Patriarch Bartholomew’s visit to Warsaw
On the occasion of Patriarch Bartholomew’s visit to Warsaw, the Chancellery of the Polish Orthodox Church issued the following communiqué:
On the occasion of Patriarch Bartholomew’s visit to Warsaw, the Chancellery of the Polish Orthodox Church issued the following communiqué:
Father Gedeon had gone to Mount Athos from Minneapolis. After staying at the monastery of St. Panteleimon, he lived in the Romanian Kelli of Saint-George at the Skete of Kolçu, an annex of the monastery of Vatopedi. In his youth, the future Father Gedeon had been incarcerated by the communists in the Piteşti prison camp, where he had been « reeducated » by the notorious torturer Ţurcanu. After his release, he managed
Le président ougandais a fait un don de 300 millions de shillings ougandais, soit environ 71 200 euros, pour la construction de la nouvelle cathédrale orthodoxe à Kampala.
April 23 (old calendar) / May 6 (new) Holy Glorious Greatmartyr, Victorybearer and Wonderworker George (303). Martyr Alexandra the Empress, wife of Diocletian (303). Martyrs Anatolius and Protoleon, soldiers converted by witnessing the martyrdom of St. George (303). SAINT GEORGE The Holy Great Martyr George the Victory-Bearer, was a native of Cappadocia (a district in Asia Minor), and he grew up in a deeply believing Christian family. His father was
May 6 Righteous Job the Long-suffering (ca. 2000-1500 B.C.). Ven. Micah, disciple of Ven. Sergius of Radonezh (1385). Martyrs Barbarus the soldier, Bacchus, Callimachus, and Dionysius, in Morea (ca. 362). Martyr Barbarus in Thessaly, who was a robber. SAINT JOB The righteous Job (whose name means “persecuted”), God’s faithful servant, was the perfect image of every virtue. The son of Zarah and Bossorha (Job 42), Job was a fifth-generation
À l’occasion de la visite du patriarche Bartholomée à Varsovie, la chancellerie de l’Église orthodoxe de Pologne a publié le communiqué suivant :
Le père Gédéon était venu au Mont Athos depuis Minneapolis. Après avoir séjourné au monastère de Saint-Pantéléimon, il vécut à la cellule roumaine Saint-Georges de Colciu, une dépendance du monastère de Vatopedi. Dans sa jeunesse, le futur père Gédéon avait été incarcéré par les communistes au camp de Piteşti où il avait été « rééduqué » par le tristement célèbre tortionnaire Țurcanu. Après sa libération, il réussit à étudier la théologie à
At the request of the clergy and the faithful, the Pravlife website of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has created a page entitled « Let us pray for our persecuted brothers« . The purpose of this initiative is to publish, for their liturgical commemoration and private prayer, the list of rectors of the communities of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, whose churches have been seized or threatened to be seized by supporters of the