For us spiritual children, for the clergy and monastics who were touched by his love for God, his spiritual direction, his life of prayer, generous hospitality and friendship, he was known affectionately as Fr. Seraphim. Archimandrite Seraphim, Abbot of Holy Cross Monastery, formerly.
On Bright Saturday, April 26, His Eminence Metropolitan Benjamin of Minsk, primate of the Belarusian Orthodox Church, led the consecration of the renovated Holy Dormition Cathedral at the Holy Dormition-Zhirovichi Monastery.
His Eminence faces up to eight years in prison.
According to Staffan Jansson, head of the local administration, this is the first time the question of expropriation of property based on connections with Russia has arisen in Västerås.
Hierarchs of the Jerusalem and Bulgarian Patriarchates joined clerics of the Russian Orthodox Church’s Spiritual Mission in Jerusalem for the annual celebration of the Meeting of the Most Holy Theotokos with Righteous Elizabeth and the transfer of a venerated icon of the Annunciation during Bright Week.