Canonization of the Hieromartyr Stanislav Nasadil in Košice (Slovakia)
Priest Stanislav Nasadil was canonized on Sunday, June 9 by the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia.
Priest Stanislav Nasadil was canonized on Sunday, June 9 by the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia.
Israel’s Supreme Court rejected the appeal of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem trying to block the sale of three buildings belonging to them in the Old City of Jerusalem, and bought by the Jewish organization Ateret Cohanim. According to the June 10 decision of the Court, the properties under appeal by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate were legitimately purchased by foreign intermediaries acting on behalf of Ateret Cohanim. Thus was
Armada is one of the biggest ship shows in the world. Its 2019 program in Rouen, France, offers something of interest to Orthodox.
On the occasion of Patriarch Bartholomew’s namesday, Great Vespers was served on June 10 at the Monastery of the Life-Giving Spring in Balikli. The service was presided by Patriarch Bartholomew, in the presence of Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens, of the primate of the new autocephalous Church of Ukraine, Epifaniy, of a large number of hierarchs, clerics, and archons. Were also present Georgia Soultanopoulou, the Consul General of Greece in Istanbul;
On June 6, the Latvian Parliament unanimously voted for a new law: from now on, Orthodox hierarchs are required to be Latvian citizenship, and to be residents in the country for a minimum of 10 years. There were neither debates nor amendments added, on the pretext that they contradicted international provisions on freedom of religion, and autonomy of Church institutions. The bill was « urgently » adopted at the request of the
May 29 (old calendar) / June 11 (new) Afterfeast of Ascension. Virgin Martyr Theodosia of Tyre (307-308). Repose of Bl. John of Ustiug, Fool-for-Christ (1494). Virgin Martyr Theodosia, Nun, of Constantinople (726-730). Icon of the Most-holy Theotokos, “SURETY OF SINNERS”. SAINT THEODOSIA Saint Theodosia of Tyre lived during the third and fourth centuries. Once, during a persecution against Christians, which had already lasted for five years, the seventeen-year-old Theodosia went
June 11 Holy Apostles Bartholomew and Barnabas (1st c.). Afterfeast of Ascension. Ven. Barnabas, Abbot of Vetluga (1445). Uncovering of the Relics of Ven. Ephraim, Abbot of Novotórgsk (1572). Commemoration of the appearance of the Archangel Gabriel to a monk on Mt. Athos, and the revelation of the hymn, “It is truly meet…” (Axion Estin). Icon of the Most-holy Theotokos, “IT IS TRULY MEET” (“AXION ESTIN”) (10th c.). Saints Bartholomew and
Following Patriarch Irinej’s visit to the Antioch Patriarchate, the following joint press release by the two patriarchs was published.