Letter of Condolences to His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
7. August 2020 - 11:47
To His Beatitude John X Patriarch of Antioch and All the East Damascus
Your Beatitude, Our dear brother and fellow servant in the Lord, We have received the sad news about the devastating explosion that took lives of many innocent people in Beirut, which We have recently visited, lovingly hosted by Your Beatitude and welcomed by many wonderful and cordial people. This horrible tragedy induced great sadness and pain in the heart of the Serbian people.
Memorial rite (panichida) for the victims on the Petrovacka cesta
8. August 2020 - 13:53
25 years since the horrific crime when a column of refugees expelled in the "Storm" military action was bombed on the on Petrovacka cesta (road).
His Grace Sergije, Bishop of Bihac-Petrovac, performed a memorial service for innocent Serbian civilians in a refugee column a quarter of a century ago on Petrovacka cesta, in the village of Janjila near Bosanski Petrovac. The rite took place on August 7, 2020.
Eminent theologian Father Boris Bobrinskoy passed away
8. August 2020 - 12:51
One of the most prominent Orthodox theologians in the West, Father Boris Bobrinskoy, passed away yesterday, August 6, 2020. He was born in Paris on February 25, 1925, to Russian parents who immigrated to France after the 1917 Russian Revolution. He studied in an orthodox environment in Paris, but also in Catholic and Protestant Theological Departments. His theological thought was influenced by Father George Florovsky, Father Nikolay Afanasiev, Father Alexander Smeman, Father Cyprian Kern and Vladimir Losky.
The Primate of Alexandria on the side of the Patriarch of Antioch
7. August 2020 - 14:21
The support of Patriarch Theodore and the entire Patriarchate of Alexandria to the people of Lebanon and the Patriarch of Antioch was expressed by the Primate of Alexandria in a letter regarding the tragedy that occurred the day before yesterday in Beirut:
Your Beatitude Patriarch of the Great Theopolis of Antioch and all the East, very dear and beloved brother in Christ and my concelebrator, Mr. John, we overwhelmly address your beatitude fraternally.
Feast of the Transfiguration in Halki
7. August 2020 - 12:05
The Abbot, Bishop Kassianos of Aravissos officiated at the Great Vespers, at the celebrating Holy Patriarchal and Stavropegial Skete of the Transfiguration of Christ in Halki, the care of which has been entrusted to the Theological School, that was held yesterday, on the eve of the feast. Today, August 6, the Orthros and Archieratical Divine Liturgy were celebrated by Metropolitan Stefanos of Kallioupolis.
