Interactive map of the parishes of the Archdiocese of Russian Orthodox Churches in Western Europe
An interactive map of the parishes (as of November 2018) of the Archdiocese of Russian Orthodox Churches in Western Europe is now available here.
An interactive map of the parishes (as of November 2018) of the Archdiocese of Russian Orthodox Churches in Western Europe is now available here.
May 25 (old calendar) / June 7 (new) Fast Afterfeast of the Ascension.Third Finding of the Honorable Head of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John (ca. 850). . Hieromartyr Therapon, Bishop of Cyprus (14th c.). Hieromartyr Urban, Pope of Rome (230). Third Finding of the Honorable Head of Saint John the Baptist The Third Discovery of the Venerable Head of the Holy Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John occurred in
June 7 Fast Afterfeast of the Ascension. Hieromartyr Theodotus, Bishop of Ancyra (303). Hieromartyr Marcellinus, Pope of Rome, and with him Claudius, Cyrenus, and Antonina (304). Hieromartyr Marcellinus, Bishop of Rome, and those with him: Sisinius and Cyriacus—Deacons, Smaragdus, Largus, Apronian, Saturninus, Papias, Maurus, Screcentian, Priscilla, Lucina, and Princess Artemia (304, 305, 306, 310). Martyrs Cyriaca, Caleria, and Mary, of Cæsarea in Palestine (284-305). Saint Theodotus of Ancyra The Holy
May 24 (old calendar) / June 6 (new) The Ascension of our Lord Ven. Simeon the Stylite (the Younger) of the Wonderful Mountain (596). Ven. Nikita the Stylite, Wonderworker of Pereyaslavl’—Zalesskii (786). Martyrs Meletius Stratelates, Stephen, John, and 1,218 soldiers, with women and children, including Serapion the Egyptian, Callinicus the Magician, Theodore, Faustus, the women: Marciana, Susanna, and Palladia, two children: Cyriacus and Christian, and twelve Tribunes—Faustus, Festus, Marcellus, Theodore,
June 6 The Ascension of our Lord Ven. Bessarion the Wonderworker, of Egypt (4th-5th c.). Ven. Hilarion the New, Abbot of the Dalmatian Monastery (845). St. Jonah, Bishop of Perm (1470). Ven. Paísii, Abbot, of Uglich (1504). Ven. Jonah, Abbot of Klimetzk (1534). Virgin Martyrs Archelais, Thecla, and Susanna, beheaded at Salerno (293). The Ascension of our Lord “AND ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN….” V. Rev. George Florovsky, D.D. “I ascend unto
On May 28, the « Alexander Solzhenitsyn » Museum of the Russian Diaspora was inaugurated in Moscow.
Pope Francis visited Romania from May 31 to June 2, at the invitation of the Romanian President, state authorities, and the Roman Catholic Church in Romania.
Patriarch Irinej of Serbia arrived in Damascus on May 31, where he was received by Patriarch John of Antioch in the Cathedral of the Mother of God. A moleben was served, then Patriarch John welcomed his guest: « We welcome you to the martyred Syria and the martyred Church of Antioch », said Patriarch John. « We ask you to pray for peace in Syria, for the kidnapped metropolitans, for our Church, for