His Grace Bishop Jovan of Slavonia visited the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, on May 13, 2021, on the feast of the Holy Apostle James Zevedeyev. On that occasion, His Grace Bishop Jovan of Slavonia was received by His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem and All Palestine in the Patriarchal Residence in Jerusalem. spc.rs

On the Sunday of Antipascha (St. Thomas’ Sunday), May 9, 2021, the parish of the Holy Great Martyr George, the Victory-Bearer, in Clearwater celebrated its Feast Day – Slava. The Divine Liturgy was officiated by the Very Reverend Protopresbyter Vladan Marić while the parish choir sang the liturgical responses. Following the prayer behind the ambo,…

On Wednesday, May 12, 2021, on the feast of St. Basil of Ostrog, which is the church Patron Saint-day of the Cathedral Church in Niksic, the festive procession of the faithful passed through the city as a sign of respect, love and gratitude to their heavenly protector and patron Saint Basil of Ostrog. The procession…

This week’s “How-to” Green Your Parish episode features the parish of St. Anna Greek Orthodox Church in Roseville, California on “Learning from our Parishes.” The “How-to” Green Your Parish series is an initiative of the Department of Inter-Orthodox, Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations. New episodes will be released weekly featuring ideas and ways to introduce creation…

he Church today venerates the memory of the Holy Martyr Glyceria. This Martyr contested and received the crown of martyrdom in 141 in Trajanopolis of Thrace, in the northeast tip of modern-day Greece – and during the reign of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius.

The Metropolitan of Messinia, His Eminence Chrysostomos, on Thursday addressed the 6th Delphi Economic Forum, which is taking place this week in the Greek capital. The Metropolitan spoke on the topic of “The Covid-19 Pandemic and the Church of Greece”. His Eminence stressed that the Church must provide man in the post-pandemic era with criteria…

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Greece’s president of the republic, Katerinia Sakellaropoulou, today began a four-day visit to the Evros prefecture in extreme northeast Greece, on the occasion of the 101st anniversary of the region’s liberation and inclusion into the modern Greek state. As part of her official contacts, the Greek president will meet with the Metropolitan of Alexandroupolis, Trajanopolis…

This year’s report by the US State Department on religious freedoms around the world is again scathing over official Turkey’s treatment of religious minorities in that predominately Muslim country. According to the report, the Turkish government continues to restrict the rights of non-Muslim religious minorities, especially those not recognized by the 1923 Lausanne Treaty. Nevertheless,…