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The Holy Trinity, prefiguration of our ascetic fight – priest monk Nicolas Sakharov
INVITATION The Conference cycle “Orthodoxos Logos” of the Archdiocese of Belgium has the honor to invite you to a conference of priest monk Nicolas Sakharov, on Wednesday 10 October 2018 at 7:30 pm in the conference room of the Dominican Monastery in Brussels (Avenue de la Renaissance, 40 – 1000 Brussels – metro Schuman). The … Continued
Annual Meeting of the Committee of Representatives of the Orthodox Churches in the European Union (CROCEU)
From 4 to 8 October 2018, the Committee of Representatives of the Orthodox Churches to the European Union (CROCEU) held its annual meeting in Bulgaria, at the kind invitation of His Beatitude Neofitos, Metropolitan of Sofia and Patriarch of Bulgaria. The main topic of this year’s meeting was “The factors of enhancing cohesion in the … Continued
Orthodox Youth Weekend 26-28.10.2018
Our Metropolis organises, as to yearly tradition, a “Meeting of the Orthodox Youth of the Benelux”, taking place from Friday 26 till Sunday 28 Octobre 2018, at the centre “Drieboomkensberg” (Westmalle). Theme of the gathering: “The relation within the Orthodox Spirituality according to Saint Silouan” Our guest speaker: Hieromonk Nicolas SAKHAROV from the Stavropegic Monastery … Continued
Message of His All Holiness, Patriarch Bartholomew, for the day of prayer for the protection of the Environment (01/09/2018)
+ B A R T H O L O M E W By God’s Mercy Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch To the Plenitude of the Church: Grace, peace and mercy From the Creator of All, our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ *** Beloved brothers and sisters in the Lord, Twenty-nine years have … Continued
The Consultation of the European Network for Health Care Chaplaincy
PRESS RELEASE July 3, 2018 The 15th Consultation of the European Network for Health Care Chaplaincy (ENHCC) was held in Blankenberge, near the city of Bruge, Belgium. Sixty-five representatives from different Churches in Europe and other Chaplaincy Organizations who care for the sick took part in the Consultation. Fr. Stavros Kofinas, Coordinator of the Patriarchal … Continued
Many people in Belgium live as if there is no God
It so happened that during my interviews in Europe I met Ignace Peckstadt, the father of the current Metropolitan of Belgium Athenagoras much earlier than I met the metropolitan himself. It happened in Ghent, Belgium in 2007. At that time, His Eminence Athenagoras was the Vicar Bishop of the Archdiocese of Belgium that was headed … Continued
The Orthodox Diaconate in The Benelux
Deacon Barnabas Genbrugge. Asten, June 9th, 2018. Eerwaarde vader Aartsdiaken, Ιερολογιότατοι πατέρες, Dear Brothers in the diaconate. At the request of Archdeacon Filádelfos I will try to share with you some humble thoughts of mine about the Orthodox Diaconate in The Benelux. I admire the courage of our beloved Father Archdeacon for entrusting me with this … Continued
Please enroll your children in the Orthodox Religion Lesson in the European schools
DEAR PARENTS PLEASE ENROLL YOUR CHILDREN IN THE ORTHODOX RELIGION LESSON IN THE EUROPEAN SCHOOLS Dear Parents, Christ is Risen! The Orthodox Religion lesson is taught in all the European Schools. Enrollment for the lessons of the next school year, beginning in September 2018, has already started, and we would like to remind you to … Continued
PATRIARCHAL ENCYCLICAL FOR HOLY PASCHA 2018
Prot. No. 312 + B A R T H O L O M E W By God’s Mercy Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch To the Plenitude of the Church: May the Grace, Peace and Mercy of Christ Risen in Glory be with you All Dear venerable Hierarchs and beloved brothers and sisters in … Continued
Communiqué 06.03.2018
On Tuesday, 6 March 2018, the Committee of Representatives of Orthodox Churches to the European Union (CROCEU) in cooperation with the Working Group on Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue of the European People’s Party (EPP) held a dialogue Seminar in the European Parliament in Brussels. The main topic of this Seminar was “The importance for Europe … Continued