In sunny but cool Florida, the clergy and faithful of the St. Petersburg Deanery were pleased to invite and host their Diocesan Hierarch, His Grace Bishop Irinej of Eastern America, for the Epiphany cycle of services. The culmination of the four-day celebration was the Great Feast of Epiphany itself, which was celebrated in the Church…

After being adopted by the nation’s Parliament a second time, Montenegrin President Milo Đukanović had to sign the amendments to the scandalous “Law on Religious Freedom” into law. The nationalistic head of state reported on Twitter yesterday that he signed the amendments, while emphasizing that he still has serious reservations about them. According to the…

Upon the instructions of His Beatitude Theophilos III, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem deposited this morning the sum of two millions and 100,000 Israeli shekels (more than $600,000) into the Israeli Jerusalem District Court, to cover the entire rent value of the Jaffa Gate’s Imperial Hotel. This comes as part of…

Despite all the financial difficulties of 2020, the Archdiocese of Timișoara of the Romanian Orthodox Church spent more than $1 million on various philanthropic activities. The matter was discussed at a diocesan assembly under the chairmanship of His Eminence Metropolitan John of Banat held on Saturday, January 23. According to the official site of the…

The clergy of the Diocese of Bukoba of the Patriarchate of Alexandria are grateful to God for the financial assistance they will be receiving from Vatopedi Monastery on Mt. Athos. The Diocese earlier requested that the monastery offer assistance, and on Saturday, January 23, the monastery called and said they would cover the priests’ monthly…

With the blessings of His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos, the Metropolis Greek Language and Culture Ministry invites you to attend a virtual celebration of Greek Letters Day and the Feast of the Three Hierarchs. This live-stream event will be hosted by the Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church in Anchorage, Alaska on Saturday, January 30 from 2:00…

Since my arrival to Australia in June 2019, I have not, for a moment, stopped praising and thanking God who led my steps to this blessed land. I have already declared it, but I repeat it and absolutely mean it. With each passing day, I come to the greater and deeper realization that it is…

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The Bulgarian Patriarchate’s Metropolitan of Lovec, His Eminence Gavriil, was quoted this month as saying it may be time to finally examine the issue of recognizing as martyrs the clerics murdered during the communist era in the Balkan country. His Eminence called on researchers, historians and college students to seek out information and documentation detailing…