Eastern Orthodox Church

MOSCOW - The competition commission for painting the Cathedral of Saint Sava chose the project for the mosaic painting to decorate the interior of the biggest Orthodox church in the Balkans.

BELGRADE - Patriarch Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) will be staying in a two-day visit to the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Britain and Scandinavia to attend the consecration of the Holy Council Church in Stockholm, SPC posted on its website.

Serbian Orthodox Church:Make a Parade but use your own money

BELGRADE -- Serbian Orthodox Church have stated that they are against the Pride Parade.

Serbian Orthodox Church have stated that they are against the Pride Parade, but also that its participants "have the right to parade, but only on their and their customers' expense."

Today Orthodox Christians mark the day of the Holy Cross called in Bulgaria "Krastovden".

The Orthodox Church pays homage to the Holy Cross of Jesus Christ with a water blessing ceremony.

Thousands of believers gather in churches to see the Holy Cross which the priests raise above their heads for everyone to see hence the name of the feast - the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.

Moves by the Serbian Orthodox Church to put the head of the Church in Macedonia on "trial" before an ecclesiastical court in Serbia will set back recent attempts to renew dialogue between the churches, observers say.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta said that he wants the values martyred Prince Constantin Brancoveanu represents for the Romanian people to further be the nation's touchstone.

In a message released today, on the occasion of the anniversary of 300 years since the martyr death of Prince Constantin Brancoveanu and his four sons, President Traian Basescu says that the Romanians are bound to try follow the example of this family, unyielding in their faith.

Premier Victor Ponta attends today at the 'St. George the New' Church in downtown Bucharest the religious commemorative ceremony marking 300 years since the martyr death of Prince Constantin Brancoveanu (1654 - 1714) and his four sons.

BELGRADE - The 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War I was marked at the reconstructed Russian cemetery entitled Russian necropolis in Belgrade on Friday, and the commemorative service to honour the victims was attended by Serbian and Russian officials and dignitaries of the Serbian Orthodox Church and the Russian Orthodox Church.

BELGRADE - An exhibition titled “Govor Krsta” (The Speech of the Cross) will open at the National Museum in Belgrade on Thursday, offering visitors an insight into the multi-layered symbolic meanings associated with the cross.