All-Diaspora Russian Orthodox Youth Conference Begins in France

The All-Diaspora Russian Orthodox Youth Conference has opened in France, on its second day celebrating the feast of St. John of Paris and San Francisco with a festal Divine Liturgy concelebrated by Bishops Michael (Donskoff) of Geneva and Theodosius (Ivaschenko) of Seattle of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad and observed by Archbishop Gabriel (de Vylder) of Comana of the Russian Orthodox Exarchate of Western Europe. More here.

Russian and Polish Orthodox Hierarchs Concelebrate in Geneva

After the close of the meeting of the Inter-Orthodox Preparatory Commission in Chambesy, Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) of Volokolamsk, Archbishops Mark (Arndt) of Berlin of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (ROCOR) and Jeremiah of Wroclaw and Szczecin of the Polish Orthodox Church, and Bishop Michael (Donskoff) of Geneva of the ROCOR concelebrated the Divine Liturgy in Geneva's Cathedral of the Elevation of the Holy Cross. More here.

Three Holy Hierarchs' Church in Paris Celebrates 80th Anniversary

This past Saturday the Church of the Three Holy Hierarchs in Paris, seat of the Diocese of Korsun of the patriarchal Russian Orthodox Church, celebrated the 80th anniversary of its foundation. The festal services were concelebrated by Bishop Nestor (Sirotenko) of Korsun, Bishop Michael (Donskoff) of Geneva of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, and clergymen of the patriarchal and synodal Russian Orthodox Churches, the Russian Orthodox Exarchate of Western Europe of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. More here.