On September 23, 2000, a month after the Moscow Patriarchate canonized Tsar Nicholas II and his family as Royal Passion-bearers, His Holiness Patriarch Alexei II visited the mine where their holy bodies were disposed of near the village of Koptyaki and blessed the construction of a monastery in their honor. Yesterday, the 20th anniversary of…

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The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church has approved of an initiative to boost the Church’s presence and outreach to society, especially younger generations, via the Internet. The Bulgarian Patriarchate’s website, among others, will be upgraded and expanded, and will offer an electronic bookstore and digital library.

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, has bestowed the Russian Church’s highest distinction to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, during a reception held at the Patriarchal hall in Moscow. His Holiness praised the minister’s contribution to consolidating peace and justice in international relations, as well as facilitating cooperation between the Church…

The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, on Thursday received the dean of the University of Athens’ school of theology, prof. Christos Karagiannis. The academic presented the Primate of the Church of Greece with the conclusions of a recent conference on the subject of ecclesiastical art, which was organized and hosted by…

The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, on Thursday met with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the State Department in Washington DC, just days before the latter is due to arrive in Greece for an official visit. According to reports, the Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in America conveyed the concerns of…

The memory of the Panaghia Pantanassa was celebrated on Thursday with venerable Mount Athos liturgical order at the St. Nicholas church in Porto Lagos, a glebe of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi in northeast Greece. The holy services were broadcast live by the Orthodoxia Νews Αgency and the online magazine Pemptousia. Faithful from…

The Church today venerates the memory of Silouan of Athos, one of the most important figures of contemporary Orthodox monasticism.   Today is also the feast day of Thecla, the Protomartyr and Equal to the Apostles.

Hollywood legend Mickey Rourke recently sat down for an interview with the Orthodoxia News Agency to discuss his role in the film, “Man of God,” on the life of the great 20th-century wonderworker St. Nektarios of Aegina, which is currently begin filmed in Greece, and miracles he has experienced in his own life. Rourke plays…