Russian Orthodox Church against attempts of changing the status of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople
10. Јун 2020 - 15:27The cancellation of the visit of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to Cappadocia was announced by the Protosyncellus Office of the Patriarchate.
According to a statement, “because of the continuing danger of the coronavirus pandemic and the responsibility for protecting the health of pilgrims, it has been decided that the annual pilgrimage to Cappadocia will be postponed to a later time this year.
Russian Orthodox Church recommends Russians to abstain from abroad pilgrimage
10. Јун 2020 - 11:33The Russian Orthodox Church official urges Russians not to hurry with pilgrimage to abroad shrine in spite of the abolished quarantine restrictions.
“I highly recommend and advise our Russian citizens not to go abroad until it becomes entirely safe,” the head of the Synodal Department for External Church Relations, Metropolitan Hilarion, said on Church and the World program on Rossiya-24 TV.
Divine Liturgy for the first anniversary of the election of the Archbishop of Thyateira
10. Јун 2020 - 11:24On Friday, 12th June 2020, the feast day of SS Onuphrius the Egyptian and Peter the Athonite, Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain will preside at Matins and celebrate the Divine Liturgy at the Archdiocesan Chapel on the first anniversary of His election to the throne of this historic Archdiocese.
Catacombs of Saint George in Old Cairo opened after many years
9. Јун 2020 - 20:00The light of the history of the first Christian centuries in Old Cairo shone again, as, after many years, the famous, but unknown to the general public, catacombs of St. George in Old Cairo opened, with Patriarch Theodore blessing the renovated area and consecrating the new chapel dedicated to Saint Fanourios that is many meters below the ground surface.
Bishop Silvester of Eastern Uganda in Stable Condition After Serious Car Accident on Feast of Pentecost
9. Јун 2020 - 19:41His Grace Bishop Silvester of Gulu and Eastern Uganda of the Patriarchate of Alexandria was involved in a serious car accident after serving Divine Liturgy for the feast of Pentecost yesterday, reports the site of the Uganda Orthodox Church.
Bp. Silvester and those with him are all in stable condition and being closely monitored by medical personnel.