Friday, July 10, 2009

Mosul, Iraq – July 3, 2009: Marking the Apostle St. Thomas Day on 3rd July 2009, Holy Mass was celebrated at the historical church of St. Thomas, in Mosul, Iraq, by Metropolitan H.E. Mor Gregorios Saliba Shamoun of the Archdiocese of Mosul. Hundreds of faithful participated in the Holy Mass and other commemorative …

Program of Archpastoral Visit of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to Ukraine from July 27 to August 5, 2009 (Program changes possible) July 27, Monday 08.30 – arrival to Boryspil Airport (local time) 09.45 – departure from the airport 09.10 – arrival to St. Vladimir’s Hill, meeting of the Patriarch 09.15 [...]

The Holy Synod of the UOC Adopted Address to Clergy and Laity on the Occasion of the Visit of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to Ukraine Address of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church on the occasion of the visit of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All [...]

On July 9, the commemoration of the Icon of the Mother of God of Tikhvin the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Volodymyr of Kyiv and All Ukraine marked 43rd anniversary of his bishop consecration. On the festive day the Primate celebrated the Divine Liturgy in concelebration of 27 bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox [...]

On the evening of 1 July 2009, more than sixty young women and men gathered at the Cilicia Museum to take part in a celebration organized in their honour. The event was jointly organized by the Youth Department, the Armenian Church University Students’ Association (ACUSA), and their spiritual advisors the young priests Sahak and Mesrob. [...]

On 30 June His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians presided over the burial service of His Eminence Archbishop Nerses Pozapalian, in the Holy Martyrs Church of Teghenik in the Kotayk Region. Archbishop Nerses was a senior member of the Brotherhood of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. In the morning, [...]

SYOSSET, NY [OCA Communications] — The Strategic Planning Committee, mandated to design and facilitate the process by which the Plan will be developed, held its first meeting last week at St. Vladimir’s Seminary. The meeting was scheduled so that Committee members could attend the Seminary’s Summer Institute that took place June 18 to 20, titled [...]

Serbian Orthodox Church Presidents of Serbia and Greece Boris Tadic and Carolos Papoulias opened this evening in Belgrade the Center of the Hellenic Fund for Culture. President Tadic emphasized during the celebration that Serbs and Greeks have common history, but they will have a common future within the European Union. President Papoulias said that Serbia [...]