A plenary session of the Inter-Synodal Committee of the Russian Orthodox Church continued for a third straight day on Friday at the Cathedral of the Savior in Moscow, under the chairmanship of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill. Pastoral issues were up for discussion on Friday, with one text entitled “On…

A previously announced ceremony in Belgrade for the signing of a fundamental agreement between the Serbian Orthodox Church and the state of Montenegro did not take place on Thursday evening, as scheduled. According to an announcement by the Church in Serbian capital, Montenegro Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapic presented the Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije,…

The Metropolitan of Drinoupolis, Pogoniani and Konitsa, His Eminence Andreas, this week aired his concerns over the latest developments in northern Epirus, the southern-most areas of Albania that border with Greece, referring to a mistake by ethnic Greek political parties to cooperate with larger political formations in the former country. His Eminence, whose Metropolis’ ecclesiastical…

The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, on Thursday evening attended a commemorative event in central Athens on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Greece’s entry into the then European Economic Community, today’s European Union. The event was also attended by the country’s president, Katerina Sakellaropoulos, and addressed by Prime Minister…

The Church today commemorates the memory of Andrew, the Fool for Christ. This saint lived in Constantinople in the 5th century, and hailed from the ancient land of Scythia.

His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, received Mr. Zdravko Krivokapic, President of the Government of the Republic of Montenegro at the Serbian Patriarchate today, on 27 May 2021. The meeting was attended by members of the Holy Synod of Bishops: Metropolitan Hrizostom of Dabar-Bosnia, Bishop Jovan of Sumadija, as well as Bishop Joanikije of Budva-Niksic. In…

Article by His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain within this month’s Newsletter of the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s delegation to the World Council of Churches. Interspersed among the top local and global news stories on television and in the pages of magazines and newspapers, stories and exposés about small and large-scale human trafficking operations…

Meeting at Christ the Savior Cathedral under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, the Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church adopted a document on canonical prohibitions yesterday in which it delineates three types of ecclesiastical offenses. The document, “Provision on Canonical Prohibitions and the Disciplinary Punishments of Clergymen,” was adopted, including a number…

The Pastoral School of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia’s Diocese of Chicago and Mid-America is offering several courses during its summer semester that are open to the general public. The summer session runs from June 21 to August 7. The classes offered this summer are: Liturgics Intermediate/Advanced Church Slavonic Parish Management and Operations…