The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church has composed and issued its own textbook on Orthodox Christianity for 6th-7th graders. On Monday, the volume was accepted for evaluation by the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science, reports the press service of the Bulgarian Church. The Ministry evaluates textbooks on both content and graphic design…

The Hellenic Initiative (THI) Australia has announced two new recipients of its Winter Appeal grants totalling €31,000 (nearly $50,000 Australian), the Greek charities Together for Children and Wise Greece. THI Australian president Nicholas Pappas AM welcomed the new partner charities which join the eight other Greek charities that are supported by his organisation. “We are…

Forgive them, For They Know Not What They Do” by Archimandrite Alexandros Loukatos Presiding Priest of the Metropolitan Church of the Annunciation of the Theotokos in Oslo, Norway I take this opportunity to join in taking up the Cross, as another Simon of Cyrene, bearing witness to the truth, to support the written account of…

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Well-known Serbian film director Emir Kusturica this week, in an interview with the magazine International Affairs, referred to what he called “new western consumer models” that damage Christian identity. Moreover, the award-winning filmmaker warned that tactics often employed by multinationals smother his creativity and freedom. Kusturica, while discussing the ongoing global crisis, spoke about the…

The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, met with newly ordained clerics of the Romanian Orthodox Church this week, where he spoke on the role of the priest in the Church. His Beatitude noted that each cleric must allow himself to be entrusted in the hands of God, and to also request from all…

The Bishop of Budimlja–Nikšić, His Grace Ioannicus, the Patriarchate of Serbia’s locum tenens, or administrator, for the Holy Metropolis of Montenegro and the Littoral, on Wednesday arrived at the Beška Monastery, on the occasion of the feast of the Annunciation, as based on the Julian calendar, which is followed by the Serbian Church for its…

The Annunciation of the All-Holy Theotokos, the Virgin Mary, based on the Julian calendar, was celebrated on Wednesday by the Patriarchate of Jerusalem in the Nazareth, at the holy shrine in the town. The Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Most Godly Beatitude Theophilos III, officiated, with co-celebrants being Metropolitan Kyriakos of Nazareth and several other hierarchs…

The Greek government on Wednesday announced that high schools will reopen throughout the country, without exceptions, on Monday, April 12, after a blue chip committee of epidemiologists and public health experts gave their approval, in a majority vote. The reopening will be accompanied by strict Covid-19 precautions, such as the mandatory wearing of face masks…