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His Beatitude Anastasios Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and All Albania, the current primate of the Albanian Orthodox Church, celebrates Friday his 27th enthronement anniversary. His Beatitude Anastasios Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and All Albania, was born on November 4, 1929, in Piraeus, Greece. Archbishop Anastasios (Yannoulatos) Professor of History of Religions (1972-92) and Dean of the Theological Faculty of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (1983-86). B.D. and Th.D. (with…

Albania’s old Orthodox churches, forgotten and abandoned for many decades because of the religious persecution by the atheist state, are being restored by both the Albanian Orthodox Church and the Institute of Cultural Monuments in Albania. The interest of Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania, in this direction is continuous, substantial and effective. Although restoration work is difficult in many cases, experts point out that the restoration of the temples is still possible…

His Eminence Metropolitan Pavlos of Drama consecrated a newly built church at the hut of the Annunciation at Lakkoskiti in honour of Saint Paisios of Mount Athos. This is the first church serving a Romanian community on the Holy Mount to be dedicated to St Paisios. The consecration ceremony took place on July 25, the feast day of St Paisios according to the unrevised Julian calendar. The church was also offered a second Patron Saint, the holy and righteous King David. Weiterlesen auf basilica…

A group of tech-savvy Romanians are currently testing Sotiras, a new social platform that could be an Orthodox alternative to Facebook. Their initiative has the blessing of the Romanian monks from the Annunciation Kellia of the Romanian Lakkoskete on Mount Athos. The new social networking website ‘aims at promoting beauty, normality, and Christian values’, reads a statement of the founders published by Marturie Athonita. Weiterlesen auf basilica.ro (22. August 2019)

Die Hl. Synode der Griechischen Orthodoxen Kirche hat entschieden, einen kirchlichen „Tag des ungeborenen Kindes“ einzuführen. Der Tag soll jeweils am Sonntag nach Weihnachten gefeiert werden. In der Bekanntmachung heißt es, der Beschluss solle Kinder schützen und dazu beitragen, das demografische Problem des Landes zu beheben. In einem Vortrag in Athen hatte Metropolit Ignatios (Georgakopoulos) von Dimitrias 2017 geschätzt, dass die griechische Bevölkerung in den nächsten 20 Jahren um eine hal…

MP Daniel Gheorghe has submitted a draft law to parliament that declares August 16 an official Remembrance Day of the Holy Brancoveanu Martyrs and a National Day of Awareness of Violence against Christians. If the draft law will be approved by the Parliament, the following buildings will be illuminated in red on August 16, between 20:00 and 24:00: the Romanian Parliament, the Government of Romania, the central and local public authorities, the Arc de Triomphe and the Mogosoaia Palace. The bill…

Der neue griechisch-orthodoxe Erzbischof von Thyateira und Großbritannien, Nikitas (Loulias), ist in der Londoner Hagia Sophia-Kathedrale feierlich in sein Amt eingeführt worden. Mit Erzbischof Nikitas sind jetzt die neuen geistlichen Oberhäupter aller drei englischsprachigen Erzeparchien des Ökumenischen Patriarchats von Konstantinopel – außer Großbritannien auch Australien und Nordamerika – installiert. Bei der Liturgie zur Amtseinführung von Erzbischof Nikitas in London hatte – in Vertretung…

As Pravoslavie.ru reports, extremely rare footage from Mount Athos, shot in 1917 and 1918, has recently come to light online. The video is hosted on the YouTube channel “Mount Athos Film Archive / Αγιορειτική Ταινιοθήκη”, which was created not long ago. The first part of the video actually contains footage of the famous Greek monastery of the Great Meteoron, part of the larger Meteora complex, which is not located on Athos, but in the mountains overlooking the legendary plains of Thessaly. The…

COMMUNIQUÉ oft he 22nd Church Assembly-Sabor of the Serbian Orthodox Dioceses in the United States of America, July 13-16, 2019: 800 Years of the Autocephaly of the Serbian Orthodox Church: Endowed by God, Treasured by the People: The hierarchs, clergy and delegates representing parishes and diocesan bodies from the three Dioceses of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the United States of America met July 13-16, 2019 at New Gracanica Monastery in Third Lake, Illinois and St. Sava Monastery in Liber…