1,600 glasses and eye exam equipment donated to Orthodox clinic in Guatemalan village
1. Април 2019 - 11:21
The village of Aguacate, near the Mexico border in Guatemala, became home to first-ever Orthodox medical clinic in Guatemala, and possibly in all of Central America, in 2015. Most of the residents of the village joined the Orthodox Church in 2010, along with more than 100 other communities throughout the country.
Romanian Church opens addiction therapy center at monastery
17. Април 2019 - 12:08
The Romanian Orthodox Church opened and blessed a new addiction therapy center on Saturday, located at the Holy Annunciation Monastery in Tisa-Silvestri in northeast Romania.
The Life-Giving Spring center, intended for
Bishop Alexander of Vevey delivers a lecture on the meaning of Great Lent at the Nicholas Association of Orthodox Students at Fribourg University
15. Април 2019 - 14:14
Members and friends of the Nicholas Association of Orthodox Students at Fribourg University in Switzerland welcomed the visit of His Grace Bishop Alexander of Vevey, Vicar of the Western European Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, who delivered a lecture on the importance of Great Lent. The talk was held on April 2, 2019, at an event called “Philokalia Evening,” and began with a prayer to St Nicholas at the student chapel in the Salezianum dormitory. Among the attendees were
Romania establishes St. Sava Day as official holiday for Serbian minority in Romania
12. Април 2019 - 15:16
St. Sava, the Enlightener of Serbia and first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Church, is the most beloved saint of the Serbian Orthodox faithful. He was declared the patron saint of schools and students by Prince Miloš Obrenović (1780-1860) and today many schools in Serbia and in the Serbian diaspora are named in his honor and his feast day is always festively celebrated.
International Meeting of Orthodox Youth 2019: Program
11. Април 2019 - 14:59
Over 2500 Orthodox young people from all across the world will gather this September in Romania’s southern city of Craiova for a four-day event aiming to foster the three cardinal Christian values of faith, hope
Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony will take place on Thursday evening, Sept. 5, at Mihai Viteazul Square, where the coming delegations will present themselves and speeches will be held.
