Metropolitans Athinagoras of Ilion, Acharnes and Petroupoli, and Ioannis of Thermopylae attended the ceremony. The Archbishop was accompanied by the Protosyncellus of the Archdiocese of Athens, Bishop Symeon of Thespies.
Icon of archangels miraculously survives apartment fire
6. Септембар 2019 - 15:32
Fire tore through an apartment at 49 Epirus Street in the Athens suburb of Ilioupoli on Wednesday. Despite the damage done, an icon of the holy archangels in the room where the fire started survived, leaving only the faces of the Heavenly ministers visible.
Romanian Elder Arsenie (Boca) proposed for canonization
6. Септембар 2019 - 15:29
Elder Arsenie (Boca), perhaps Romania’s most beloved elder of the 20th century, will be considered for canonization by the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church.
Meeting under the chairmanship of His Eminence Metropolitan Laurențiu of Sibiu and Transylvania at the headquarters of the Diocese of Deva and Hunedoara yesterday, the Metropolitan Council of the Metropolis of Transylvania approved of the canonization file on Elder Arsenie prepared by the special Metropolitan Theological Commission, reports the diocesan press service.
New abbot officially enthroned at St. John’s Monastery in Essex, England
6. Септембар 2019 - 8:28
The new abbot of the Monastery of St. John the Baptist in Essex, England, founded by the great 20th-century elder Sophrony (Sakharov), was officially installed late last month.
New feast of All Saints of Lithuania established by Russian Synod
3. Септембар 2019 - 15:38
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.
