Tuesday, July 7, 2009

The Australian and New Zealand Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia held diverse celebrations on the 15 anniversary of the glorification of St John of Shanghai and San Francisco the Wonderworker. Though July 2 is the day of St John’s death, the solemn celebrations in the Diocese are traditionally transferred to the [...]

NEW YORK – Ionian Village, the travel abroad camping program of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America has begun another summer in its camp facility in Greece, promising to continue the tradition as one of the strongest and most exciting youth ministry programs of the Archdiocese. For almost forty years Ionian Village has provided thousands [...]

St. Aphrem Seminary, Damascus: On Wednesday 24th June, Sheikh Taysir Al-Tamimi, the Chief of the Islamic Courts of the Palestinian, the H.E. Ambassador of Palestine, and other dignitaries visited our Holy father His Holiness Igntaius Zakka I Iwas at the Patriarchal residence in the Monastery of St. Aphrem, Ma’arrat Saidnaya, Damascus. H.E. Mor …

Moscow, July 6, Interfax – Full-scale diplomatic relations between the Vatican and Russia are a question of the near future, Holy See Representative to Russia Archbishop Antonio Mennini told the Interfax-Religion on Monday. “The Holy See and the Russian Federation are working on the achievement of this goal. We hope that [the upgrading of Russia-Vatican [...]

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill conducted Sunday service in the patriarchal church of Aya Yorgi (St. George) at the Fener Greek Orthodox patriarchate in Istanbul. The spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians said on Saturday progress had been made in talks with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church on their dispute over the Estonian [...]