April 2010

On its afternoon session of April 29 of this year, the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church unanimously adopted recommendations of the competent diocesan bishops and entered into dyptichs of the saints of the Orthodox Church names of the blessed repose of archimandrite Justin Popovic, geront of the monastery Celije near Valjevo [...]

30/4/2010 Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II returned home from the Czech Republic last night. Numerous congregations and the highest hierarchy of the Georgian Orthodox Church met Ilia II at the Tbilisi airport. All citizens of Georgia should take care that such a beautiful country gained its unity and peace, he said at the night [...]

Broomall, PA 4/28/2010 The Order of Saint Andrew The Order of Saint Andrew’s Greater Delaware Valley region will be hosting a symposium entitled, “The Great Schism and the Current Dialogue of Love and Truth” at St. Luke Greek Orthodox Church in Broomall, PA on May 8, 2010. Dr. George E. Demacopoulos, Associate Professor of Historical [...]

29/4/2010 OBL Forum Publication (Book) Presented to Ethiopian Orthodox Church Sunday School Library The first publication of Orthodoxy Beyond Limits Forum was presented to the Ethiopian Orthodox Church Mahibere Kidusan Sunday School Library on 28/4/2010. Mahibre Kidusan is responsible for organising Sunday Schools in Ethiopia. The office and library is situated near to the …

Indian Orthodox Church HOUSTON: In a well conducted meeting at the diocesan center on Monday, April 26th, Ambassador of Haiti to the United States Mr. Raymond Alcide Joseph accepted the check for $70,000 from Alexios Mar Eusebius, Metropolitan of the Diocese of South-West America. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee and Congressman Al Green were also present on [...]

Syrian Orthodox Church WARBURG, GERMANY: Archbishop of Aleppo, Dr. Mor Gregorios Youhanna Ibrahim visited H.E Dr. Mor Julius Hanna Aydin on April 20, Tuesday. H.E. Mor Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim of Aleppo archdiocese in Syria has been sent as His Holiness’ emissary to meet Mor Julius Hanna Aydin. Among the bishops who visited His eminence at [...]

Message from Ecumenical Patriarch Secretariate in Mexico In conformity with the canonical responsibility of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the diaspora, and sharing the vision of His All Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch BARTHOLOMEW, the Holy Metropolis of Mexico is pleased to announce that, in an unceasing and continuing mission outreach ministry effectively being pursued by the Holy [...]

Homosexuality is an abomination. Purify the sanctuary of the Lord, says Monk By David W. Virtue in Singapore www.virtueonline.org April 25, 2010 A Coptic Orthodox Church observer to the Fourth Global South to South Encounter ripped into the Episcopal Church, stunning some 130 archbishops, bishops, clergy and laity, urging them to say “no to ordination [...]

26/4/2010 Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia Memory Eternal!!! On the morning of April 26, 2010, at the age of 79, His Grace Bishop Daniel of Erie, Vicar of the President of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia for the Old Believer Community, reposed in the Lord. In a statement [...]

23/4/2010 Thousands of faithful of the whole Diocese of Giurgiu attended today, 23 April, the re-consecration service of the Episcopal Cathedral of Giurgiu city, and Divine Liturgy celebrated by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, together with a group of 14 hierarchs as follows: His Eminence Neofit, Metropolitan of Ruse – Bulgaria, His Eminence Metropolitan Nifon, Archbishop [...]

23/4/2010 On the occasion of the recently held Easter concert in Sava Center, the first under the auspices of His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia, on april 22, 2010 at the Court of the Serbian Patriarchate, a formal reception was held as the token of thanksgiving of His Holiness to the all who contributed to [...]

21/4/2010 “Notes on Ecumenism” by Holy Father Justin (Popovich), prepared by Bishop Atanasije, published by Tvrdoš Monastery, 2010 With the blessing of Bishop Atanasije, we wish to inform our readers that a new book by Holy Avva Justin has been printed, NOTES ON ECUMENISM. This book, comprised of 35 pages with 12 facsimiles of Holy [...]