Poland

One of the oldest iconostases in Poland was discovered in an Orthodox church

Polish researchers announced last month that they discovered one of the oldest iconostases in Poland. it was found in a church from Nowoberezowo, the district of Hajnówka, and presented in an event held in Białystok, the city where the most numerous Polish Orthodox faithful live at present. The discovery was made in the attic of…

Nov 2, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

The meeting place of the world Orthodox youth to change: “Wrocław 2022” is now “Supraśl 2022”

Polish organizers announced on Tuesday that the meeting place for this summer’s World Gathering of Orthodox Youth has changed: “Wrocław 2022” is now „Supraśl 2022”. The event will be hosted by the Orthodox Academy and the Monastery in Supraśl.  The period has been extended by a day compared to the initial announcement: now the event…

Feb 16, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

Orthodox youth from around the world to meet this year in Poland

Orthodox youth from around the world will meet this year in Wrocław, Poland, between July 18 and 23. The Wrocław 2022 meeting is hosted by the Orthodox Church of Poland and the Fellowship of Orthodox Youth in Poland, with the blessing of His Beatitude Metropolitan Sawa. The event is inspired by the exhortation “…go and…

Feb 2, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

OrthPhoto Awards international photo competition announces its winners

The first edition of the international Orthodox photo competition “OrthPhoto Awards” concluded on Tuesday with the announcement of its winners. The ceremony was held at the Center of Orthodox Culture in Bialystok, Poland, and it was live-streamed on different platforms. More than 650 photographers from almost 30 countries took part and over 4,500 photos presenting…

Aug 11, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

First church of St. Luke of Crimea in Poland consecrated, dedicated to victims of nazism

St. Luke of Crimea, known as the “Blessed Surgeon,” is loved and venerated throughout the Orthodox world, and churches dedicated in his honor have been built in a number of Orthodox countries. On June 22, the Polish Orthodox Church joined them, consecrating its first church to the great 20th-century saint in the village of Łaźnie…

Jul 11, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

JWG met in Warsaw, Poland

The Executive Committee of the Joint Working Group (JWG) between the World Council of Churches and the Roman Catholic Church met in Warsaw, Poland, from 6 to 8 May 2019 under the leadership of His Eminence Metropolitan Nifon, Archbishop of Târgoviște (Romanian Orthodox Church) and His Excellency Diarmuid Martin, Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and Primate…

May 10, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Poland’s sole Orthodox hermitage celebrates 500 years of its holy site

The Skete of Sts. Anthony and Theodosius of the Kiev Caves in Ordynki, near the town of Narev, the only Orthodox hermitage in Poland, celebrated 500 years of the holy site on which it is built. On Saturday, the feast of Sts. Anthony and Theodosius, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the skete with pilgrims…

Sep 21, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

Metropolitan Sawa invites believers at first liturgy in new Warsaw Cathedral

His Beatitude Metropolitan Sawa of Warsaw and All Poland has invited the clergy and faithful of the Polish Orthodox Church to attend the first Divine Liturgy in the capital’s new Agia Sophia Cathedral on Saturday May 19, 2018. According to the press release from the metropolitan’s chancellery, this will be the second important moment in…

Mar 20, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Poland: Metropolitan Sawa consecrates renovated church of Supraśl Monastery

His Beatitude Sawa, Metropolitan of Warsaw and all Poland, consecrated Sunday the renovated church of St John the Theologian in Supraśl Lavra, orthodox.pl reports. In accordance with Church Tradition, a particle of the relics of the local Saint Gabriel of Białystok, martyred at the age of six in 1690 in Poland, was embedded in the altar.…

Feb 15, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

The Construction of „Saint Sofia” Cathedral in Warsaw Is Being Continued

The construction of “Saint Sofia” Cathedral has made progress. Several images displayed, on 12 August 2016, on the official website of the Orthodox Church of Poland show the stage of construction of the church symbol of the Polish Orthodox faithful. The foundation stone of the place of worship was laid on 5 December 2015, with…

Aug 14, 2016Iulian Dumitraşcu

Patriarch John X to Poland on an Official Church Visit

Upon the invitation of His Beatitude Sawa, Metropolitan of Warsaw and all Poland, His Beatitude John X, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, is paying an official visit to the Church of Poland during the period of August 16 – 22, 2016. He will be accompanied by an official delegation including His…

Aug 11, 2016Iulian Dumitraşcu