NEWS FROM THE DIOCESES
 
PARIS-CONSTANTINOPLE: December 2, 2005

A Pilgrimage of Clergymen of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (photo-report)

The pilgrims give His Eminence Archbishop Gabriel an icon of St John.

The pilgrims with Abbess Olga of Protection Convent in Bussy.

At the Russian Cemetery at Sainte-Genevieve-du-Bois.

At St Sergius Podvorie with Archbishop Gabriel and Protopresbyter Boris Bobrinsky.

With Abbess Makrina and Nun Evfrosinia at Lesna Convent.

The incorruptible relics of St Alexey of Yuzhinsk at the Cathedral of Protection Convent in Bussy.

The Church of Holy Great Martyr Irene, where the II Ecumenical Council was held.

A mosaic at Hagia Sofia.

The Life-giving Wellspring of the Mother of God, which has not run dry since the fifth century.

At the office of Patriarch Bartholomew in Phanar.

The iconostasis of the Patriarchal Cathedral in Phanar.