HOLY

RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO RESTORE ORTHODOX HOLY SITES IN KOSOVO

December 11, 2012 Featured News

7/12/12 In 2010-2011, the Russian government has voluntarily contributed 2 million US dollars to the UNESCO to finance the restoration of Orthodox holy sites in Kosovo, Republic of Serbia. The decision was taken in compliance with the UN Security Council Resolution 1244 on Kosovo and within the UNESCO international action on humanitarian aid to the [...]

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FEAST OF THE HOLY MONASTERY OF ST SAVVAS THE SANCTIFIED IN ALEXANDRIA

December 8, 2012 News

On 4th December 2012 His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa officiated and preached the homily during Great Vespers at the Holy Patriarchal Church of St Savvas the Sanctified, Patron Saint of Alexandria, together with His Eminence Metropolitan Savvas of Accra and His Grace Panteleimon, Bishop of Brazzaville and Gabon. [...]

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JERUSALEM’S HOLY SEPULCHRE CHURCH WATER BILL ROW ‘RESOLVED’

November 15, 2012 Featured News

Amman (Jordan) 15/11/2012 The conflict over unpaid water bills of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem has been resolved, the spokesman for Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia said. “The Holy Sepulchre Church’s water debts have been written off, not without the participation of the Russian Orthodox Church after Patriarch Kirill met [...]

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HIS HOLINESS PATRIARCH KIRILL MEETS WITH HIS HOLINESS PATRIARCH MAXIM OF BULGARIA AND MEMBERS OF THE HOLY SYNOD OF THE BULGARIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

April 28, 2012 Featured News

DECR Chairman 28/04 /2012 On 27 April 2012, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met and talked with His Holiness Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria and with members of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Church. Taking part in the meeting, which took place at the Synodal residence, were Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, [...]

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THE FIRST CHURCH IN THE WORLD DEDICATED TO THE HOLY NEW MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS OF RUSSIA MARKS ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY

February 8, 2012 News

6/2/2012 On Sunday, February 5, 2012, the Synaxis of the Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York, visited the first church in the world dedicated to the saints with the Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother [...]

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HOLY GREAT MARTYR CATHERINE

December 10, 2011 Featured News

Moldovan Church 7/12/2011 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake. And it shall turn to you for a testimony. Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before [...]

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ANNUAL ORIENTAL ORTHODOX CHURCHES’ CONCELEBRATION OF THE HOLY LITURGY

November 24, 2011 Featured News

Oriental Orthodox Churches in USA 24/11/2011 On Saturday November 19, 2011, the Annual Oriental Orthodox Churches’ Concelebration of the Holy Liturgy took place in the sister Coptic Church of St. Michael and St. Mina in Staten Island, New York. His Eminence Mor Archbishop Cyril Aphrem Karim together with local clergy and some parishioners represented our [...]

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HIS HOLINESS PRESIDES OVER 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF HOLY CROSS CHURCH AND 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF HOLY CROSS CATHEDRAL IN MONTEBELLO

October 28, 2011 News

10/23/2011 LOS ANGELES, ANTELIAS – On the evening of Sunday, October 23, 2011, His Holiness Catholicos Aram I arrived at Holy Cross Cathedral in Montebello where a Canonical Prayer was held, followed by a banquet in honor of His Holiness as well as the 30th anniversary of Holy Cross Cathedral and 90th anniversary of …

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NUNS OF THE HOLY MONASTERY OF SAINT JOHN THE THEOLOGIST OF THE METROPOLIS OF KALABRYTA AT THE PATRIARCHATE

October 27, 2011 News

17/10/2011 On Monday, October 4th / 17th 2011, a twenty-member group of nuns from the Holy Monastery of Saint John the Theologist under their Mother Superior nun Episteme, being on a pilgrimage visit to the Holy Land visited the Patriarchate. The nuns paid their respects to His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos [...]

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THE HOLY SEE OF CILICIA CELEBRATES THE 16th ANNIVERSARY OF THE ELECTION AND CONSECRATION OF CATHOLICOS ARAM I

July 6, 2011 Featured News

07/03/2011 On Sunday 3 July 2011, during Holy Liturgy, a special Thanksgiving Service was held at St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Antelias, to celebrate the 16 anniversary of the election and consecration of His Holiness Aram I. In his sermon Rev. Ardak Arabian spoke of the courageous and compassionate Shepherd, referring to His …

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THE RELATIONS OF THE ROMANIAN PATRIARCHATE WITH THE PATRIARCHATE OF JERUSALEM ARE ON THE AGENDA OF THE SESSION OF THE HOLY SYNOD OF THE ROMANIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF 19-20 MAY 2011

May 10, 2011 Featured News

10-05-2011 THE PRESS OFFICE OF THE ROMANIAN PATRIARCHATE informs us: While referring to the communiqué posted on 9 May 2011 on the official website of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, under the title The Patriarchate of Jerusalem has severed communion with the Romanian Patriarchate, we bring the following clarification: Although during the visit that His Grace [...]

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FEAST OF THE HOLY MONASTERY OF ST SAVVAS THE SANCTIFIED IN ALEXANDRIA

December 16, 2010 Featured News

05/12/2010 Alexandrian Patriarchate On 4th December 2010 His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, officiated and preached the homily at the Great Vespers of the Holy Patriarchal Church of St Savvas the Sanctified , Patron Saint of Alexandria. On the 5th Decemebr His Beatitude conducted the Divine Liturgy at the [...]

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HE CEREMONY OF THE GREAT MESSAGE OF THE ELECTED METROPOLITAN MIKIPHOROS OF CENTRAL AFRICA

November 24, 2010 News

THE CEREMONY OF THE GREAT MESSAGE OF THE ELECTED METROPOLITAN MIKIPHOROS OF CENTRAL AFRICA IN THE PRESENCE OF HIS BEATITUDE – DECORATION OF HIS EMINENCE DIMITRIOS OF SEVASTIA AND OF THE HEGUMEN OF THE HOLY MONASTERY OF MEGISTIS LAVRA Alexandrian Patriarchate On 23rd October 2010, His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and [...]

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COMPLETION OF THE DELIBERATIONS OF THE HOLY SYNOD OF THE PATRIARCHATE OF ALEXANDRIA

October 15, 2010 News

Patriarchate of Alexandria The deliberations of the Holy Synod were completed on 8th October 2010 with the completion of the reports to the Body of the Hierarchs by the Metropolitans and Bishops, who read their activities reports for the past year, or the representations of the Alexandrian Church at Inter-Orthodox, inter-ecclesiastical and inter-Christian dialogues, …

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THE ENTHRONEMENT CEREMONY TO START WITH A HOLY LITURGY

October 3, 2010 News

2/10/2010 Serbian Patriarch Irinej will be enthroned as the 45th patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the monastery of the Pec Patriarchate, in Kosovo-Metohija, on October 3. The ceremony will be identical to the one held in the Belgrade Orthodox Cathedral on January 23, a day after his appointment. Serbian President Boris Tadic will [...]

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FUNCTIONS FOR THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HOLY METROPOLIS OF THE CAMEROON

February 22, 2009 News

The Holy Metropolis of the Cameroon celebrates fifty years of spiritual journey.It was founded on 23rd January 1959 as the “Greek Orthodox Holy Metropolis of Accra and West Africa ”. Today this Metropolis numbers in its jurisdiction the countries of Cameroon , Chad , Central African Republic , Gabon , Equatorial Guinea and the Islands [...]

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