| Close up of the bust The grave of Archimandrite Eleutherios (Lefteris) Noufrakis A children " s book in Greek that educates children about this historic Divine Liturgy in 1919. 13 июня 2015 г. Подпишитесь на рассылку Православие.Ru Рассылка выходит два раза в неделю: Предыдущий Следующий Смотри также Turks Glorify Historic Slaughter and Rape of Christians Turks Glorify Historic Slaughter and Rape of Christians Such pride in Islamic atrocities goes all the way to the top in Turkey, to President Erdogan, who claims that the jihadi conquest of Constantinople was the true " time of enlightenment. " USCIRF issues statement on Hagia Sophia USCIRF issues statement on Hagia Sophia USCIRF urges Prime Minister Erdogan publicly to reject the bill and affirm that Hagia Sophia " s current status will be maintained. Liturgy at Hagia Sophia plan cancelled after statement from Turkish Foreign Ministry Liturgy at Hagia Sophia plan cancelled after statement from Turkish Foreign Ministry On Friday, September 18, a group of about 250 Greek Orthodox Christians cancelled their plans to hold Divine Liturgy and the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul after statements by Turkish officials that the planned services would not be allowed, reports Today " s Zaman. Комментарии Aikaterini Tsivitzi 10 июня 2016, 18:00 This is quite an amazing story. Really touching. Petru Patrar 7 июня 2016, 11:00 Saint Paisios has made a prophecy that Constantinopole will once be again in Greek hands and Liturgy will be made again in Agia Sofia. Philippe Schepens 25 мая 2016, 13:00 The Spaniards did reconquer their country in 1492 ans expelled the last muslim in 1617. Since Erdogan is trying to become an antidemocratic dictator in Turkey, and wants to enter the European Union , the Greek should reclaim the European part of Turkey as compensation for the slaughter of Smyrna in 1922, expell all muslims from it and retore the Hagia Sofia in its former christian glory. This will be again a terrestrial mirror of the glory of God Almighty C. |
| Archive Patriarchal Exarch for Southeast Asia visits DPRK 29 November 2019 year 17:15 On November 25-29, 2019, a delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church headed by Metropolitan Sergy of Singapore and Southeast Asia, Patriarchal Exarch for Southeast Asia, visited the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Meeting Metropolitan Sergy and his suite at Sunan airport were chairman of the DPRK Association of the Faithful Mr. Kan Ji Yong; chairman of the DPRK Orthodox Committee Mr. Viktor Yu; H.E. Alexander Matsegora, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the DPRK; Russian diplomats accredited in Pyongyang; and clerics of the church in the capital city. On November 26, the commemoration day of St. John Chrysostom, Metropolitan Sergy and Bishop Foma of Pavlovsky Posad, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Administrative Secretariat celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Trinity in Pyongyang. Concelebrating were hieromonk Pitirim (Dodenko), secretary of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Southeast Asia; Archpriest Sergy Yakutob, rector of the Church of the Intercession in the city of Ussuriisk; Rev. Vladimir Zhan and deacons Pavel Pak and Georgy Jun. Among those attending the service were Mr. Victor Ju; Ambassador Matsegora, Mr. Dmitry Petrovsky of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations; compatriots residing in the DPRK, many of whom took the Holy Communion. The delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church met with the deputy chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly; chairman of the Association of the Faithful; chairman of the Orthodox Committee; and other officials. Metropolitan Sergy and members of the delegation laid flowers at the Liberation Monument erected to honour Red Army soldiers on Morabong Hill and at the memorial plague dedicated to the Hero of Russia Andrei Karlov, who was the Russian ambassador to the DPRK in 2001-2006. The delegation headed by Metropolitan Sergy visited social institutions, had a sightseeing tour of the city and visited the village of Panmunjm in the Demilitarized Zone, the 38th parallel, where truce was signed after the Korean War of 1950-53. On November 29, Metropolitan Sergy and members of the delegation departed from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| Archive New Russian Orthodox church consecrated in Spanish Torrevieja 27 March 2018 year 14:28 March 25, 2018 – Bishop Nestor of Korsun, administrator of the Korsun diocese, celebrated the Grand Consecration of a new parish Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God in Torrevieja, Alicante Province, Spain. During the consecration, the relics of the Holy Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian were placed at the holy altar. After a procession with the cross, Bishop Nestor, after anointing the holy relics with myrrh, placed them together with the consecration deed into a reliquary and seal it with reliquary wax. This placement of a part of holy relics at the basis of the altar means that the Universal Church in the period of persecution was established on the bones of martyrs. In the newly consecrated church, the archpastor celebrated the Divine Liturgy. He was assisted by Archpriest Yaroslav Dybach, rector of the Parish of St. George in Valencia, Archpriest Sergiy Prosandeyed, Hiero-schema-monk Nicholas (Serbian Church), Deacon Roman Onika, and other guests of the parish in holy orders. There were some 400 worshipers including parishioners, pilgrims and guests of the community from various parishes in Spain. After the liturgy, Bishop Nestor delivered an archpastoral homily, congratulated the community with the opening of a new church and presented laudatory diplomas to churchwardens and parishioners who proved to be the most active participants in the purchasing and adorning of the new church building. The building to be later arranged according to the canons of the interior decoration of the Orthodox church, was bought in autumn 2017. At the same time, the community bought an adjacent plot of land next to the picturesque Park of Europe 400 meters from the Mediterranean coastline. According to a report from the diocese of Korsun, the purchase of a new church facility became possible thanks to the active actions of the clergy and parishioners who managed in a short time to raise the sum necessary to continue financing the project. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| The Sermon of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill after the Divine Liturgy in the Dormition Camhedral in London 16 октября 2016 г. 22:45 On the 16th of October His Holiness Patriarch Kirill visiting the Diocese of Sourozh consecrated the Cathedral of the Dormination of the Mother of God in London and celebrated the Divine Liturgy therein. After the service the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church delivered a sermon. Your Eminences, and Graces, dear Bishop Yelisei, Your Grace Justin Welby, archbishop of Canterbury, Your Highness Prince Michael of Kent, high representatives of the Catholic, Armenian and Coptic Churches, dear brothers and sisters, I extend my heartfelt greetings to you all on this historic occasion in the life of the Russian Orthodox Church in the British Isles. We are celebrating the three hundredth anniversary of the presence of Russian Orthodox people in Great Britain. And we are celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of our community in this holy church, once kindly put at our disposal by the Church of England, and then acquired on the means of her parishioners. This is a great event and, going back in time, I can testify to the great path this community has trod. The first time I crossed the threshold of this church was in 1969. I don " t know whether there is anyone here today present who attended this church back then. I recall that there was quite a small group of people united by their Orthodox faith and guided by their spiritual father and leader the ever-memorable Metropolitan Anthony (Bloom), who did much to establish this community. And now we testify with thanks to God that the Russian Orthodox presence has grown significantly. This might be explained by the number of Russians, Ukrainians and Byelorussians who today live in Great Britain. But the growth of Russian speakers in Great Britain does not at all determine parish growth. The growth of the Orthodox community testifies to the strengthening of the Orthodox faith in the hearts of our people. What we see today in London we can see especially clearly in Russia, Ukraine and Byelorussia. |
| Archive The Sixth International Patristic Conference on St. Basil the Great in the Theological Tradition of East and West completed its work in the CMI 16 April 2019 year 13:47 From April 11-12, 2019, the Sixth International Patristic Conference, devoted to the legacy of St. Basil the Great, was held at the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies (CMI). In its eighth issue sections, leading specialists in patristics, liturgics and the history of the Early Church presented papers on the theological, exegetical, liturgical and ascetic teaching of St. Basil the Great. At the closing session, Bishop Irenaeus of Sacramento, vicar of the Russian Church Outside Russia’s diocese of America, professor at the University of Oxford, Great Britain, summed up the results of the conference. He gave a high value to the international theological-patristic forum held in the CMI at which a fruitful exchange took place between scholars from various countries and representatives of Christian Churches in East and West. On behalf of the participants in the conference, Bishop Irenaeus thanked the CMI rector, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, for his initiative to hold annual patristic conferences to give specialists in patristic studies a unique opportunity for meeting and discussing topical matters concerning studies into the legacy of a particular father of the Church. The forum agreed to prepare a collection of papers on various topics concerning the biography, works and theological teaching of St. Basil the Great. The conference concluded on April 13 with the Divine Liturgy celebrated in the church of Our Lady the Joy to All the Afflicted-in-Bolshaya Ordynka. The liturgy was presided over by Metropolitan Hilarion. After the liturgy, the guests were invited to a lunch in the course of which they had an opportunity to continue discussing the results of the forum. The event was conducted with the financial support of the Kirche in Not and Poznaniye charities. CMI Press Service/Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates the Day of All Saints at Moscow Representation of the Orthodox Church of Alexandria Moscow, June 8, 2015 On June 7, 2015, the Day of All Saints, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), led the parishioners of the church of All Saint-at-Kulishki, the Moscow Representation of the Orthodox Church of Alexandria, in celebrating the Divine Liturgy. The liturgy was celebrated in Greek and Church Slavonic. After the liturgy the DECR chairman was greeted by Metropolitan Athanasios of Kyrenia, rector of the Representation, who said in particular, ‘The fact that you have accepted our invitation and our common celebration of the great Sacrament do not just point out the good relations between the Patriarchates of Alexandria and Moscow but, more important, make it visible that the holy Churches of God are bound up by inseparable unity, comprising One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church’. In his response, Metropolitan Hilarion spoke about the Day of All Saints as a feast commemorating hundreds of thousands of people who, following Christ, took the path of sanctity. The Lord Jesus Christ, he said, came out against the understanding of sanctity as one’s isolation from society and the need to observe a whole bulk of prescriptions and statutes. The Lord told very simple things to people: ‘the kingdom of God is within you’, and the spiritual struggle for sanctity is waged within a person. Speaking about martyrs and confessors who followed Christ on the way to sanctity in times of persecution against the Church, Metropolitan Hilarion pointed to the fact that the Church has again become persecuted today in the Middle East, where Christianity was born and in North Africa, where Christians have become a persecuted minority. ‘We pray every day that the Lord may give us peaceful times. We pray for all Local Orthodox Churches and especially for such old Patriarchates as that of Alexandria founded by St. Mark, asking the Lord that He may preserve and multiply Christian faith in the countries in which it is subjected to oppression and persecution today’. Addressing Metropolitan Athanasios, His Eminence Hilarion thanked him for the opportunity to celebrate together and to pray for His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodore, saying, ‘ We know and love him. He used to serve in Odessa as representative of the Patriarch of Alexandria to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. He has covered a long and difficult path and founded a great number of church communities in various African countries… I rejoice in the fact that the spiritual ties between our two Churches are developing and strengthening today including through your efforts’. 8 июня 2015 г. Смотри также Комментарии Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| 10 февраля 2017 г. Подпишитесь на рассылку Православие.Ru Рассылка выходит два раза в неделю: Предыдущий Следующий Смотри также 15,000 believers present at Divine Liturgy on the Feast of Saint Paraskeva of Iai 15,000 believers present at Divine Liturgy on the Feast of Saint Paraskeva of Iai Thousands of faithful from all across Romania participated Friday, 14 October 2016, in the Divine Liturgy, officiated in Iai on the Feast of Saint Paraskeva the New. Representatives of state and local authorities also took part in the event. Approval for the Initiative of the 3 Million Romanians Concerning the Traditional Family Approval for the Initiative of the 3 Million Romanians Concerning the Traditional Family The legislative proposal was signed by three million Romanians in order to explicitly protect the family and the parents’ rights. Romanian Patriarchate calls on Lower House to reject legislative proposal on civil partnership Romanian Patriarchate calls on Lower House to reject legislative proposal on civil partnership According to the cited source, “ever since the oldest times, the Romanian people have cultivated the legacy of utmost respect towards the family, called the Church at Home, being satisfied that this is instituted and blessed by God.” Комментарии Anthony 13 февраля 2017, 19:00 Dear Jack. Greetings of the day! Rejoice! And many many thanks for dropping on by to comment. I still don " t get what the point of these marches are and your response hasn " t provided a solution either. I suppose next we " ll be seeing Orthodox street preachers with loud megaphones screaming on the street corners for people to repent and accept Jesus as Lord and Saviour. I thought Christians were to be known by their behaviour and love. Not by marching in their festival parades trying to take the moral high ground which ain " t gonna make one shred of a difference. But I say to you once again Jack lift yer hands up and Rejoice! Anthony 13 февраля 2017, 10:00 Dear Jack. Greetings of the day! Rejoice! And many many thanks for dropping on by to comment. |
| Archive Moscow Patriarchate clergy took part in the funeral service for Metropolitan Theodosius (Lazor) 27 October 2020 year 18:23 With the blessing of the chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for External Church Relations, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, and the acting administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the United States of America, Bishop Matthews of Chersonesus, Hegumen Nikodim (Balyasnikov) and Rev. Mark Rashkov of the Russian Orthodox Church’s representation in the USA attended the funeral service for the former Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, Metropolitan Theodosius (Lazor) who passed away in the Lord on October 19, 2020. In the evening of October 22, in the Church of John the Baptist in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, the place of His Eminence Theodosius’s childhood and beginning of his church service, an assembly of hierarchs and clergy of the Orthodox Church in America, led by His Beatitude Tikhon, Archbishop of Washington and Metropolitan of All America and Canada, held the funeral service for the departed. According to the will of the deceased, the burial service took place at the cemetery of the Convent of the Holy Transfiguration in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania. On October 23, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon led in this convent the celebration of the Divine Liturgy, during which he was assisted by hierarchs and clergy of the Orthodox Church in America, as well as Bishop Irenej of Eastern America, Serbian Orthodox Church; Hegumen Nikodim (Balyasnikov), secretary to the administration of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA; and Rev. Mark Rashkov, head of the office of the Moscow Patriarchate Parishes in the USA. After the liturgy, the hierarchs delivered funeral orations. Messages of condolences from His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk were read out by Father Mark Rashkov. After the prayer for the repose of the dead and the reading of the prayer of absolution, the bishops, priests and sisters of the convent led by Abbess Christophora, and lay people saw the departed Metropolitan Theodosius on his way. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| Archive Russian and Greek clergymen celebrate at Gethsemane 24 August 2023 year 17:09 By tradition, Russian clergymen in the Holy Land led by the head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem celebrate Divine Liturgy at the Tomb of the Mother of God in the Garden of Gethsemane prior to the Feast of the Dormition. On August 24, 2023, many Russian-speaking faithful from Jerusalem and neighboring towns attended the traditional “Russian Liturgy” at the Tomb of the Most Pure Theotokos celebrated by Archimandrite Alexander (Yelisov), head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission. Assisting were sacristans and workers of the Mission’s metochions, clerics of the Gorny Convent archpriest Miroslav Vitiv, hegumen Nikon (Golovko), archpriest Nikolai Zhdanov, hieromonk Innokenty (Bespalov), hieromonk Dometian (Markaryan), and Rev.Viktor Klinshov, as well as clergymen from the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, and ordained pilgrims. Among those praying at the divine service were Metropolitan Joachim of Helenopolis, Hegumen of Gethsemane; hegumeness Yekaterina (Chernysheva) of the Gorny convent in Ein Karem, and sisters; hegumeness Iuliania (Kaleda) of the Conception stauropegic convent in Moscow, and sisters; hegumeness Viktorina (Perminova) of the Nativity of the Virgin stauropegic convent, and sisters; monks from the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre; Russian-speaking Orthodox Christians residing in the Holy Land, and pilgrims. The Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the Greek and Church Slavonic languages with brethren of the Gethsemane monastery and sisters of the Gorny convent singing. After the divine service, Metropolitan Joachim invited Russian clergymen to veranda that offers the Old City view. He shared with them a traditional ‘Jerusalem’ breakfast consisting of moderately cold water, fresh bread, spiced olive oil, Arabic sweets, and coffee. At parting, Metropolitan Joachim and Archimandrite Alexander exchanged souvenirs. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| Ss. Peter and Paul Church in Hong Kong This parish in Hong Kong is officially registered as the Orthodox Brotherhood of Apostles Saints Peter and Paul in 2004 to provide for the spiritual needs of Orthodox expatriates and local Chinese living and working in Hong Kong. The Brotherhood through the able leadership of its parish priest Fr Dionisy Pozdnyaev is dedicated to assist the revival of the Chinese Autonomous Orthodox Church. Through donations the Brotherhood is sponsoring many missionary activities including Chinese translation and publication of Orthodox books. The original parish of Ss Peter & Paul was located at 12 Essex Crescent, Kowloon Tong, and eventually closed in 1972 shortly after the repose of its rector Fr Dmitry Uspensky in 1970, who faithfully served in Hong Kong since his arrival in 1933. Saints Peter & Paul of Hong Kong Finds New Home The Orthodox Brotherhood of Apostles Saints Peter and Paul (Moscow Patriarchate) finds new home in the Sheung Wan neighborhood on Hong Kong Island. The new facility on the seventh floor of Arion Commercial Centre can now accommodate the growth of both the parish community and the Centre of Russian Language. Inaugural divine services at the new location was held on SUNDAY, 5 of September, at 9am (Matins, Divine Liturgy). You can find typical schedule of Divine services below: Saturdays Vigil - 6:00 pm Confessions - 7:00 pm or by appointment Sundays Service of the Hours - 10:00 am Divine Liturgy - 10:20 am Feast Days Vigil on Eve of Feast - 6:00 pm Divine Liturgy - 8:00 am For latest service schedule updates or cancellations, please call the church office and check website on http://orthodoxy.hk/ Address #701, 7/F, Arion Commercial Centre 2-12 Queen " s Rd West Sheung Wan, Hong Kong Phone: +852 9438 5021 Fax: +852 229 09125 Website: www.orthodoxy.hk facebook: facebook.com/group.php?gid=365043558612 Divine Services 11 июля 2013 г. Подпишитесь на рассылку Православие.Ru Рассылка выходит два раза в неделю: Комментарии Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
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