| Archive OCA Primate celebrates Divine Liturgy at Moscow Church of St. Clement the Pope of Rome 9 December 2019 year 12:28 On 8 th December 2019, 25 th Sunday after Pentecost, commemoration day of the Holy Hieromartyrs Clement the Pope of Rome and Peter the Archbishop of Alexandria, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon of All America and Canada, who had arrived in Moscow to lead the celebrations on the occasion of the 25 th anniversary of the establishment of the Representation of the Orthodox Church in America, officiated at the Divine Liturgy in the Church of Hieromartyr Clement the Pope of Rome in Zamoskvorechye district. Concelebrating with the OCA Primate were Archbishop David of Sitka and Alaska; Archimandrite Andrei (Hoarte), bishop-elect of Cleveland, auxiliary to the archbishop of the Romanian Episcopate of the Orthodox Church in America; Bishop Kliment of Krasnoslobodsk and Temnikov; Hegumen Iona Zaymovsky, cenobite of St. Daniel’s Monastery in Moscow; Archpriest Nikolai Krechetov, head of the Moskvoretskoye deanery in Moscow; Archpriest Leonid Kalinin, rector of the Church of St. Clement; Archpriest Daniel Andrejuk, rector of the OCA Representation in Moscow; members of the American delegation; and Moscow clergy. The Liturgy was celebrated in the Church Slavonic, English and Romanian languages. After the divine service Archpriest Leonid Kalinin greeted His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon and presented him with the ‘Unfading Bloom’ Icon of the Mother of God. The OCA Primate expressed his gratitude to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia for the opportunity to celebrate the Divine Liturgy at the Church of St. Clement the Pope of Rome and to Archpriest Leonid Kalinin for the assistance in the restoration of the Church of Great Martyr Catherine In-the-Fields – Moscow Representation of the Orthodox Church in America. His Beatitude presented Fr. Leonid with a pectoral cross to commemorate their conclebration. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| A New Mission Established in the Kingdom of Tonga February 21, 2012 If many Russians consider Australia the end of the Earth, then the Kingdom of Tonga in the south-western part of the Pacific Ocean, consisting of 176 islands, represents the furthest reaches of the globe. Tonga’s islands were discovered for Europe by the Dutch seamen Willem Schouten and Jacob Le Maire in 1616. In 1773, the English explorer James Cook called the archipelago the “Friendly Islands.” In 1900, the archipelago became a British protectorate. At the same time, Tonga preserved all rights to self-governance. The islands’ independence was granted in 1970. Tonga is now a member nation of the UN, the South Pacific Commission and the Forum of Pacific Islands. Tonga is a small kingdom, world-renowned as the first of all nations to see the rising sun. It is also the only state in Oceania which was never colonized. Ruling Tonga now is His Highness King George V. Thanks to its independence, the nation was able to preserve its ancient culture and traditions. The nation’s population is very homogeneous; small groups of Europeans and people from neighboring lands number no more than 1,000 on any of Tonga’s islands. The population of Tonga practices various forms of Christianity. According to official statistics, Methodists comprise the largest group (48%), though there are many Catholics (16%), Mormons (30%) as well as Anglicans, Adventists and Pentecostals. It is a 4 ?-hour flight to Tonga from Sydney, Australia, which is almost halfway to Hawaii. The capital of this constitutional monarchy is Nuku’alofa, where, with the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion, Mitred Protopriest Michael Protopopoff visited to open the first Orthodox Christian mission. Fr Michael was accompanied by Siluan Vea, a native Tongan, who is eager to see the light of Orthodoxy shine in his homeland. The official visit took place on February 2-7, 2012. A large house was rented, which will be outfitted with a chapel, administrative center and rooms for pilgrims. In order to open a parish, it was necessary to obtain the support of local representatives of the Royal Government, and the heads of other Christian confessions, which was accomplished during the visit. On Saturday, February 4, Fr Michael baptized two children of Russian-Tongan parents, and on Sunday, the first Divine Liturgy was celebrated. Seven people partook of the Holy Gifts during the service, laying the foundation for the Orthodox faith in this Pacific monarchy. www.rocor.org.au 24 февраля 2012 г. ... Комментарии Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Church of Crete is ready to host the Pan-Orthodox Council Heraklion, February 4, 2016 The Romfea news agency has published the resolutions of the Holy Synod of the Church of Crete: “On Wednesday, February 3, 2016, an extraordinary meeting of the Holy Diocesan Synod of the Church of Crete was held in the city of Heraklion. At the meeting the Synod members were informed through letters of His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of the decision to convene the Holy and Great Council of Orthodox Churches after so many centuries on Crete on June 18-27, 2016, as had been decided at the Meeting of Primates of Local Orthodox Churches in Chambesy (Switzerland) several days before. In connection with the resolution to hold 'this greatest event in the past 1000 years of history of the Orthodox Church' on Crete which, according to His Holiness, will become a landmark not only for the history of the universal Orthodoxy, but also for the entire world, the Holy Synod of the Church of Crete expresses its deepest gratitude to His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople for such a honor and confidence in the faithful daughter of the Ecumenical Patriarchate – our Autonomous Church of Crete. Meetings of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church will be held in the hospitable Orthodox Academy of Crete, and the Sunday service on the feast of Pentecost (at which His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople together with the primates of the other Local Orthodox Churches will concelebrate) will be celebrated at the cathedral of Holy Greatmartyr Menas (Minas) in Heraklion. In addition to this, the Holy Synod of Crete with a special joy is inviting the clergy, brethren, and pious and faithful people of our large island to participate in the church services; you will be informed of the service times in advance”. Pravoslavie.ru 11 февраля 2016 г. Смотри также Комментарии Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia Performs All-Night Vigil at Geneva’s Elevation of the Holy Cross Cathedral of the Western European Diocese Source: Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia January 25, 2016 On the evening of January 23, 2016, the eve of the 34th Sunday after Pentecost and the first Saturday after the Epiphany of the Lord, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia performed all-night vigil at Elevation of the Holy Cross Cathedral in Geneva, Switzerland, the main church of the Western European Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia. His Holiness was joined in the service by His Beatitude Metropolitan Onouphry of Kiev and All Ukraine; His Eminence Metropolitan Ilarion of Volokolamsk, President of the Department of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate; His Eminence Archbishop Michael of Geneva and Western Europe of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia; His Grace Bishop Sergy of Solnechnogorsk, Head of the Administrative Secretariat of the Moscow Patriarchate; Protopriest Pavel Tsvetkov, Senior Priest of Elevation of the Holy Cross Cathedra; Protopriest Nikolai Balashov, Vice President of the DECR; Protopriest Mikhail Gundyaev, Delegate of the Moscow Patriarchate to the World Council of Churches and International Organizations in Geneva; Priest Alexander Volkov, Head of the Press Service of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, and other clergymen of the cathedral. During matins, His Holiness anointed the worshipers. Archbishop Michael welcomed His Holiness Patriarch Kirill after the service, noting that this was the first divine service by the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church in the cathedral. In memory of the event, Archbishop Michael gave His Holiness an icon of St John of Shanghai and San Francisco the Miracle-worker. His Holiness then delivered a sermon to the worshipers in attendance. His Holiness then gave Archbishop Michael a panaghia made to mark the 1,000-th anniversary of the repose of Holy Prince Vladimir, Enlightener of Rus. Fr Pavel was also given a cross marking the jubilee. The Patriarch of Russia then gave an icon of St Sergius of Radonezh to the cathedral as a gift. The worshipers present at the service were all given small icons of the “Savior Not Made By Hands” blessed by His Holiness. Patriarch Kirill then participated in a trapeza organized by the cathedral’s parishioners. Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia 26 января 2016 г. Смотри также Комментарии Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| John Anthony McGuckin New Martyrs THOMAS KITSON Orthodoxy calls those who died witnessing to their faith in the eras following Constantine’s Edict of Milan (313) the “New Martyrs.” The title was first used for the victims of heretical rulers during the Byzantine Iconoclastic controversies that preceded the Triumph of Orthodoxy in 843. While there was no systematic persecution during the Ottoman period, Christians were often punished for activities that directly threatened the Islamic faith. New Martyrs of the Turkish Yoke (commemorated on the third Sunday after Pentecost) suffered for openly preaching Christianity, for converting others (or reverting to the faith after adopting Islam), and for causing disturbances by promoting Christian revival (which, beginning with the 19th- century liberation movements, often carried ethnic and national overtones). There were numbers of New Martyrs in China and Japan also. The actively atheist Soviet government encouraged varying degrees of organized church persecution after the 1917 Russian Revolution, involving many thousands of martyrs. In 1981 the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia recognized many Soviet victims, hierarchs, clergy, monks, and laity (including Tsar Nicholas II and his family) as New Martyrs and commemorates them on January 25, the date of Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev’s martyrdom in 1918. In recent years the Moscow patriarchate has also systematically extended the lists of the New Martyrs of Russia. Many other New Martyrs suffered under the Nazis (including Mother Maria Skobtsova) and their allies (the Serbian New Martyrs are commemorated on June 15), as well as subsequently under the violently repressive communist regimes in Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, and other parts of the Soviet Eastern bloc. SEE ALSO: Albania, Orthodox Church of; Bulgaria, Patriarchal Orthodox Church of; Contemporary Orthodox Theology; Romania, Patriarchal Orthodox Church of; Russia, Patriarchal Orthodox Church of; St. Elizaveta Feodorovna (1864–1918); Serbia, Patriarchal Orthodox Church of REFERENCES AND SUGGESTED READINGS Cavarnos, C. (1992) The Significance of the New Martyrs. Etna, CA: Center for Traditionalist Orthodox Studies. Papadopoulos, L. J. and Lizardos, G. (1985) New Martyrs of the Turkish Yoke. Seattle: St. Nektarios Press. Polsky, M. (1979) The New Martyrs of Russia. Munich: St. Job of Pochaev Press. Читать далее Источник: The Encyclopedia of Eastern Orthodox Christianity/John Anthony McGuckin - Maldin : John Wiley; Sons Limited, 2012. - 862 p. Поделиться ссылкой на выделенное |
| Patronal Feast Celebrated in St. Anna Convent in Vashkivtsi His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry headed the celebrations. Photo: news.church.ua The patronal feast was celebrated in St. Anna Convent in the city of Vashkivtsi, Chernivtsi region, Ukraine, on August 14, 2022, the 9th Sunday after Pentecost, the feast day of the Holy Martyrs of Maccabees . His Beatitude Onuphry, Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine, officiated the Divine Liturgy at the convent in the lower church of the central cathedral, which is consecrated in honor of the Maccabee martyrs, reports the Information and Education Department of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Photo: news.church.ua After reading the Gospel, His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry delivered a sermon on the lives of the holy martyrs of Maccabees, “who remained faithful to the Divine laws, the laws of love.” The archpastor urged believers to follow the path of God, despite the temptations that arise, because “when a person lives according to the Divine law, while suffering, but does not deviate from the intended path, he is to a certain extent becomes like the holy martyrs.” “When a person suffers for God, this is how he shows his love for the Lord. God fills such a person with His wondrous divine grace, which comforts in sorrows and illnesses, and helps us live with dignity on earth,” said His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry. During the service, solemn petitions and prayers were lifted up for peace in Ukraine. Photo: news.church.ua Code for blog Since you are here… …we do have a small request. More and more people visit Orthodoxy and the World website. However, resources for editorial are scarce. In comparison to some mass media, we do not make paid subscription. It is our deepest belief that preaching Christ for money is wrong. Having said that, Pravmir provides daily articles from an autonomous news service, weekly wall newspaper for churches, lectorium, photos, videos, hosting and servers. Editors and translators work together towards one goal: to make our four websites possible - Pravmir.ru, Neinvalid.ru, Matrony.ru and Pravmir.com. Therefore our request for help is understandable. For example, 5 euros a month is it a lot or little? A cup of coffee? It is not that much for a family budget, but it is a significant amount for Pravmir. If everyone reading Pravmir could donate 5 euros a month, they would contribute greatly to our ability to spread the word of Christ, Orthodoxy, life " s purpose, family and society. Also by this author Today " s Articles Most viewed articles Functionality is temporarily unavailable. Most popular authors Functionality is temporarily unavailable. © 2008-2024 Pravmir.com |
| Photo: orthodox-europe.org On the tenth Sunday after Pentecost, 21 August, 2022, more than sixty Ukrainian refugees from the Refugee Centre in Nyon, Switzerland (some forty kilometers from Geneva), were welcomed to the Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Cross in Geneva for the Divine Liturgy. They joined the many members of the Cathedral parish of Ukrainian descent, as well as the many refugees who are already part of the community, in the reception of the Divine Mysteries and the lifting up of prayers for the cessation of bloodshed in Ukraine. Following the Liturgy, co-served by Archpriests Pavel Tzvetkoff and Emilian Pocinoc, a reception was arranged for the guests, including a generously prepared meal and coffee. Fr Emilian spoke with the visitors for some time, assuring them of the spiritual home that each of them has in the Geneva Cathedral and the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, and rejoicing with them in the unity God provides in His Church, even in times of trial; before sending them forth in peace with the hope of a return visit in the nearest future. Photogallery Code for blog Since you are here… …we do have a small request. More and more people visit Orthodoxy and the World website. However, resources for editorial are scarce. In comparison to some mass media, we do not make paid subscription. It is our deepest belief that preaching Christ for money is wrong. Having said that, Pravmir provides daily articles from an autonomous news service, weekly wall newspaper for churches, lectorium, photos, videos, hosting and servers. Editors and translators work together towards one goal: to make our four websites possible - Pravmir.ru, Neinvalid.ru, Matrony.ru and Pravmir.com. Therefore our request for help is understandable. For example, 5 euros a month is it a lot or little? A cup of coffee? It is not that much for a family budget, but it is a significant amount for Pravmir. If everyone reading Pravmir could donate 5 euros a month, they would contribute greatly to our ability to spread the word of Christ, Orthodoxy, life " s purpose, family and society. Also by this author Today " s Articles Most viewed articles Functionality is temporarily unavailable. Most popular authors Functionality is temporarily unavailable. © 2008-2024 Pravmir.com |
| Representatives of Local Orthodox Churches participated in a Liturgy at the Kiev Caves Lavra Kiev, November 8, 2015 On November 8, 2015, the 23th Sunday after Pentecost, the day before the celebration of the 400th anniversary of the Kiev Theological Academy, the Divine Liturgy with participation of representatives of Local Orthodox Churches was served at the Dormition Cathedral of the Kiev Caves Lavra, reports Patriarchia.ru . Metropolitan Nifon of Philippopolis (the Church of Antioch), representative of the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East at the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, headed the service. Archbishop Kassian of Lower Danube (the Romanian Orthodox Church); Chairman of the External Relations Department of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (DECR of UOC MP) Archbishop Mitrofan of Luhansk and Alchevsk; Metropolitan Isaiah of Tamassos and Orinis (the Church of Cyprus); Chancellor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Rector of the Kiev Theological Academy and Seminary Metropolitan Anthony of Boryspil and Brovary; Chairman of the Education Committee of the UOC MP’s Holy Synod Bishop Clement of Irpen; Bishop Varsonofy of Borodyanka; ordained monks and guests of the monastery concelebrated with Metropolitan Nifon. Bishop Clement of Irpen delivered a sermon after the Gospel reading. Following the Litany of Fervent Supplication His Eminence Metropolitan Nifon offered up a prayer for the peace in the Ukraine. After the Liturgy the Metropolitan greeted the faithful and expressed his joy for having an opportunity to visit the Ukraine and the Kiev Caves Lavra and participate in the celebrations of the 400th anniversary of the Kiev Theological Academy and Seminary. The hierarch has also noted that the Orthodox Church of Antioch historically has a close link with the Kiev Theological Academy where a large number of its (of the Church of Antioch) pastors studied. Alexander III (Tahan: 1869-1958), Patriarch of Antioch from 1931 till 1958, was among the alumni of the Kiev Academy. Rector of the Kiev Theological Academy and Seminary Metropolitan Anthony thanked Metropolitan Nifon along with all the hierarchs and guests gathered at the celebration. He noted that the faithful members of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church were sincerely rejoicing as this significant anniversary – the 400th anniversary of the Kiev Theological Academy – was celebrated together with representatives of Local Orthodox Churches. This fact is indicative of the universal Orthodox importance of the event. The rector has also thanked the hierarchs for their prayer and support they are giving to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the Ukrainian people in these difficult times. Photo by http://kdais.kiev.ua/ 9 ноября 2015 г. Смотри также Комментарии Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Synaxis of the Hierarchs of Novgorod, Buried in the Cathedral of the Holy Wisdom (Hagia Sophia) in Novgorod Commemorated on February 10 The Synaxis of Novgorod Hierarchs is also celebrated on October 4 and on the third Sunday after Pentecost. On October 4, 1439 Saint John (September 7) appeared to the presiding hierarch Saint Euthymius (March 11) and ordered him to serve a special panikhida in memory of those buried at the Sophia cathedral (the Russian princes and Archbishops of Novgorod, and all Orthodox Christians) on the Feast of the Hieromartyr Hierotheus, first Bishop of Athens. Then the incorrupt relics of Saint John (September 7) were uncovered. Afterwards, the Synaxis was established to mark the glorification of the Novgorod hierarchs. E.E. Golubinsky says that because these hierarchs remained unknown at the time of their glorification, he determined this date for their common celebration was established in the period between the time of the Moscow Council of 1549 and the time of the formation of the Holy Synod (E.E. Golubinsky, History of the Canonization of Saints in the Russian Church. Moscow, 1903, p. 157). Included in the Synaxis of Novgorod hierarchs are: Saint Joachim of Korsun, first bishop of Novgorod (988-1030); Saint Luke the Jew, bishop (October 15, 1060); Saint Germanus, bishop (1078-1096); Saint Arcadius, bishop (September 18); Saint Gregory, archbishop (May 24, 1193); Saint Martyrius, archbishop (August 24, 1199); Saint Anthony, archbishop (October 8, 1231); Saint Basil the Lame, archbishop (July 3, 1352); Saint Simeon, archbishop (June 15, 1421); Saint Gennadius, archbishop (December 4); Saint Pimen, archbishop (1553-1571); Aphthonius, metropolitan (April 6, 1653). The relics of these saints were buried or transferred to Novgorod’s Sophia Cathedral (except for Saint Germanus, Saint Gennadius and Saint Pimen) therefore, in some sources their names are not included in the Synaxis. The October 4 celebration was established in connection with the memory of the holy Prince Vladimir Yaroslavich of Novgorod (+ 1052), and the February 10 Synaxis of the Novgorod hierarchs is celebrated in connection with the holy Princess Anna of Novgorod (+ 1056). Besides those mentioned, hierarchs who have separate commemorations are: Saint Nikita the Hermit, bishop (January 31); Saint Niphon, bishop (April 8); Saint John, archbishop (September 7); Saint Theoctistus, archbishop (December 23); Saint Moses, archbishop (January 25); Saint Euthymius, archbishop (March 11); Saint Jonah, archbishop (November 5); Saint Serapion, archbishop (March 16). Подпишитесь на рассылку Православие.Ru Рассылка выходит два раза в неделю: Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Victims of Beslan commemorated in Paris/Православие.Ru Victims of Beslan commemorated in Paris Paris, September 2, 2013 On September 1, 2013, the tenth Sunday after Pentecost, a Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the Cathedral Church of Three Holy Hierarchs in Paris. The Liturgy was headed by the Church's Rector, Hieromonk Mark (Svyatogorov). Head of the pilgrimage center Priest Nikolai Nikishin, Chaplain of The French Foreign Legion Hieromonk Alexy (Dumont), Priest Maxim Politov, a Cleric of St Catherine's Church in Rome Hieromonk Amvrosy (Matsegora), Deacon George Sheshko and Deacon Anthony Ivashin concelebrated with him, reports the press service of the Diocese of Korsun. At the litany of the departed, in memory of the victims of the Beslan tragedy, special petitions were made " for the repose of the departed servants of God innocently slain in Beslan by the evil intent of men " . After the post-Communion prayer, Priest Maxim Politov addressed the gathered believers with a sermon. After the Liturgy, Hieromonk Mark and concelebrating clergy celebrated a traditional prayer service for the beginning of the new school year. At the end of the prayer service the adolescents and their parents were sprinkled with Holy water. Then a memorial prayer (Litia) was served for repose of the victims of the terrorist act, committed nine years ago in the secondary School No. 1 in Beslan (North Ossetia). The funeral service was headed by Rector of the Church, Hieromonk Mark (Svyatogorov). Minister-counsellor of the Russian embassy in France L.Y. Kadyshev, Paris Mayor of The 15th District Philippe Goujon, representatives of the " Solidarity with the children of Beslan " association, other French and Russian public organizations, parishioners, and guests of the Church were present at the Litia. After the Litia for the repose of the innocently slain children of Beslan and their defenders who gave their lives for their salvation, " Eternal memory " was sung. Pravoslavie.ru 5 сентября 2013 г. ... Предыдущий Следующий Комментарии Войдите через FaceBook ВКонтакте Яндекс Mail.Ru Google или введите свои данные: © 1999-2015 Православие.Ru При перепечатке ссылка на Православие.Ru обязательна Контактная информация Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
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