Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to replace Jens Stoltenberg at the head of NATO - FRANCE 24 - 22 JUN 2024

Outgoing Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte has secured the approval of all 32 NATO Allies to be the next Secretary General when Jens Stoltenberg retires in September. with James J. Townsend Jr.,Senior Advisor at the Atlantic Council think tank in Washington,DC

Monday, June 24, 2024

Пятидесятница / Pentecost - YouTube

His Eminence Metropolitan Job of Pisidia (Antalya Province,Turkey) has a Russian speaking flock within the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

Sunday, June 23, 2024

Πανηγυρικός Εσπερινός | Ιερά Μονή Αγίας Τριάδος Σπαρμού Ολύμπου 23.6.2024 - Panegyric Vespers of the Day of the Holy Spirit - Holy Monastery of the Holy Trinity,Sparmos Olympos,Greece

As a stavropegial institution,Holy Trinity Monastery is directly under the Ecumenical Patriarch,who is duly comemmorated.Presided by Hieromonk Nektarios,representing the Ecumenical Patriarch,right,and attended by Hieromonk Nikanoros,Igoumenos (Abbot) of Holy Trinity Monastery,left.

Tuesday, June 18, 2024

King and Queen Lead Royal Family in Garter Day Procession - YouTube - The Royal Family Channel - 17 June 2024

HM King Charles III and HM Queen consort Camilla led the monarchy in celebrating the ancient Order of the Garter at St. George's Chapel,Windsor Castle.Knigts and Ladies of the Garter processed through the grounds of Windsor Castle for the annual service commemorating the most senior rank of Chivalry that can be obtained in Britain.Report by Zaina Alibhai and edited by Andrew Taylor

Princess Charlotte Has a Big Sister Moment with Prince Louis on Buckingham Palace Balcony - YouTube - Royal Insider News

Monday, June 10, 2024

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Marks His Name Day on 11 June

The feast day of the Holy Apostles Barnabas and Bartholomew is the name day of His All-Holiness Ecumencial Patriarch Bartholomew.In observance,he will first preside at Vespers on 10 June at the Patriarchal Church of St.George.Then he will go next door to perform an agiasmos,a blessing by water,for the completion of renovations at the Phanar Greek Orthodox College (High School),the oldest and most prestigious Greek Orthodox school in Istanbul.Also called the Great School of the Nation,it was founded in 1454 by Patriarch Gennadios Scholarios.Phanar means "lantern" and refers to the patriarchate environs.After the blessing,he will receive the regards of the clerics and faithful for his name day.The current building dates from the 19th century and has the appearance of a red castle.The turret on top contains an observatory dome.The observatory hosts astronomy classes which use its large antique telescope.The private school teaches the required Turkish curriculum as well as Greek language,literature and religion.It has six Turkish teachers and fifteen Greek teachers.*The next day,His All-Holiness will preside at the Divine Liturgy in the Patriarchal Church of St.George.Concelebrating will be clerics from Constantinople and abroad.Following the dismissal,Patriarch Bartholomew will be addressed by the dean of the Phanar,His Eminence Elder Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon,and will respond to the good wishes.

Friday, June 7, 2024