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As we are approaching the fifth edition of the Festival of Orthodox Ringing "The One that Proclaims, Glorifies, Calls upon", held annually in Suprasl, Poland, the editorial team of the OrthPhoto.net together with the organizers of the Festival - the Icon Museum in Suprasl and the Foundation "Oikonomos" / Suprasl Academy – are preparing a photo exhibition

Ruse Metropolitan Neofit was elected Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church by the Holy Synod's national church council on 24th of February.

On the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (I.A.O.) and in cooperation with OrthPhoto.net the I.A.O. is organizing a photo contest. Aim of the contest is to present the diversity and beauty of the celebration of Easter, the most important feast in Orthodox Church and show how the great feast of Pascha is celebrated throughout the Orthodox cultures.
Topic of the contest is “Easter in Christian East”.

atriarch of Antioch and All the East, fell asleep in the Lord , December 5th, 2012, at St. George Orthodox Hospital in Beirut Lebanon, after having suffered a stroke earlier this week. Biography His Beatitude Patriarch Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch and All the East was born in 1920 in the village of Muharda, near the city of Hama Syria.

In the early morning of November 6, 2012, His Holiness Maxim, the Bulgarian Patriarch and Metropolitan of Sofia, reposed in the Lord at the age of 98 after a short illness due to heart failure, at University Hospital "Lozenets" at 03.30 hours. His Holiness Maxim led Bulgarian Orthodox Christians for more than 40 years. He was at the helm of the church from July 1971.

th International exhibition of photographs entitled "Orthodoxy on the Web", organized by the Society of hobbyists, film and video works "BEOFOTO" from Beocin.

The opening of the exhibition “Colours of Orthodoxy – Poland” thas taken place in European Parliament in Brussels. This is the first place abroad when the exhibition is shown.

The opening of the exhibition “Colours of Orthodoxy – Poland” thas taken place in European Parliament in Brussels. This is the first place abroad when the exhibition is shown.

The opening of the exhibition “Colours of Orthodoxy – Poland” will take place next week, in Brussels in the headquarters of the European Parliament.

A photo exhibition was successfully held regarding the Orthodox monastic tradition around the world. The photos were taken by the members of the website Orthphoto.net. The exhibition was organized by the Press Office of the Metropolis of Veria, Naoussa and Campania on the occasion of the 18th Pavlia