8,000 Images and religious relics at the Korça Museum
21. Мај 2019 - 12:11
Eight thousand icons and religious relics, of rare value, belonging to the Orthodox Church of Albania and have not been returned after the fall of the atheist regime, are hosted at the Medieval Art Museum of Korça, which attracts many tourists.
In the museum’s restoration workshop, a group works to restore those images (about 1,000) that have been damaged both by time and by the environment they were in.
Delegation of pilgrims from North American Archdiocese of Antioch on a visit to St. Petersburg
21. Мај 2019 - 11:39
On May 19, 2019, the fourth Sunday after Pascha, Metropolitan Varsonofy of St. Petersburg and Ladoga celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in the St. Alexander Nevsky Laura. Among his concelebrants were the head of the Archdiocese of Antioch in North America, Archbishop Joseph of New York and Metropolitan of All North America, who came to the northern capital city with a group of pilgrims; Metropolitan Niphon of Philippople, representative of the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia; Bishop Nazary of Kronstadt, rector of the laura, and its brethren; Archpriest Sergiy Kuksevich, secretary of the diocesan administration and other clergy.
Festive vesper of Sts. Constantine and Helen
21. Мај 2019 - 11:33
With great brilliance today, Monday, May 20, the Great Festive Vesper of Saints Constantine and Helen was celebrated at the homonymous church in Kolonos.
Bishop Chrysostomos of Evripos officiated at the vesper, accompanied by the Head of the church, Archimandrite Isidoros Bairaktaris, the other priests of the temple and clergy of the Holy Archdiocese of Athens.
Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev celebrates Liturgy in the Lord’s Tomb
20. Мај 2019 - 13:33
His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine, the primate of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church, loved and respected throughout the entire Orthodox Church, had the honor of celebrating the Divine Liturgy in the Tomb of the Lord in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Sunday.
Met. Onuphry is currently on pilgrimage to the Holy Land, where he was joyfully greeted by pilgrims:
Enthronement of Bishop Prodromos of Toliara and South Madagascar
17. Мај 2019 - 13:53
With the participation of ecclesiastical communities and the clergy from all over Madagascar, the enthronement of the first Bishop of Toliara and Southern Madagascar, Prodromos, took place in the Holy Temple of the Annunciation of the Virgin at the Missionary Center of Toliara.
