Romanian Orthodox Church this week organized a nationwide blood drive, on the occasion of Monday’s World Blood Donor Day.

A con-celebratory Divine Liturgy was held on Sunday at the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, also known as the Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces, on the first anniversary of its dedication at the Patriot Park, just outside Moscow proper. The Patriarch of Russia and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, officiated at…

The Orthodox Church in the strife-plagued Kosovo and Metohija province remained under siege by the Kosovo Albanian forces in the region, days after the first Divine Liturgy in 23 years was celebrated at the unfinished Cathedral of the Savior in the city of Pristina. A bevy of Kosovo Albanian politicians and officials subsequently reiterated claims…

The Bishop of Toliara and southern Madagascar, His Grace Prodromos, spoke to the Orthodoxia news agency this week, where he referred to newly dedicated Holy Monastery of St. Joseph the Hesychast, the first cenobitic Orthodox monastery on the large Indian Ocean island nation. Back in Greece, the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude…

Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Costas Vlassis on Tuesday continued his visit to the semi-autonomous monastic community of Mount Athos. The minister’s portfolio includes international ecclesiastical affairs and diplomacy, as jurisdiction for Mount Athos comes under Greece’s foreign affairs ministry. A day earlier, Vlassis represented Athens at the change in the leadership of the rotating Sacred…

The Church today venerates the memory of Amos the Prophet. Today is also the feast day of Our Righteous Father Hieronymus.

On Thursday, June 10, 2021, the Great Feast of the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ, His Grace Bishop Irinej of Eastern America celebrated the Hierarchal Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom in the parish church of the Holy Ascension in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Concelebrating with His Grace were Very Reverend Protopresbyter Aleksa Micich, parish…

The feast of the Transfer of the Relics of the Venerable Father Justin was marked with a great liturgical celebration in Celije monastery, a shrine in which the newly proclaimed saint of the Serbian Orthodox Church and one of the most prominent Orthodox theologians of modern times had served for three decades.  His Eminence…

On June 12, 2012, the Day of Russia, a solemn ceremony of presenting Gold Medals of the Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation and the 2020 National Awards in the field of science and technology, literature and art and for achievements in the human rights advocacy and charitable works took place at the St….