More than 20,000 people took part in the Pascha procession in Yekaterinburg
The Orthodox faithful of Yekaterinburg participated in a procession on Holy Pascha, spreading paschal joy throughout the city.
The Orthodox faithful of Yekaterinburg participated in a procession on Holy Pascha, spreading paschal joy throughout the city.
From May 13 to 14, a symposium will be held at the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki on « Fake news and the Church ». It is organized by the faculties of theology and journalism of this university, under the patronage of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and the President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos. The program of this event is available in Greek – see source below. Source in Greek
On Saturday, May 4, the Ordinary Session of the Council of the Western European Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church, chaired by Bishop Luka, was held in Paris.
The Holy Synod unanimously voted for Metropolitan Makarios of Christoupolis to be the new Archbishop of Australia.
On Thursday, May 9, Archimandrite Aimilianos, the former Hegumen of Simonopetra Monastery, and spiritual father of many monks, nuns and lay people, died at the Monastery of the Annunciation in Ormylia (Chalkidiki) at the age of 85, after a long illness.
This Saturday, May 11, Archbishop John of Charioupolis will be meeting with the whole clergy of his archdiocese to hear them freely express their wishes concerning the future of the Archdiocese. Remember than on February 23, they refused its dissolution by the Ecumenical Patriarchate. A day of prayer, in parallel, is organized to pray for the Archdiocese and its future. It will take place at the Saint-Serge-de-Radonège parish in Paris
Le jeudi 9 mai, l’archimandrite Aimilianos, ancien higoumène du monastère de Simonos Petras, père spirituel de nombreux moines, moniales et laïcs, est décédé au monastère de l’Annonciation à Ormylia (Chalcidique), à l’âge de 85 ans, après une longue maladie.
April 26 (old calendar) / May 9 (new) Hieromartyr Basil, Bishop of Amasea (ca. 322). St. Stephen, Bishop of Perm (1396). Righteous Virgin Glaphyra (322). St. Joannicius of Devich in Serbia (13th c.). SAINT BASIL OF AMASEA The Hieromartyr Basil, Bishop of Amasea, lived at the beginning of the fourth century in the Pontine city of Amasea. He encouraged and comforted the Christians suffering persecution by the pagans. During this