Fire threatens St. Barbara Monastery, Santa Paula, CA; nuns evacuated

The nuns of Saint Barbara Monastery here were evacuated, along with their neighbors, after an explosive brush fire broke out late Monday, December 4, 2017.  By early Tuesday morning, the rapidly moving blaze had spread from about 50 acres to an estimated 31,000 acres, forcing thousands of area residents to flee.

What has been named the “Thomas Fire” began in a canyon near Santa Paula, about 65 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles.  In a predawn announcement issued by local fire officials on Tuesday morning, December 5, it was reported that “the fire remains out of control and structures continue to be threatened throughout the fire area.”

Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church meets with His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana and All Albania

Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church meets with His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana and All Albania
Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church meets with His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana and All Albania
Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church meets with His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana and All Albania
Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church meets with His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana and All Albania

On 5 December 2017, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana and All Albania at the Patriarchal residence located in St. Daniel’s stavropegic monastery.

Primates of Russian and Polish Orthodox Churches meet in Moscow

Primates of Russian and Polish Orthodox Churches meet in Moscow
Primates of Russian and Polish Orthodox Churches meet in Moscow
Primates of Russian and Polish Orthodox Churches meet in Moscow
Primates of Russian and Polish Orthodox Churches meet in Moscow

On 5 December 2017, at the Patriarchal residence in St. Daniel’s Monastery in Moscow, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with His Beatitude Metropolitan Sawa of Warsaw and All Poland.

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia meets with Serbian Patriarch Irinej

On 5 December 2017, at the Patriarchal residence in St. Daniel’s Monastery His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, met with His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch.

Patriarch Kirill meets with Patriarch Daniel of Romania

Patriarch Kirill meets with Patriarch Daniel of Romania
Patriarch Kirill meets with Patriarch Daniel of Romania
Patriarch Kirill meets with Patriarch Daniel of Romania
Patriarch Kirill meets with Patriarch Daniel of Romania

December 3, 2017 – His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania at the patriarchal residence in the St. Daniel monastery.