His Holiness Patriarch Porfirije views the recent verdict of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina against Milorad Dodik, President of Republika Srpska, as unconstitutional and contrary to the Dayton Agreement, believing it aims to delegitimize the existence of the semi-autonomous entity and the democratic will of the Serbian people. Pres. Dodik received a one-year prison…

His Beatitude Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia expressed his deep sorrow in an official statement regarding the devastating consequences of the severe snowfall in Western Georgia, which has caused significant problems for the country and resulted in human casualties. He emphasised the importance of solidarity and noted that the government, rescue services, and volunteers are…

New groups of catechumens from various villages in the Iringa district came to receive Holy Baptism at the Kidamali Missionary Centre, in Tanzania. A day of joy, with the bright faces of young and old shining in the sunlight and their souls radiating the grace of Holy Baptism. His Grace Bishop Agathonikos of Arusha and…

His Eminence Metropolitan Meliton of Philadelphia, representing the Ecumenical Patriarchate, is currently in Tirana, where on Thursday, 27 February 2025, he led a memorial service at the grave of the late Archbishop Anastasios of Albania. The service, marked by deep emotion, was attended by Metropolitan Nathaniel of Amantia and clergy of the Archdiocese of Albania….

His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, in his Encyclical for the beginning of Holy and Great Lent, emphasises that the call of our Church for this blessed period is repentance, which “points to a continual journey, a steady reorientation of our existence toward Christ.” “And when this reorientation exists,” His Eminence points out, “then experience…

The President of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy, MP Ionuț Vulpescu, and Romania’s Ambassador to the Holy See, His Excellency George Bologan, were received on Monday by Bishop Siluan at the headquarters of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Italy. During their meeting with Bishop Siluan, the discussion emphasized and appreciated the spiritual and social assistance…

On February 22, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Bulgaria and the accompanying church delegation made a pilgrimage to the Orthodox Monastery of St. John the Baptist in Essex, England. The monastery was founded by St. Sophrony Sakharov in 1959 and falls under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. It is home to monks and nuns…

His Beatitude Metropolitan Sawa of Warsaw and All Poland in his message for Great Lent 2025, calls upon the faithful to enter this sacred period with a spirit of repentance, prayer, and self-restraint. As he himself emphasises, “Great Lent, known as the Holy Forty Days, is a time of spiritual toil, prayer, self-restraint, and ascetic…

On Wednesday, 26 February, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, officiated at the Doxology Service for the beginning of the new academic year at Saint Andrew’s Theological College in Sydney. As this Service marked the 40th year of the Theological College, which is the pride and spiritual nurturer of the Orthodox Church in Australia, His…