The Theotokos is now the common mother for all of us, “who constantly cares for us and stands before the throne of God, raising her holy prayers to the throne of God for every person and for all of us together.”
“Brutally, in violation of all imaginable and unimaginable laws, according to the raiding scheme which had been given a trial run in villages, an evil deed was committed in the regional center,” said the Metropolitan.
The monastery was consecrated on September 28, 1968, one year after it was founded by Mother Alexandra (formerly Princess Ileana of Romania).
While Istanbul continues to surprise with the richness of its historical heritage, this time a chapel was discovered in Bağcılar.
The primate of the Macedonian Orthodox Church-Ohrid Archbishopric recently paid a one-month pastoral visit to the MOC’s Diocese of America and Canada.