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The Communique of the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church from their regular meeting held at Zica Monastery and in Belgrade, May 9-18, 2019: This year’s regular meeting of the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church began on May 9, 2019 in Monastery Zica, the first headquarters of the autocephalous Serbian Church, while the 800th anniversary of autocephaly, full Church independence, that great gift from God and great achievement of Saint Sava, we celebrate th…

An einer vom Direktor der Kroatischen Caritas, Prälat Fabijan Svalina, geleiteten Gedenkmesse mit mehr als 30 Konzelebranten und einer bischöflichen Ansprache, in der an die Opfer des Massakers von Bleiburg („Tragödie von Bleiburg“; Mai 1945) erinnert wurde, haben am 18. Mai in der Südkärntner Gemeinde mehrere Tausend Kroaten teilgenommen. Es waren deutlich weniger als in den vergangen Jahren; ein Teil von ihnen war aus der Diaspora in Westeuropa und Amerika angereist. Die Messe war wichtigste…

Der Heilige Synod des Ökumenischen Patriarchats von Konstantinopel hat zwei wichtige Personalentscheidungen getroffen: Der bisherige Metropolit von Bursa (Broussa), Elpidophoros (Lambriniadis), wurde – als Nachfolger des zurückgetretenen Demetrios (Trakatellis) – zum neuen „Erzbischof von Amerika“ gewählt. Der bisher in Estland tätige Metropolit von Christoupolis, Makarios (Griniezakis), wird – als Nachfolger des verstorbenen Stylianos (Harkianakis) – neuer „Erzbischof von Australien“. Auf Grun…

Different representatives of Orthodox media outlets gathered in Cyprus from May 15 to May 19, 2019, to find ways of strengthening the international cooperation between Orthodox media specialists. The meeting was occasioned by the opening of the ‘Colours of Orthodoxy. Cyprus – Poland’ Exhibition organized by the OrthPhoto.net photography website, the Archdiocese of Cyprus, the Cyprus Photographic Society, and the Publishing House of the Orthodox Metropolis of Warsaw. Weiterlesen auf basilica.ro…

Commemoration of the victims of the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people is necessary in order to prevent such catastrophes from being repeated. This was stated by the head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, MP of Ukraine Refat Chubarov during an event in Kyiv arranged to commemorate the victims of the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people in 1944, Ukrinform reports. “By the decision of the Verkhovna Rada, May 18 is the Day of Remembrance of the victims of the genocide of the Crime…

The largest mosaic depicting the More Spacious than the Heavens Icon of the Mother of God was applied on the half-dome that stands above the altar of the National Cathedral in Bucharest on Tuesday, May 7, 2019. The team of specialists was coordinated by iconographer Daniel Codrescu. The Panagia Platytera ton ouranon measures 16 meters high and was created by a team of artists coordinated by iconographer Daniel Codrescu. It is the first icon that decorates the walls of the Romanian People’s Salv…

“Some thought the blessing of the family on May 17 was directed against someone, but we have no antagonism; we are worried about Georgia,” His Holiness Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia said in his homily on Friday, May 17, celebrated as Family Purity Day in Georgia since 2014. “We should think about Georgian families, about the future of Georgia,” the beloved archpastor continued. His homily for the day is published on the site of the Georgian Orthodox Church. Family Purity Day was laun…

May 2019 marks the 90th anniversary of the unifying congregation of the baptized by the Holy Spirit in Volyn and the organization of the Union of Christians of the Evangelical Faith of the then Poland (1929). The solemn gathering on the occasion of the anniversary took place on May 4, 2019 at the House of Prayer of the Church of Christ the Savior, at 14a Voronikhin street in the city of Lutsk. According to the official website of the Ukrainian Church of the Christians of the Evangelical Faith…

Papst Franziskus hat die Katholiken Südosteuropas aufgerufen, „mutig und kreativ“ zu sein und dem Vorbild der Slawenapostel Kirill und Method zu folgen. Auf seiner zweitätigen Reise nach Bulgarien am 5. und 6. Mai sprach der Papst vor allem der kleinen katholischen Minderheit Mut zu und warb für mehr Aufnahmebereitschaft gegenüber Migranten sowie einem dialogischen Miteinander der Kirchen und Religionsgemeinschaften. Die Bulgarische Orthodoxe Kirche (BOK) begegnete dem Oberhaupt der römisch-kat…