While we’re in church, our behavior should be appropriate, befitting those who are standing before God. We shouldn’t get involved in pointless discussions, but should rather stand with fear and trembling, with attention and readiness, with our gaze trained on the earth and our soul raised to the heavens. Saint John Chrysostom

An online synaxis, or assembly, with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, with couples from Romania, took place on Tuesday afternoon. Among others, the Elder Ephraim said the love that must exist between spouses is a priority in achieving a peaceful life together, as well as the…

Noted English writer Paul Kingsnorth was baptized as a Christian Orthodox this week at a Romanian monastery in Shannonbridge, Ireland. Kingsnorth later noted that “…as a Western newcomer to Orthodoxy, I have a lifetime’s learning journey ahead of me, but I already feel like I have arrived home.” The author was quoted by the ecclesiastical…

The Archiepiscopal Vicar of Northcote, Archimandrite Fr. Evmenios, this week reiterated that there was no intent to shut down the St. Basil’s nursing home in Melbourne. Fr. Evmenios also serves as the chairman of the Board of the Church-run nursing home.

The the Bishop of Budimlje-Nikšić, His Grace Ioannicus, the Patriarchate of Serbia’s administrator of the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral, this week reminded that the election of a new Patriarch of Serbia is a “…familiar, ecclesiastical and spiritual act of national significance. All that participate in this procedure must follow the will of God.”…

Turkey’s Islamist and increasingly authoritarian president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, this week continued his belligerent statements on a variety of issues – with the language mainly served up for domestic consumption to his Anatolian base of supporters. Among others, the Turkish president said the current year, 2021, will be celebrated for its “…significant anniversaries of our…

The worst winter storm of the season so far, this week blanketed much of mainland Greece and several islands with snow, causing power outages and the closing of roadways. Despite inclement weather caused by the storm front, many faithful across the eastern Mediterranean country took the opportunity to photograph and post images of snow-covered monasteries…

The Church today venerates the memory of Theodore the Tyro, the Great Martyr.

On the 16th of February, 2021, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, took part in a seminar of the International Hellenic University (MOET of IHU, Thessaloniki). The event, dedicated to the topic of “Orthodox Theology and Human Responsibility”, was held online. In the address titled “Freedom and…